After quarterfinal play, Buffalo Sabres prospect Mattias Samuelsson’s time at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championships is done. The United States fell to Finland 1-0 in Thursday’s semifinal. Matej Pekar and the Czech Republic are also done for the tournament after dropping a 5-0 decision to Sweden.
Germany 4, Kazakhstan 0
Germany goals: Lukas Reichel, Louis Brune, John Peterka, Dominik Bokk
Hendrik Hane: 23-save shutout
Vladislav Nurek: 31 saves on 35 shots faced
Russia 3, Switzerland 1
Russia goals: Dmitri Voronkov, Alexander Khovanov, Dmitri Voronkov
Switzerland goal: Gaetan Jobin
Yaroslav Askarov: 14 saves on 15 shots faced
Luca Hollenstein: 33 saves on 36 shots faced (58:35)
Canada 6, Slovakia 1
Canada goals: Barrett Hayton (2), Connor McMichael, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Liam Foudy, Alexis Lafreniere
Slovakia goal: Oliver Okuliar
Joel Hofer: 17 saves on 18 shots faced
Samuel Hlavaj: 24 saves on 30 shots faced (41:00)
Samuel Vyletelka: 14 saves on 14 shots faced (19:00)
Dylan Cozens: 2 assists, 4 penalty minutes, 40% on face-offs, 7 shots, plus-2, 16:26 ice time
#WorldJuniors: Dylan Cozens (BUF) with the poke check, Alexis Lafreniere with the centering feed, and Barrett Hayton (ARI) with the shot that gives Canada a 1-0 lead over Slovakia. pic.twitter.com/Tn6xwYqOIV
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Finland 1, United States 0
Finland goal: Joonas Oden
Justus Annunen: 30-ssave shutout
Spencer Wolf: 28 saves on 29 shots faced (58:48)
Mattias Samuelsson: 0 points, 1 shot, 19:47 ice time
Sweden 5, Czech Republic
Sweden goals: Nils Hoglander (2), Hugo Gustafsson, Victor Sooderstrom, David Gustafsson
Hugo Alnefelt: 23-save shutout
Lukas Dostal: 32 saves on 37 shots faced
Matej Pekar: 0 points, 1 shot, 8:38 ice time
Upcoming Semifinal Action on Saturday, January 4:
Sweden (Erik Portillo) vs. Russia
Canada (Dylan Cozens) vs. Finland