• The Hurricanes tied it late in the third period thanks to a slick saucer-pass from Jaccob Slavin, former Chicago Steel defenseman and older brother of Blackhawks prospect Josiah Slavin, to pending free agent this summer Dougie Hamilton.
What a timely goal by future #Blackhawks defenseman Dougie Hamilton!
• Hey, you never know right?
• We’d head to overtime for the fourth-straight game in the series, but we wouldn’t have to wait long for the game-winner and the series-winner.
Jaccob Slavin scores in overtime, and the Hurricanes eliminate the Predators in six games pic.twitter.com/e18L63q9LG
• It was Slavin involved again on the game-winning goal, but it was Sebastian Aho getting a tip on the puck that made the difference in the game, giving the Hurricanes the 4-3 win and the 4-2 series victory.
IIHF World Championships Day Six Blackhawks Recap: Reichel Takes It On the Chin (Literally), Canada Gets First Win
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IIHF World Championships Day Six Blackhawks Recap: Reichel Takes It On the Chin (Literally), Canada Gets First Win
We’re getting to the half-way point of the IIHF World Championships preliminary round and shockingly, Canada had yet to get a win in the tournament, let alone a single point in the standings, heading into today’s action. With six of the now nine Chicago Blackhawks players and prospects in action today, which countries are starting to pull away as contenders and pretenders in the group stage?
Lone Blackhawk in action loses first game of the tournament with Switzerland by Carter Baum @CarterBaum / Blackhawks.com
Just one Blackhawk was in action on Tuesday at the IIHF World Championship, and it was a forgettable outing for the Swiss side against Sweden.
KURASHEV, SWITZERLAND FALL 7-0
A winless Sweden side upset a previously undefeated Switzerland team on Tuesday, 7-0, in what was the most lopsided loss of the tournament thus far. Philipp Kurashev skated 13:25 of ice time in the loss and was a -1 rating with two shots on goal.
The Swiss will have Wednesday off before looking to get back on the right foot on Thursday against Slovakia, who now lead Group A with a 3-0-0 record.