There were only two games yesterday and they mostly served to decide the relegation opponents. Relegation is a best of three playoff series between the team that finishes last in each group. In Group B, it was all very obvious that would be Latvia or Slovakia, both pointless, and their game last night was the decider.
Latvia played a fairly strong game, but Slovakia outshot them, outscored them and won it 4-2. Toronto’s Martins Dzierkals had three shots on goal and an assist on one of the two goals.
The Latvians now have a huge challenge ahead of them to keep from moving right back to Division I play next year.