The World Championships got started with a bang on Friday morning. Germany, without Lukas Reichel (who still wasn’t on their roster), beat Slovakia 6-4. Philipp Kurashev and Switzerland rolled to a 5-2 win over Norway. Kurashev picked up an assist in the third period and spent four minutes in the box on back-to-back penalties (he took the second 30 seconds after leaving the box). Here’s his assist from the game: