Great Britain made it two wins from three at the men’s Under-20s World Championship Division II Group A in Bucharest with a 5-2 victory over Croatia.
Netminder Ben Clarke-Leach made 26 saves as GB moved onto six points following the opening-day 4-3 win over Spain.
A deflected feed from behind the net by Brynley Capps fell to Jack Clarke who went top-shelf to give GB the lead (08:17).
Strong work on the boards by Kyle Carruth freed up Bailey Yates to step out from the right-wing and fire past Niksa Slade (36:44).
Croatia scored either side of the second intermission to tie the game up at two as Bruno Zovko netted after a goalmouth scramble (39:38) and Roko Gorsic went coast-to-coast to score short-handed (46:26).
GB regained the lead under two minutes as Louie Kynaston’s shot was saved but Dylan Lipsey swept in the rebound (48:16).
A shot by Clarke deflected into the path of Capps to score on the powerplay from the slot as GB took a crucial two-goal advantage with just under 10 minutes remaining (50:25).
GB took a late penalty so Croatia went six-on-four as they lifted the netminder for the extra skater and within seconds, Ricards Misins won the foot-race to a loose puck to score short-handed into an empty net (57:15).
GB are straight back into action tomorrow against Romania and face-off is 19:30 (17:30 GMT).
GB schedule and results
Sunday 4th January: Spain 3-4 Great Britain
Monday 5th January: Korea 4-0 Great Britain
Wednesday 7th January: Croatia 2-5 Great Britain
Thursday 8th January: Great Britain v Romania 19:30 (17:30 GMT)
Saturday 10th January: Great Britain v China 12:30 (10:30 GMT)