Match guide: Tre Kronor chases first World Championship victory

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Match guide: Tre Kronor chases first World Championship victory
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What: Ice Hockey World Championship, Group B.

Where: BCF Arena, Fribourg.

When: Sunday at 4:20 p.m.

TV/Radio: Viaplay, Radio Sporten.

Bronze medal match replay: Denmark pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World Championship history last year when the team knocked out a star-studded Canada in the quarterfinals. Denmark ended up finishing fourth - the nation's best World Championship result - after Tre Kronor won the bronze medal match at the Globen, 6–2.

Sweden's national team captain Mikael Gath is making his last championship before taking over Timrå in the SHL.

NHL additions: Tre Kronor will bring in Philadelphia forward Carl Grundström for the match against Denmark. He will be the eleventh NHL player on the World Championship squad, which now consists of two goaltenders, six defensemen and 13 forwards. This means that Sam Hallam's team still has four spots open.

Initial losses: Both Sweden and Denmark started the World Championship with losses; the Swedes fell to Canada 3–5, while Denmark lost 1–4 to the Czech Republic on Friday.

Denmark

Goaltenders: 30 Mads Søgaard, 1 Nicolaj Henriksen.

Defense pairs: 41 Jesper Jensen Aabo, 22 Markus Lauridsen – 42 Philip Bruggisser, 3 Malte Setkov – 40 Anders Koch, 21 Kasper Larsen – 36 Daniel Baastrup.

Lines: 95 Nick Olesen, 63 Patrick Russell, 77 Mathias From – 86 Joachim Blichfeld, 11 Alexander True, 29 Mikkel Aagaard – 39 Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup, 65 Christian Wejse, 38 Morten Poulsen – 9 Frederik Storm, 6 Oliver Kjær, 72 Filip Schultz.

Sweden

Goaltenders: 40 Arvid Söderblom, 45 Magnus Hellberg.

Defense pairs: 4 Jacob Larsson, 14 Mattias Ekholm – 34 Albert Johansson, 23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson – 8 Robert Hägg, 94 Joel Persson.

Lines: 41 Ivar Stenberg, 61 Viggo Björck, 13 Lucas Raymond – 10 Simon Holmström, 95 Jacob de la Rose, 9 Linus Karlsson – 51 Emil Heineman, 70 Oskar Sundqvist, 20 André Petersson – 91 Carl Grundström, 15 Jack Berglund, 33 Jakob Silfverberg.

Extra forward: 74 Rasmus Asplund.

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