WJC Today - Final Day Recap

The 2012 World Junior Hockey Championship is over and here are the medal round results.

Canada 4, Finland 0: Summary

Canada shutout the Finns 4-0 to capture a bronze medal. Quinton Howden had two goals for Canada in the win. Barrie Colts forwards Tanner Pearson and Mark Scheifele picked up a goal and an assist each. Niagara IceDogs forward Freddie Hamilton added two assists for Canada.

Mark Visentin had an outstanding game in net, including an amazing behind the back catch to keep the game at 3-0 in the third.

Wildcats Defenseman Brandon Gormley was named Top Defenceman of the tournament and was also part of the Tournament All-Star team.

Sweden 1, Russia 0 OT: Summary

Sweden captured its first gold medal in 31 years over Russia in overtime. The winning goal came at 10:08 of overtime when Senators prospect Mika Zibanejad stole the puck from a Russian defender and went in alone on Andrei Makarov before beating him with a backhand deke.

Russian captain Yevgeni Kuznetsov was named Top Forward of the tournament. The Czechs Petr Mrazek was the Top Goaltender of the tournament.

All-Star Team:

G- Petr Mrazek

D- Brandon Gormley, Oscar Klefbom

F - Max Friberg, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Mikeal Granland

Comments or questions can be sent to bryer@theQspot.ca .

WJC Today - Day 9 Preview

The 2012 World Junior Championship ends today with two games on the schedule.

Bronze Medal Game

The first game of the day is the Bronze Medal Game between Canada and Finland starting at 4 p.m. Canada defeated Finland 8-1 in the first game of the preliminary round.

Canada, after playing in 10 straight gold medal games, will play for bronze after losing to the Russians in the semi-final 6-5. Canada scored four goals in the third period and almost completed a comeback for the ages. They fell just short after hitting the goal post in the dying seconds of the third period.

Finland also suffered a heart breaking loss to Sweden in the other semi-final. Finland was leading the Swedes 2-1 in the third, when Finnish goaltender Sami Aittokallio turned the puck over behind the net to give Max Friberg an open net to tie the game. Sweden went on to win in overtime with a goal from Joel Armia.

Gold Medal Game

The final game of the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championship sees the Russians taking on the Swedes in a showdown for gold at 9PM. The Swedes will look to capture there first World Junior since 1981. Russian, meanwhile, looks to win a second consecutive World Junior gold medal.

Tournament Scoring Leaders

Current tournament scoring leaders can be found HERE.

Both games can be seen on TSN, TSN.ca and TSN Mobile TV.

WJC Today - Day 8 Recap

World Junior Hockey Championship action continued yesterday in Calgary, Alta. with three games on the schedule. There was a relegation-round game and two semi-final games.

Semi-Finals: Russia 6, Canada 5 - Summary
It was too little too late for Team Canada, as they scored four goals in the third period to erase a 6-1 deficit but came up short losing 6-5 to the Russians.

For the first time in 10 years, Canada will not be playing for gold.

Dougie Hamilton, Jaden Schwartz, Brendan Gallagher and Brandon Gormley scored in the third period to start the comeback as Brett Connolly added a goal in the second period.

Russia was led by captain Yevgeni Kuznetsov's three goals and four points along with Nail Yakupov's four assists. Alexander Khokhlachev (1-1), Nikita Kucherov and Nikita Nesterov also added goals for the Russians.

Scott Wedgewood started for Canada and allowed four goals on 13 shots and was pulled after the fourth goal after being run into by Russia's Khokhlachev. Mark Visentin came in to replace Wedgewood and made nine saves on 11 shots.

In an interview with TSN.ca, Visentin said he believed in the team the whole time.

"I think we did a great job regrouping in the second intermission. As we started taking it, I don't even think they entered our zone once in the third period. It shows how good we played. That's the type of hockey we need to play for three periods if we want to win. To see us rally like that is incredible."

Meanwhile, Russia's Yakupov didn't really have much to say after the win.

"We Win. We're pretty excited. We beat Canada. Russia's better than Canada.

Russia started goaltender Andrei Vasilevski and made 43 saves but was pulled after the the fifth Canadian goal. Andrei Makarov made eight saves in less than six minutes played.

Russia will play Sweden in the gold medal round, as Canada will battle Finland for bronze.

Semi-Finals: Sweden 3, Finland 2 (SO) - Summary
Max Friberg scored the shootout winner for Sweden as they edged Finland 3-2 to advance to the gold medal game for the first time since 2009.

William Karlsson and Friberg scored third goals to snap a 2-0 Finland lead.

Alexander Ruutu and Joel Armia scored for the Finns.

Johan Gustafsson made 22 saves for Sweden for the win as Finland netminder Sami Aittokallio made 55 saves.

Relegation: U.S.A. 12, Latvia 2 - Summary
Austin Watson (3-4) and Nick Bjugstad (3-2) both had hattricks as the United States went on the dominate Latvia 12-2 in a relegation-round match.

Kyle Rau (1-2), Jason Zucker (1-1), Adam Clendening (1-1), JT Miller, Bill Arnold and Austin Czarnik all scored for U.S.A.

Teodors Blugers (1-1) and Zemgus Girgensuns scored for Latvia.

U.S.A.'s Jack Campbell made 27 saves.

Kristers Gudlevskis made 22 saves on 29 shots and Rihards Cimermanis made 24 saves for Latvia.

WJC Today - Day 8 Preview

It's semi-final day at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championship. Here are quick previews of both games.

Semi-Final 1: Sweden vs Finland
The first game on the night is the Swedes taking on the Finns in an All-Scandinavian match-up. Sweden received a by to the semi-finals after finishing first in Group A. Finland, on the other hand, had to play the Slovaks in a quarter-final showdown last night. The Finns came out on top, winning 8-5 and advancing to tonight's first semi-final.

Semi-Final 2: Canada vs Russia
The final game of the day has Canada up against the Russians in a rematch of last year's Gold Medal game. Canada also received a by to the semi-final round. The Russians had a harder time getting to the semis after gutting out a 2-1 overtime win over the Czechs in an exciting quarter-final last night.

Both games can be seen on TSN, TSN.ca and TSN Mobile TV.

Relegation
As for the relegation bracket, USA and Latvia face-off in game 2 of the relegation round.

TQS will have a full recap of all games tomorrow.

WJC Today - Day 7 Recap

Russia 2 , Czech Republic 1 - Summary

The Russians were victorious Monday night as they defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 in overtime to advance to the semi-finals. Zheldakov scored at 1:03 of overtime, as the Czechs suffered a devastating loss.

Daniil Apalkov and Grigori Zheldakov were the scorers for Team Russia. 17-year-old Andrei Vasilevski stopped 43 shots for the Russians.

Oceanic forward Jakub Culek scored the lone goal for the Czech Republic.

The Russians are set to face Team Canada tonight, the first time they’ve met since they upset Canada last year in the finals, capturing the gold medal.

Finland 8 , Slovakia 5 - Summary

Led by Mikael and Markus Granlund, Team Finland advances to the semi-finalsafter a 8-5 victory over Slovakia. Temmu Pulkkinen had a goal and an assist, while Joel Armia, Roope Hamalainen, Alexsander Barkov and Joonas Donskoialso scored.

Barkov, 16, is the youngest player to ever score in tournament history, passing Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby by 21 days .

Richard Mraz had a goal and two helpers, while Matus Chovan and Marko Dano each had a goal and an assist for Team Slovakia. Marerk Tverdon and Martin Daloga also scored.

Sami Aittokallio stopped 24 shots for Finland, while Juraj Simboch made 30 saves for the Slovaks.

Switzerland 4 , Denmark 3 - Summary

Tanner Richard scored in overtime as Team Switzerland defeated Denmark in a Relegation match-up.

Cedric Schneuwly, Alessio Bertaggia and Gregory Hofmannalso scored for the Swiss.

Nicklas Jensen and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for Team Denmark.

WJC Today - Day 7 Preview

It's day seven of the World Junior Hockey Championships and there are three games on the clock.

Round robin is now over and team's will now be competing in either the relegation round or the quarter finals.

The scene will now shift to the Pengrowth Saddledom in Calgary, Alta.

Switzerland and Denmark will battle in a relegation-round match at 1 p.m. EST. Switzerland finished round robin with a 1-2-1 record. Denmark lost all four of their games in round robin.

At 5 p.m EST, Slovakia and Finland will battle against each other to earn a spot in tomorrow night's semi-finals match up against Sweden. The loser will play on Wednesday Jan. 4 to qualify for the Bronze medal game.

Slovakia finished the round robin with a 2-2 record for a third place finish in Pool A. They were led by Saint John Sea Dogs forward Tomas Jurco with a goal and six points.

Finland finished second in Pool B with a 3-1 record and were led by Teemu Pulkkinen's five goals and eight points.

Goaltender Christopher Gibson of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens has appeared in two games recording a 4.50 goals-against-average.

Last but not least, is the Czech Republic battling Russia in the second quarter final game of the night at 9 p.m. EST.

Russia finished second place in Pool A with a 3-0-1 record. The Russians are led by Nikita Gusev and Yevgeni Kuznetsov with three goals and nine points each.

Quebec Remparts forward Mikhail Grigorenko has two goals and four points.

The Czech Republic finished third place in Pool B with a 2-2 record and were led by Petr Mrazek's solid goaltending.

The winner will advance to play Canada tomorrow night in the semi-finals. The loser will play on Wednesday Jan. 4 to qualify for the Bronze medal game.

Photo courtesy of TSN.ca

WJC Today - Day 6 Recap

There were four games on the World Junior Hockey Championship schedule last night. Here are quick recaps of each game.

Canada 3, USA 2 - Summary

Canada completed a perfect 4-0 run in the preliminary round of the World Junior Hockey Championship with a 3-2 victory over Team U.S.A. in the New Years Eve showdown. Mark Stone continued his strong play for Canada with a goal and an assist. Stone now seven goals in the tournament and three short of tying a Team Canada record for most goals in a single tournament. Jaden Schwartz and Brett Connolly added goals in front of 16,647 screaming fans at the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta.

Scoring for the U.S.A. were Sea Dogs forward Charlie Coyle and team captain Jason Zucker. Goaltender Jack Campbell, playing in his third straight tournament, made 32 saves.

Canada has now secured first place in Pool B and a by into the semi-finals.

Sweden 4 , Russia 3 - Summary

Jaokim Nordstrom scored at 2:44 of overtime to lead Team Sweden to a thrilling 4-3 win over the defending champions Russia. Scoring for Sweden were Oscar Klefbom, Rickard Rakell, Max Frigergand. Sweden will now advance to the semi-finals while Russia must compete in the quarter-finals.

Ignat Zemchenko, Yarolslav Kosov, Ivan Telegin were the goal scorers for Russia last Night.

Finland 4 , Czech Republic 0 - Summary

At Edmonton, Finnish goaltender Sami Aittokallio stopped all 36 shots as Team Finland moved into the quarter-finals with a victory over the Czech Republic.

Alexander Ruuttu, Miro Aaltonen, Joonas Donskoi, Teemu Pulkkinen led the way for Finland last night.

Goaltender Petr Mrazek made 24 saves for the Czechs.

The Czech Republic are set to play Russia on Monday.

Slovakia 6 , Switzerland 4 - Summary

Matt Chovan had a hat trick as Team Slovakia scored four goals to stun the Swiss and move into the quarter-finals. Tomas Matousek, Martin Marincin and Martin Gernat also scored for the Slovaks while Juraj Sinboch made 24 saves.

Joel Vermin had two goals for the Swiss and Seven Andrighetto and Tanner Richard added goals Saturday night.

WJC Today - Day 6 Preview

On the final day of the preliminary round, there are four games on the World Junior Championship schedule. Here are some quick previews of all games.

The first game on the schedule is the Czechs taking on Team Finland at 5 p.m. at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Atla. This game can be watched on TSN.

The second game of the night is Switzerland taking on the Slovakia at 7 p.m. in Calgary. This game will not be broadcasted on TSN.

Next up is the Canada - U.S.A. showdown. The Americans, who have already been eliminated from medal contention after a 5-2 loss to Czech Republic last night, will look to get back on the winning track after losing two straight. This game can also be watched on TSN and TSN.ca.

The final game of the night is the Russians taking on Sweden at the Saddledome in Calgary. Gametime is set for 11 p.m.

Standings

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS
RUS	3	3	0	0	0	9
SWE	3	2	0	1	0	8
SUI	3	1	1	0	1	4
SVK	3	1	2	0	0	3
LAT	4	0	4	0	0	0

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS
CAN	3	3	0	0	0	9
CZE	3	2	1	0	0	6
FIN	3	2	1	0	0	6
USA	3	1	2	0	0	3
DEN	4	0	4	0	0	0

Scoring leaders for the tournament can be found HERE.

Photo: Hockey Canada

WJC Today - Day 5 Preview

Day five of the World Junior Hockey Champions is here and we have four games on the schedule today.

The first game on the schedule is the U.S.A. battling the Czech Republic at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta. at 3:30 p.m. EST. Both teams will be looking for their second wins of the tournament.

The Czechs are led by Rimouski Oceanic's Jakub Culek's three points (0-3) so far in two games. Jiri Riha, Radek Faksa, Petr Holik, Tomas Hertl (2), Dmitrij Jaskin and Tomas Filippi all have goals for the Czech Republic.

The United States are led by Charlie Coyle's three goals and four points in two games. The American forward will be reporting to the Saint John Sea Dogs shortly after the tournament.

Second game of the day is Slovakia and Sweden taking to the ice in Calgary, Alta. at 5:30 p.m. EST. Sweden will be looking for their third win of the tournament, as Slovakia will look to pick up their second win.

Sweden is led by Max Friberg (5-0) and Ludvig Rensfeldt (1-4) who have five points in the country's two games.

The Slovaks scoring has been led by Michael Toman (1-1) and Milos Bubela, each with two points. Saint John Sea Dogs forward Tomas Jurco has one goal in the tournament.

The third game on the schedule is Denmark battling Finland in Edmonton, Alta. at 8 p.m. EST.

Denmark will look to pick up their first win of the tournament as they sit at the bottom of Pool B with no wins and three losses.

Finland on the other hand, will look for their second win of the tournament. Finland is coming off a big upset win over the Americans 4-1 on Tuesday Dec. 27.

The Finns are led by Joel Armia who has two goals and three points.

Denmark has only managed to score five goals so far in three games and have gotten goals from Thomas Spelling, Emil Kristensen, Mathias Bau-Hansen (2) and Nicolai Meyer.

Fourth on the schedule is Latvia and Switzerland at 10 p.m. EST in Calgary, Alta.

Both teams are winless and look for their first wins tonight.

WJC Today - Day 4 Recap

There were only two games on the World Junior Hockey Championship schedule last night. Here are quick recaps of both games.

Canada 10, Denmark 2: Summary
The first game of the day was the Canadians taking on Denmark in Edmonton, Alta. Brandon Gormley and Mark Stone led the way for Canada with a pair of goals and an assist each. Quinton Howden, Brett Connolly, Ryan Strome, Scott Harrington, Freddie Hamilton and Brendan Gallagher picked up singles for Canada. Nicolai Meyer and Emil Kristensen scored for Denmark. Gormley was Canada's Player of the Game while Nicklas Jensen picked up the prize for the Danes.

Russia 14, Latvia 0: Summary
Game two of the day was the Russians against Latvia. Russia dominated the game with a 14-0 win. Yevgeni Kuznetsov led the Russians with 9 points tying him for the all-time WJC record of most points in a single game with Peter Forsberg.

Remparts forward Mikhail Grigorenko scored the Russians first goal before leaving the game in the second period with a foot injury. He would not return. He had an X-Ray and it showed no fractures in his leg.

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

Scoring leaders can be seen Here.

Photo: Hockey Canada

WJC Today - Day 3 Recap

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

WJC Today - Day 3 Preview

There are four games on the World Junior schedule tonight. Here are some previews of tonight's action.

All the action starts at 4:30pm AST when Sea Dogs forward Charlie Coyle and the Americans take on the Granlund brothers and Finland at Rexall Place in Edmonton. Coyle had a hat trick in the USA’s opening game against Denmark.

At 6:30pm, Sweden takes on Switzerland at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. You can catch this game on TSN2.

Jonathan Huberdeau and Team Canada faceoff against the Czech Republic at 9pm. This game is also on TSN. Pre-game show begins at 8:30pm. 

Huberdeau is coming off a five-point game on Monday against the Fins. Beaulieu also picked up an assist in the game.

Canada will be without Anaheim Ducks right winger Devante Smith-Pelly for the remainder of the tournament after breaking his ankle while blocking a shot in Mondays win against Finland

Lastly, Tomas Jurco and the Slovaks will have a huge test at 11pm on TSN2 when they take on Mikhail Grigorenko and the Russians. Jurco had a goal in a 3-1 Slovakia win over Latvia last night. 

Check back tomorrow morning for our recap of today's games.

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WJC Today - Day 2

Slovakia rejoices after Tomas Jurco's tying goal versus Latvia in the second period.

The World Junior Championships continued yesterday with two games on the schedule. Here are quick summaries of each of yesterday's match-ups.

Czech Republic 7, Denmark 0 - Summary

First off the Czech Republic faced off against Team Denmark. Tomas Hertl scored twice as the Czech Republic opened the World Junior Hockey Championship with a strong 7-0 victory over Denmark.

Baie-Comeau Drakkar forward Tomas Filippi along with Petr Holik, Dmitri Jaskin, Jiri Riha and Radek Faksa added goals for the Czechs. Czech goaltender Petr Mrazek only needed to make 12 saves for the shutout. Tomas Hertl was named player of the game for Czech Republic while goaltender Sebastian Feuk took home the award for Denmark.

The Czech Republic are set to face off against Team Canada today at 8 p.m. at Rexall Place.

Slovakia 3 , Latvia 1 - Summary

Later that night, the Slovaks took on Latvia in Calgary. Saint John Sea Dogs forward Tomas Jurco, Michal Toman and Marek Tvrdon all scored for the Slovakian club in their first game of the tournament.

Juris Ziemins scored the only goal for Team Latvia. Juraj Simboch was Slovakia's Player of the Game while Kristers Gudlevskis was Latvia's Player of the Game.


Scoring leaders for the tournament can be found here.

Standings

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	PTS
RUS	1	1	0	3
SWE	1	1	0	3
LAT	1	0	1	0
SUI	1	0	1	0

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	PTS
CAN	1	1	0	3
USA	1	1	0	3
DEN	1	0	1	0
FIN	1	0	1	0

A full preview of today's match ups will be up later this afternoon.

*Standings via HockeyCanada.ca

Photo: IIHF Images

WJC Today - Day 2 Preview

There are only 2 games on the World Junior Championships schedule today. Game one has Denmark taking on Czech Republic. The second and final game of the day will be Saint John Sea Dogs forward Tomas Jurco and the Slovaks against Latvia.

Both Slovakia and Czech Republic have yet to play a game in this years tournament, while Denmark and Latvia both suffered blowout losses in yesterdays opening day action. See our recap of all the opening day action here.

Along with Jurco, Baie-Comeau forward Lukás Cingel and Gatineau Defenseman Adam Janosik will play for Slovakia.


The Czech also have a huge quantity of Q' players on there team. These five players are: 
Jakub Culek - Rimouski
Petr Straka - Rimouski
Tomas Filippi - Baie-Comeau
Tomas Hyka - Gatineau
Lukas Sedlak - Chicoutimi

Check back later for a full recap of today's action from our newest writer/reporter Bradey Williston.

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WJC Today - Opening Day

Opening day of the 2012 World Junior Championships is now over. Here are some quick summaries of each game.

Canada 8, Finland 1: Summary
The biggest game of the night was the first one as Canada beat Finland 8-1 lead by Mark Stone with a hat trick and Jonathan Huberdeau with one goal and 4 assists. Mark Visentin got the victory. Stone was also named Player of the Game for Canada and Alexander Ruuttu was Player of the Game for Finland.

Sweden 9, Latvia 4: Summary
In the second game of the night, Sweden handed Latvia a 9-4 beating at the Saddledome in Calgary. Max Friberg had 4 goals for Sweden.  Filip Forsberg picked up Player of the Game honors for Sweden while Nikita Jevpalovs took home the award for Latvia.

USA 11, Denmark 3: Summary
The third game of the day was saw USA beat Denmark 11-4. Saint John Sea Dogs forward Charlie Coyle had a hat trick for the US. Coyle was also awarded Player of The Game for the US and Mathias Bau-Hansen was Denmark`s Player of the Game.

Russia 3, Switzerland 0: Summary
The fourth and final game of the day was the only low scoring game as Russsia shutout Switzerland 3-0. Quebec Remparts import forward Mikhail Grigorenko had a goal and an assist for Russia. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevski was named Russia`s Player of the Game and Swiss Goaltender Tim Wolf was Switzerland's Player of the Game.

Stats Leaders:
1 - J. Huberdeau(CAN) 5pts
T2 - R. Strome(CAN) 4pts
T2 - M. Friberg(SWE) 4pts
T2 - J. Zucker(USA) 4pts
Five players are tied for 5th place with 3pts, including Canada's Mark Stone and Saint John Sea Dogs forward Charlie Coyle of USA.

Group Leaders:
Group A
Sweden 1-0-0 3pts
Russia 1-0-0 3pts

Group B
Canada 1-0-0 3pts
USA 1-0-0 3pts

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