Lehtonen, Finns win at World Championship
May, 8, 2012
5/08/12
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By
Mark Stepneski | ESPNDallas.com
Goaltender Kari Lehtonen, the only Dallas Star playing at the World Championship on Tuesday, stopped 26 of 28 shots as Finland improved to 3-0-0 with a 5-2 win over Switzerland.
Lehtonen is now 2-0 at the tournament with a 1.00 goals-against average and .959 save percentage, having stopped 57 of 59 shots.
Finland, Sweden and Russia are the only three teams with perfect records through the first six days of preliminary play.
Tuesday’s results
Belarus 3, Kazakhstan 2
Latvia 5, Italy 0
Finland 5, Switzerland 2
Russia 2, Germany 0
Wednesday’s games
Slovakia vs. Kazakhstan, 8:15 a.m.
Norway vs. Italy, 9:15 a.m.
Canada vs. Switzerland, 12:15 p.m.
Sweden vs. Germany, 1:15 p.m.
Lehtonen is now 2-0 at the tournament with a 1.00 goals-against average and .959 save percentage, having stopped 57 of 59 shots.
Finland, Sweden and Russia are the only three teams with perfect records through the first six days of preliminary play.
Tuesday’s results
Belarus 3, Kazakhstan 2
Latvia 5, Italy 0
Finland 5, Switzerland 2
Russia 2, Germany 0
Wednesday’s games
Slovakia vs. Kazakhstan, 8:15 a.m.
Norway vs. Italy, 9:15 a.m.
Canada vs. Switzerland, 12:15 p.m.
Sweden vs. Germany, 1:15 p.m.
Mark Stepneski
ESPNDallas.comMark Stepneski joined ESPNDallas.com in July 2010. A former news/special projects producer for KXAS-TV, he has run the Andrew's Dallas Stars Page website since 1997.
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