Denmark turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 victory with 88 seconds left in the quarterfinal in a boiling home arena in Herning and is clear for the nation's first semifinal in a World Championship.
For Canada – which has won 28 World Championship golds – the tournament is finished.
Denmark did it well. They had a good game plan and stuck to it, says superstar Nathan MacKinnon according to the news agency Ritzau.
It wasn't about any underestimation, he says, emphasizing that Canada was clearly better during the first period.
We started really well and you don't normally do that if you underestimate the opponent, says the forward, who finished second in NHL's scoring league during the regular season with 116 points (32 goals/84 assists).
Ice hockey is a strange sport. Anything can happen in a single match. There are surprises in sports every day, says MacKinnon, who became Canada's top scorer in the World Championship with seven goals and a total of 13 points.
Denmark is now waiting for Switzerland in the semifinal in Stockholm on Saturday. Sweden meets USA in the other semi.
