2020 IIHF World Juniors: Quarterfinals Recap
United States’ tournament ends with loss
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