BRATISLAVA, May 3 (Reuters) - Canada's Alex Pietrangelo scored in overtime to give his side a 4-3 win over Switzerland in the group stage of the ice hockey world championship on Tuesday, while Germany needed a penalty shootout to defeat underdogs Slovenia.
Pietrangelo picked up the rebound after Swiss defenceman Luca Sbisa had blocked his initial shot, and sealed the victory at 4:14 of overtime, putting the puck past goalkeeper Leonardo Genoni who was making his first start in a world championship game.
Raphael Diaz had put the Swiss ahead in the first period but Canada's Jordan Eberle and John Tavares struck to put their side 2-1 up by the end of the second.
Felicien du Bois levelled for Switzerland before St Louis Blues' Chris Stewart netted for the Canadians.
Switzerland's Andres Ambuhl put the score at 3-3 in the 59th minute, but Pietrangelo's strike 46 seconds before overtime ended settled the match and gave Canada top spot in Group B with eight points.
"We gave up that late goal and we weren't happy about that," said Canadian assistant captain Dion Phaneuf. "But to respond and come back and win the game showed good character."
Switzerland, who beat Canada 4-1 at last year's world championship, ended the group stage in second place, with six points.
Slovenia squandered a 2-0 lead to Germany in Group A and will now fight in the relegation round.
With the game tied at 2-2 after regulation time, Germany won the penalty shootout for a 3-2 victory, to give them three successive wins and six points. It was the first time that the Germans had started a world championship with three wins since the first edition of the competition in 1930.
"We got the win in the end which shows a lot of character for our team," said German defenceman Justin Krueger. "We're ready for what's ahead and we've got to just keep pushing it."
Slovenia had gone ahead through Ziga Jeglic and Rok Ticar before goals from Germany's Michael Wolf and Felix Schutz sent the game into overtime.
The Germans, who had already beaten Russia and hosts Slovakia, earned the victory with Frank Hordler's wrist shot in the shootout.
Pietrangelo picked up the rebound after Swiss defenceman Luca Sbisa had blocked his initial shot, and sealed the victory at 4:14 of overtime, putting the puck past goalkeeper Leonardo Genoni who was making his first start in a world championship game.
Raphael Diaz had put the Swiss ahead in the first period but Canada's Jordan Eberle and John Tavares struck to put their side 2-1 up by the end of the second.
Felicien du Bois levelled for Switzerland before St Louis Blues' Chris Stewart netted for the Canadians.
Switzerland's Andres Ambuhl put the score at 3-3 in the 59th minute, but Pietrangelo's strike 46 seconds before overtime ended settled the match and gave Canada top spot in Group B with eight points.
"We gave up that late goal and we weren't happy about that," said Canadian assistant captain Dion Phaneuf. "But to respond and come back and win the game showed good character."
Switzerland, who beat Canada 4-1 at last year's world championship, ended the group stage in second place, with six points.
Slovenia squandered a 2-0 lead to Germany in Group A and will now fight in the relegation round.
With the game tied at 2-2 after regulation time, Germany won the penalty shootout for a 3-2 victory, to give them three successive wins and six points. It was the first time that the Germans had started a world championship with three wins since the first edition of the competition in 1930.
"We got the win in the end which shows a lot of character for our team," said German defenceman Justin Krueger. "We're ready for what's ahead and we've got to just keep pushing it."
Slovenia had gone ahead through Ziga Jeglic and Rok Ticar before goals from Germany's Michael Wolf and Felix Schutz sent the game into overtime.
The Germans, who had already beaten Russia and hosts Slovakia, earned the victory with Frank Hordler's wrist shot in the shootout.
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