News – WC U20: Canada and Czechia win by nothing

U20 World Championships in Edmonton, Day 2 (27.12.2020) :

Group A :

Slovakia U20 – Canada U20 :  1 – 3  (0-1 0-0 1-2) see the match sheet

The Canadians struggled to beat Slovakia led by ex-NLA player Robert Petrovicky after scoring 16 goals for Germany the day before. Despite everything, Canada coach André Tourigny said he was satisfied with the work of his young players who came up against a defensive Slovak team. The goalkeepers were also the stars of this match: Devon Levi (17 blocked shots out of 18) for Canada won on his 19th birthday while Samuel Hlavaj (20 blocked shots out of 22) was named. best player of his team. This victory allows the host country to remain at the top of Group A with a 2-0-0 record, ahead of Finland thanks to the goal average.

Group B :

Czechia U20 – Russia U20: 2 – 0 (0-0 1-0 1-0) see the match sheet

A meeting also placed under the sign of a duel of goalkeepers: Lukas Parik for the Czechs got a shutout after stopping 29 shots while the Russian goalkeeper Yaroslav Askarov made 27 saves on the other side of the ice. Only Filip Koffer and Martin Lang found the key to late-game goals for the Czech Republic to beat Russia 2-0 on Sunday night in Edmonton.

The Czechs and Russians are traditional rivals who usually play close and tense matches and they have been again. This is all the more true as both nations aspire to a gold medal. The Russians last hung it around their necks in 2011 in Buffalo, while the Czechs haven’t won gold since their back-to-back titles in 2000 and 2001.

That feeling when you not only play an incredible game, but also take down a rival in the process ????@narodnitym #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/lf58EVtvkd

– IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 28, 2020

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