Three Flames advance to World Championship medal round

Three Calgary Flames players have advanced to the quarterfinals of the IIHF World Championship in Latvia, while two others are packing up.

Andrew Mangiapane (Canada), Connor Mackey (United States) and Nikita Nesterov (Russia) are headed to the quarters, while Emilio Pettersen (Norway) and Ilya Solovyov (Belarus) have failed to advance. (Luckily, there’s no relegation involved in this year’s tournament.)

Here’s how the Flames players fared in the round robin:

Nikita Nesterov (Russia) had two goals and four points in four games

Connor Mackey (United States) had zero points in four games

Andrew Mangiapane (Canada) had four goals and eight points in four games

Emilio Pettersen (Norway) had one goal…