Ice hockey world championship results

Minsk, May 11 (IANS) The results from the second day of the world ice hockey championship here Saturday were as follows, Xinhua reported.

Preliminary round results

Group A

Norway bt Italy 3-0

Sweden bt Denmark 3-0

Canada bt Slovakia 4-1

Group B

Germany bt Kazakhstan 2-1 (shootout)

Latvia bt Finland 3-2

United States bt Switzerland 3-2