The Australian national team have won their first game of the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament, defeating Serbia 4-3 in a shootout. Robert Malloy was named best Australian player of the match after scoring four points, including the game winning goal. In other games of the day Romania defeated Belgium 4-3 and Spain beat Iceland 4-2. After the end of round three Australia remain in last place, seven points behind leaders Romania. Australia take on Iceland today in their fourth game of the tournament.
A live stream was available at IHI.is (see the IIHF page for game times)
For more information see the tournament page at IIHF.com or follow the team on their Facebook page.
- Serbia 3 – 4 SO Australia (16:30, 16 April 2015, Laugardalur Arena). Game Card
Standings after Round 3:
Team |
GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
PTS |
Romania |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Spain |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Serbia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Iceland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Belgium |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Australia |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |