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US hockey players won bronze medals at the U20 World Championships in Canada. In the fight for 3rd place, they defeated Sweden in Halifax in a wild shootout 8:7 after extra time. The winning goal was scored in the 63rd minute by Chaz Lucius, who completed the hat-trick.
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The duel resulted in rarely seen shots on target. As many as nine goals were scored in the second period, the Swedes won 5:4, when they managed to erase a two-goal deficit twice. They took the lead for the first time in the 44th minute through Noah Östlund, but Luke Hughes equalized 5 minutes later in the blink of an eye.
The match had an incredible ending. Two minutes and 13 seconds before the end of regular time, Swede Leo Carlsson was awarded a two-minute penalty for a cut, and the Americans took advantage of the subsequent power play thanks to Rutger McGroarty, who pushed the puck into the net. The goal still had to be approved by the video referee.
It seemed decided, but the “three crowns” canceled the goalkeeper right at the end and 22 seconds before the siren, Filip Bystedt equalized in power play. With his second goal in the match, he sent the duel to extra time. The drama was interrupted early in the 3rd minute of extra time by Lucius, who found the rebounded puck and sent it past goaltender Carl Lindbom with a backhand bluff.
The Americans won their 14th precious metal World Junior Championships, including their seventh bronze (5-2-7). The Swedes did not defend their bronze medals from the postponed summer championship in Edmonton, they still have 20 metals in their collection (2-11-7).
WC under 20 – match for 3rd place:
USA – Sweden 8:7 pp (1:0, 4:5, 2:2 – 1:0)
Goals: 3. Cooley (Snuggerud), 22. Ufko (Snuggerud, Blake), 26. Lucius, 31. Gauthier (Cooley, McGroarty), 34. Lucius (Ufko), 49. Hughes (McGroarty), 59. McGroarty (Brindley, Gauthier ), 63. Lucius (Hutson, Savage) – 24. Bystedt (Lekkerimäki, Engström), 27. O. Pettersson (Sandin-Pellikka), 29. Carlsson (Wagner, Bystedt), 39. Oscarson (Carlsson, Jansson), 40 Öhgren, 44. Östlund (E. Pettersson, Strömgren), 60. Bystedt (Rosén, Jansson). Judges: Campbell, Hamilton (both Kan.) – Hautamäki (Fin.), Persson (Sweden), red card: 3:4 for 2 min., additionally 8. Lysell (Sweden.) 5 min + DKZ for header and neck , overpowers: 3:1, underdogs: 0:0, 9031 spectators.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Augustine (41. Mbereko) – Behrens, L. Hughes, Hutson, L. Mittelstadt, Peart, Ufko, Chesley – Gauthier, Cooley, Snuggerud – Lipkin, Lucius, Blake – Duke, Savage, McGroarty – Connors, Stramel, Brindley – Laba
Sweden: Lindbom – Engström, Sjöholm, Norén, Sandin-Pellikka, E. Pettersson, Jansson, Odelius – Rosén, Stjernborg, Lekkerimäki – Carlsson, Bystedt, Wagner – Öhgren, Östlund, Strömgren – Robertsson, Oscarson, O. Pettersson – Lysell
