In a historic upset at the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Denmark stunned Canada with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory, marking the greatest shock in the tournament’s history. Trailing 1-0, the host nation rallied with two goals in the final three minutes from Nikolaj Ehlers and Nick Olesen, igniting the Jyske Bank Boxen crowd. Goalkeeper Frederik Dichow was pivotal, stopping 39 of 40 shots, including key saves against Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan O’Reilly. Despite Canada’s dominance, Denmark’s resilience, bolstered by two successful penalty kills, secured their first-ever semifinal berth and only their second competitive win over Canada, following a 2023 preliminary round victory. This Cinderella story, led by coach Mikael Gath, has Denmark poised to compete for a medal in Lego Land.
Canada beat Denmark in last years tournament 5-1. Sure didn’t happen this year🤣🤔
Shots on goal in the first period were 18-4 for Canada.
Denmark appeared to score a nice break away goal, but the ref waved it off instantly. Apparently it was a hand pass which after the replay is pretty cheesy call. I guess its a rule and I am cheering for Canada of course but that should be a goal🙄🙄 That is huge at home In Denmark ouch.
After 2 periods the game was still scoreless and the shots were 12-7 Canada
Travis Sanheim finally got Canada on the board at 5:17 of the third period. The assists going to Sidney Crosby and Travis Konecny.
Nikolaj Ehlers ties it up for the Danes and the place goes nuts at 17:43 of the third period with the assists on the goal going to Markus Lauridsen and Patrick Russel who played parts of 3 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers–With 2:17 left, Ehlers unleashed a breathtaking equalizer. Denmark, with six skaters on the ice, saw the Winnipeg Jet score his second vital goal in consecutive games, firing an unexpected rocket from the blue line.
Denmark then takes the lead at 19:11 of the third period when Nick Olesen makes it 2-1 with the assist on the goal going to former Vancouver Canuck Nicklas Jensen–At 59:12, Olesen electrified the crowd with his remarkable poise at the crease, deftly outmaneuvering Jordan Binnington before calmly flipping the puck into the goal.
Shots in the third period were 22-10 for Denmark. Canada outshot Denmark in the game 40-33.
Frederik Dichow made 39 saves on the 40 shots that he faced for the win for Denmark. For Canada Jordan Binnington made 31 saves on the 33 shots that he faced.
Player of the game for Canada was Travis Sanheim for Denmark it was Frederik Dichow. Dichow is one of the best goalies to watch play. He is 24 plays in the SHL and has yet to play hockey in North America. He was drafted in 2019 by the Montreal Canadiens in the 5th round and in the CHL import draft in 2019 by the Sudbury Wolves.
Attendance in Herning, Denmark was 10,500
Crosby, MacKinnon, and O’Reilly were named players of the tournament for Canada.
Denmark’s disallowed goal
