Canada vs Austria Prediction & Picks - IIHF World Championship
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by Edgar Jibran | in IIHF World Championship Picks
Next Thursday noon will be a key date for Canada and Austria in the Ice Hockey World Championship, as both national teams will clash at 12:20 pm CST with the sole objective of winning. However, it must be noted that both squads are currently having an opposite performance on Group A and that explains why Canada is considered as the big favorite to win.
In this matter, it’s worth noting that Canada won their first three games of the championship with very dominant performances over Slovenia, France and Latvia. With this in mind, it must be noted that Latvia was the only team that scored in those confrontations, but despite that Canada hasn’t been able to solely be on the top spot of the group as Sweden has also remained unbeaten.
Meanwhile, Austria won their first game of the championship in overtime against Slovakia (3-2), and even though they aren’t expected to exponentially increase their offensive effectiveness, it’s worth noting that they hold a pretty solid performance when facing Sweden and Finland during the first two games of the championship. However, they need to keep hardly working to avoid relegation to Division IA.
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Canada vs Austria Form
Table
| Teams | Pts | P | W | L | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | +27 |
|
4
|
10 | 517 | 2 | 3 | +3 |
Players list
M. Fleury
J. Binnington
N. Dobson
R. Evans
M. Weegar
J. Spurgeon
B. Montour
T. Sanheim
M. Matheson
R. O'Reilly
B. Hayton
K. Johnson
M. Celebrini
A. Fantilli
W. Cuylle
B. Horvat
N. MacKinnon
P. Danault
B. Schenn
T. Konecny
S. Crosby
F. Vorauer
D. Kickert
G. Biber
D. Maier
P. Stapelfeldt
T. Nickl
R. Schnetzer
B. Wolf
C. Unterweger
D. Heinrich
P. Huber
B. Baumgartner
P. Schneider
D. Zwerger
V. Rohrer
L. Thaler
M. Kasper
L. Kainz
B. Lebler
L. Haudum
N. Kraus
O. Achermann
Most goals and assists
Canada
Austria
N. MacKinnon
(7 Goals)
M. Kasper
(4 Goals)
,
V. Rohrer
(4 Goals)
T. Konecny
(10 Assists)
P. Schneider
(5 Assists)
Canada - Austria Key Points
- Canada highlights as the best defensive in Group A, after only conceding a goal during their aforementioned game against Latvia (1-7 W).
- Austria must show their best performance in this game to keep close to the top 4 spots, which grants their qualification for the quarterfinals.
- Canada in direct duels against Austria, won their last 7 confrontations in a row, including a couple of overtime victories in 2024 and 2019, respectively.
- Austria in face-to-face games against Canada, forced the overtime the last time they collided for the World Championship in May 2024.
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Our Canada vs Austria Prediction
To conclude, even though this game could be expected to be an easy-win for Canada, the reality is that Austria must try to show their best competitive level to remain alive in the competition, being relevant to remind that they weren’t able to qualify for the quarterfinals during the 2024 edition of the tournament. Therefore, the pick for Canada – Austria is: Over 6.0 Goals!
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