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Great Britain brushed aside by Hungary at Worlds

Great Britain brushed aside by Hungary at Worlds

Great Britain's only World Championship win came in Germany in 1936

Great Britain were beaten 5-0 by Hungary in their third match of the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championship in Switzerland.

The Hungarians seized control early on at Swiss Life Arena in Zurich thanks to goals from Krisztian Nagy. Doman Szongoth.

Istvan Terbocs added a third with a short-handed breakaway goal early in the second period. prompted Britain to replace Ben Bowns with Mat Robson in goal.

Liam Kirk, Josh Waller. Cade Neilson all went close for GB but they were unable to find a way past Hungary goaltender Bence Balizs.

Terbocs notched his second on a two-on-one break before Nagy added a fifth shortly afterwards to round off the scoring.

Pete Russell's GB side remain winless, and next face hosts Switzerland on Thursday (19:20 BST).

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/articles/c2028w18xd8o

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