Finnish cult hero Marko Anttila produced another big display in World Championship knock-out play, leading the host nation’s fightback to beat Slovakia 4-2.

Captain Tomas Tatar scored two first-period goals to spark Slovakia to a 7-1 victory over Denmark and a quarter-final berth at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.

Slovakia simply did what it had to do, defeating a gritty Italian side 3-1 with a solid effort on Saturday night.

Juraj Slafkovsky scored on a penalty shot and added an assist as Slovakia defeated Kazakhstan 4-3 in Friday’s second Group A tilt in Helsinki.

Switzerland defeated Slovakia tonight by a 5-3 score in another wild and thrilling ride. The win moves the Swiss to the top of Group A with four wins.

They went end-to-end, fired shots from everywhere, full tilt. The goalies flipped and flopped robbing one shooter after another. In the end, Canada beat Slovakia 5-1 in what can only be described as one of the best preliminary-round games in recent World Championship memory.

In a hard-fought, entertaining affair, Germany earned its first three points of the 2022 Worlds with a 2-1 victory over Slovakia on Saturday night in Helsinki.