There were four games on the schedule for the third day of the World Junior Championships in Alberta yesterday.
Here is a quick recap of the games:
Finland 4, Team U.S.A. 1 - Summary
EDMONTON - The Finns had goals from Miikka Salomaki and Mikael Granlund while Joel Armia scored twice as Finland upset the Americans by a score of 4-1. Brandon Saad had the lone goal for Team U.S.A. who now drop to 1-1 on the tournament. Meanwhile, Finland has upped their record to 1-1. Sami Aittokallio made 38 saves for Finland for the win as John Gibson made 23 saves taking the loss for the Americans.
Finland resumes action on Friday Dec. 30 against Denmark at 8 p.m. EST. Team U.S.A. also resume action on Friday against the Czech Republic at 1:30 p.m. EST.
Switzerland 3, Sweden 4 (Shootout) - Summary
CALGARY - Sweden used a shootout to get by the Swiss to improve to 2-0 in the tournament.
Max Friberg, Joakim Nordstrom and Ludvig Rensfeldt scored in regulation for the Swedes as Sebastian Collberg and Friberg added goals in the shootout. Johan Gustafsson made 24 saves.
The Swiss got goals from Joel Vermin (2) and Dean Kukan. Lukas Meili made 51 saves in goal.
Sweden resumes action on Friday Dec. 30 against Slovakia at 5:30 p.m. EST. The Swiss meet Latvia also on Friday. Gametime 8 p.m.
Czech Republic 0, Team Canada 5 - Summary
EDMONTON - Scott Wedgewood made 26 saves and Mark Scheifele added a pair of goals in a 5-0 blanking over the Czech Republic.
Canada improves to 2-0 at the tournament. Also scoring for Canada were Mark Stone, Ryan Strome and Brett Connolly. QMJHLer's Brandon Gormley, Jonathan Huberdeau and Michael Bournival added assists each.
Czech netminder Petr Mrazek was awarded player of the game for his country with 33 saves. Freddie Hamilton was awarded the prize for Team Canada.
Canada is in action today against Denmark at 8 p.m. EST in Edmonton, Alta.
The Czechs meet U.S.A. on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Edmonton, Alta.
Slovakia 1, Russia 3 - Summary
CALGARY - The Russians scored a pair of goals in the third period to break a 1-1 tie and picked up their second win of the tournament. Igor Ozhiganov, Mikhail Naumenkov and Nikita Kucherov had goals for Russia who trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes.
Milos Bubela had the lone goal for Slovakia who drops to 1-1 on the tournament.
Andrei Makarov turned aside 31 shots for the win in goal for Russia as Slovakian netminder Juraj Simboch stopped 37.
Russia resumes action on News Years Eve when they take on Sweden at 10 p.m. EST.
Slovakia plays Sweden tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. EST.
Standings
Group A
| Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| RUS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SVK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SUI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LAT | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group B |
| Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| CZE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FIN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DEN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Photo credit: TSN.ca
