TAMPERE, Finland -- Finland got back to winning ways at the world ice hockey championship when it beat Britain 6-0, while Germany beat Italy 9-4 in the highest-scoring game of the tournament on Friday.
Montreal Canadiens forward Joel Armia was among six different players to score for host Finland, while Jussi Olkinuora faced 10 shots for the shutout as the Finns rained 42 shots on the British net.
The win lifted the Olympic champion Finns to first in Group B, ahead of Sweden, the United States and the Czech Republic.
Britain was last in the group, without a win and with no goals in any of its last three games.