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The Hungarian ice hockey team to have a historical win
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For the first time in 77 years, the Hungarian men’s national ice hockey team secured an International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship win after they beat Belarus 5-2, writes index.hu.
This win also gave back hope, as the team may still have a chance to stay in the championship. This hope was lost after the team couldn’t beat France.
The Hungarian team had their hopes up after the first period, took the lead in group A, and it was the first time they scored with fewer players. Due to the many penalties, Hungary had to play with fewer players four times during the match. It was during one of these occasions that Belarus scored, and the state of the game was 2-1.
In the sixth minute Kóger had the rubber, and Gergő Nagy scored in the left upper corner. Five minutes later, during Szirányi’s penalty, the team couldn’t halt a Belarus player, and Vas took a score. Later Galló received a penalty, and when the Canadian Geoff Platt was all alone it wasn’t hard for him to score.
In the first period the Hungarian team had the lead for 2-1, and after another penalty, in the second and worst period, the team gained another two scores. Sebők had an amazing breakaway and scored, and Vilmos Galló, who have been extremely hard-working during the whole championship, also managed to score.
At the end of the second period the two members of the Belarus team got penalties which lasted in the third period as well.