The WFC has started! Here’s what happened during Day 1.
We’ll give you a recap of all six games, in which a big number of goals has been scored. Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland all made it into double digits. Let’s kick off!
Finland – Poland 14-3
How to stop the Kauppi twins? Well… you can’t! At least, Poland couldn’t. It took less than three minutes for the twins to score the opening goal: Oona Kauppi assisted her sister Veera. Within fifteen minutes, Finland had already taken a 4-0 lead, but then the team lost it a bit. Poland took its chance and scored two quick goals, but before the period was over, Veera Kauppi scored her second and set the score at 5-2.
Watch – Agata Plechan’s dream goal
In the second period, the Kauppi’s continued on what they’re good at: scoring. However, the most beautiful goal was scored by Poland’s Agata Plechan (7-3), which was also the last goal of the period. In the final period, Poland had given up, while a few of Finland’s newcomers found the net; Milja-Maria Saarikoski, Inka Lampinen, Sara Piispa, and Suvi Hamalainen all scored their debut goal in this period and put the final score at 14-3.
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Japan – Denmark 0-5
A one-way game this was: Japan didn’t find the net once and didn’t even shoot on target in the final period. Denmark opened the score through Kartine Andersen, assisted by Cecilia Di Nardo. The same Di Nardo doubled the score shortly after, scoring her 39th WFC goal ever. Only one goal followed during the second period (Maria Olausson), followed by two more into the final period.
Read – Cecilia Di Nardo about the game against Japan and the upcoming game against Norway
Switzerland – Germany 12-1
The home crowd went wild when Switzerland entered the field, and the team didn’t disappoint. Corin Rüttimann – all-time WFC top (goal) scorer with 40 goals – scored the opening goal and would even score a hat-trick this game. After the first period, the score was 9-0 already!
Read – Corin Rüttimann’s Record Road
Strangely, after this fantastic period, Switzerland fell back quite a bit. The following two periods were both won, but only 2-1 and 1-0, which led to the final score of 12-1.
Estonia – Norway 4-7
The match between Estonia and Norway was relatively equal, but Norway was a bit more effective and had control over the game for most of the time. The team took a 1-4 lead, but within a few minutes, Estonia scored 2-4 and Norway received a 2-min penalty. In powerplay, Estonia didn’t find the net, even got a 2-min penalty themselves and saw Norway score twice in 4-vs-4: 2-6.
Slovakia – Sweden 1-23
Well, what to say. The world champions have started this year’s edition in a great way by beating Slovakia 1-23. Sofia Joelsson scored 4+3 points, Emelie Wibron 5+0, Anna Wijk 0+5, Moa Tschöp 3+0, Sara Steen 1+4… we can continue on this. Slovakia’s only goal was scored by Michael Sponiarova. Slovakia now has one day of rest before they face Latvia, while Sweden’s next opponent will be the Czech Republic.
Australia – USA 5-4
This was definitely the most thrilling game of the day. In a back-and-forth game, the biggest winners were the spectators. The USA took the lead, but Australia tied before the first break. In the second period, the Aussies found the net three times and put the score to 4-2 (as in between, Marie Haggström scored USA’s second goal). Two times in the third period, the USA seemed to work on a comeback (4-3, 5-4), but it wasn’t meant to be.
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