The Australian men’s national team have lost to Romania 1-5 in their fourth game of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A tournament. Goaltender Anthony Kimlin was named best Australian player of the match for a third game after stopping 22 of 27 shots on goal. In other games of the day the Spain defeated Serbia 5-4 in overtime and Belgium beat Iceland 9-3. At the end of the fourth round Australia have dropped back to second place, one point behind the leaders Romania. The teams have a rest day today before returning on Sunday where Australia take on Belgium in their final game of the tournament.
For more information on the tournament see the page at IIHF.com.
- Australia 1-5 Romania (20:00, 7 April 2017, Galati Arena). Game Card
Standings
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Australia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Iceland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Spain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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