Norway earns shootout win over Canada

Norway emerged victorious 3-2 after a shootout against Canada in a hard-fought match at the 2023 IIHF World Championship on Monday.

Norway got only the second win ever against Canada today.🇳🇴💪 #CANNOR #IIHFWorlds @norskishockey

Full game recap ⤵️https://t.co/VMx2MzxWLG pic.twitter.com/CdySfTsh16

— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 22, 2023

The Norwegians started the match strongly as Andreas Martinsen opened the scoring midway through the first half.

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Things got even better for Norway as they doubled their lead in the opening stages of the second period through Olden Sondre.

Canada pulled one back before equalizing with just 11 seconds to spare.

However, a near-perfect display in the shootout saw the Norwegians triumph 4-2.

The win means Norway move up to 6th place in the group, while Canada moves one point ahead of Latvia in 3rd with 12 points.

Norway will go against Slovakia tomorrow in their last preliminary round, while Canada take on the Czech Republic.