2020 IIHF World Junior Championships: Weekend Recap
Canada falls, USA wins
In case you missed any of this weekend’s action at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championships, here’s a recap of the games from this weekend.
Finland 8, Slovakia 1
Finnish goals: Patrik Puistola, Aku Raty (2), Joonas Oden, Aatu Raty, Mikko Kokkonen, Eemil Erholtz, Ville Petman
Slovakia goal: Robert Dzugan
Justus Annunen: 25 saves on 26 shots faced
Samuel Vyletelka: 19 saves on 25 shots faced (34:51)
Samuel Hlavaj: 13 saves on 15 shots faced (25:09)
Germany 4, Czech Republic 3
Germany goals: Lukas Reichel, John Peterka, Dominik Bokk (2)
Czech goals: Martin Has, Jan Jenik, Libor Zabransky
Lukas Dostal: 21 saves on 25 shots faced
Hendrik Hane: 27 saves on 30 shots faced
Matej Pekar: 1 assist, 4 penalty minutes, 1 face-off taken (won); 1 shot; 6:37 ice time
Martin Hugo Has (#ALLCAPS) gets the Czech Republic on the board!
— Tony Ferrari (@theTonyFerrari) December 28, 2019
They take advantage of the Peterka penalty and score on the powerplay! Great work by Jaromir Pytlik (#2020NHLDraft) and Matej Pekar (#Sabres) in the corner! #WJC #WorldJuniors2020 pic.twitter.com/4eVQ1DlZRg
Russia 6, Canada 0
Russian goals: Alexander Khovanov, Pavel Dorofeyev, Nikita Rtishev, Nikita Alexandrov, Yegor Sokolov, Grigori Denisenko
Amir Miftakhov: 28 saves on 28 shots faced
Joel Hofer: 20 saves on 22 shots faced
Nicolas Daws: 14 saves on 18 shots faced
Dylan Cozens: 5 face-off wins, 4 losses; 3 shots on goal; 14:02 ice time
Sweden 5, Switzerland 2
Swedish goals: Samuel Fagemo (2), Nils Hollander, Karl Henriksson, Lucas Raymond
Swiss goals: Gilian Kohler, Nico Gross
Hugo Alnefelt: 25 saves on 27 shots faced
Stephane Carlin: 9 saves on 10 shots faced (30:58)
Luca Hollenstein: 13 saves on 17 shots faced (29:02)
Finland 7, Kazakhstan 1
Finnish goals: Patrik Puistola (2), Kristian Tanus, Matias Maccelli, Aatu Raty, Mikko Kokkonen, Kim Nousiainen
Kazakhstan goal: Andrei Buyalski
Kari Piiroinen: 21 saves on 22 shots faced
Roman Kalmykov: 27 saves on 34 shots faced
United States 3, Russia 1
US goals: Arthur Kaliyev (2), Nicholas Robertson
Russian goal: Alexander Romanov
Spencer Knight: 25 saves on 26 shots faced
Amir Miftakhov: 15 saves on 18 shots faced (41:20)
Yaroslavl Askarov: 6 saves on 6 shots faced (16:35)
Mattias Samuelsson: 0 points, 2 shots, plus-2, 19:36 ice time
Group A Standings
- Finland (2-0-1-0)
- Sweden (1-1-0-0)
- Switzerland (1-0-0-1)
- Slovakia (1-0-0-1)
- Kazakhstan (0-0-0-3)
Group B Standings
- USA (2-0-0-1)
- Czech Republic (1-0-0-1)
- Germany (1-0-0-1)
- Canada (1-0-0-1)
- Russia (1-0-0-2)