full screen Full-back Axel Sandin Pellikka was popular with the supporters after deciding the quarter-final against Switzerland. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT
The golden dream lives on for the Junior crowns after the victory in the quarter-final drama against Switzerland.
On Thursday afternoon, the semi-final against the Czech Republic awaits – and a chance for revenge for last year’s defeat.
What: Junior WC, semi-finals.
Where: Scandinavium, Gothenburg.
When: Thursday at 3 p.m.
TV/Radio: TV6/Viaplay, SR P4.
Sweden’s path to the semi-finals: Latvia 6–0, Germany 5–0, Canada 2–0, Finland 4–5 e str, Switzerland (quarters) 3–2 e forl.
Czech Republic: Slovakia 2–6, Norway 8–1, USA 3–4 e str, Switzerland 4–2, Canada (quarters) 3–2.
Växjö talent stepped forward: The Czech Republic has three chains that all produce equivalent points. Goal and score king Jiri Kulich (4+4) leads the first chain, but against Canada it was the third chain and a Växjö talent that decided. Jakub Stancl scored two goals, the decisive one with eleven seconds left. Stancl has made six SHL games and one goal during the fall, but mostly stays in the J20 team.
Revanschläge: In last year’s tournament, Sweden fell in the semi-finals against the Czech Republic after extra time. The match winner then was Kulich, who has played an NHL game for Buffalo this fall but on a daily basis resides in the farm team Springfield.
Chasing third gold: Sweden has only two JVM golds of all time, in 1981 and 2012. The last Swedish JVM final was in Buffalo in 2018 when Canada won 3–1. The Czech Republic lost to Canada in the final last year and, just like Sweden, has two golds all-time, the most recent in 2001.
The other semi-final: USA–Finland (SVT2 at 19.30).
Sweden
Goalkeepers: 35 Hugo Hävelid, 30 Melker Thelin.
Backpar: 2 Elias Pettersson, 5 Mattias Hävelid – 9 Theo Lindstein, 24 Tom Willander – 3 Elias Salomonsson, 4 Axel Sandin Pellikka – 6 Anton Johansson.
Chains: 22 Anton Wahlberg, 12 Noah Östlund, 23 Jonathan Lekkerimäki – 20 Liam Öhgren, 18 Filip Bystedt, 27 Oskar Pettersson – 25 Otto Stenberg, 15 David Edstrom, 16 Felix Unger Sörum – 11 Isac Born, 10 Fabian Wagner, 21 Zeb Forsfjäll – 19 Rasmus Rudslätt.
Czech Republic
Goalkeeper: 30 Michael Hrabal, 1 Jakub Vondras.
Backpar: 9 Tomas Hamara, 27 Marek Alscher – 7 Tomas Cibulka, 6 Ales Cech – 4 Matej Prcik, 23 Tomas Galvas – 26 Matteo Koci.
Kedjor: 10 Adam Bares, 24 Matyas Sapovaliv, 25 Jiri Kulich – 28 Eduard Sale, 16 Matyas Melovsky, 17 Sebastian Redlich – 12 Dominik Rymon, 19 Ondrej Becher, 21 Jakub Stancl – 18 Matej Mastalirsky, 11 Matej Pribyl, 14 Adam Zidlicky – 15 Jakub Hujer.
2024-01-04 04:53:15
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