USA hockey players won gold medals at the U20 World Cup in Sweden. In Friday’s final, they beat the home team 6:2 and won their country’s sixth title in this age category. They replaced Canada on the throne, which triumphed in the previous two championships.
news-item-description">Hockey players from the Czech Republic won bronze medals at the Under-20 World Cup in Sweden. In Friday’s match for the final 3rd place, they won 8:5 over Finland, although they lost 2:5 in the meeting. Their turnaround was completed in the 59th minute by Tomas Hamara’s winning goal, the Czechs then added two more goals during the opponent’s game without a goalkeeper.
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The Americans also ended last year’s championship with a victory over Sweden, over whom they triumphed 8:7 after overtime in the bronze medal match. This time they won in all seven duels, while on the way to victory they also defeated the Slovak team (10:2 in the basic group). After the sixth triumph, they adjusted their medal balance from the MS”20″ to 15 precious metals – 6-2-7. The Swedes won their 12th silver and 21st medal (2-12-7).
Finals:
USA – Sweden 6:2 (1:0, 2:2, 3:0) Goals: 17. Perreault (Smith, McGroarty), 30. Howard (Fortescue), 35. Howard (Brindley), 42. Buium (Smith, Perreault), 57. Leonard (Perreault), 57. McGroarty (Snuggerud) – 23. Stenberg (M. Hävelid, E. Pettersson), 40. Lekkerimäki (Sandin-Pellikka, Östlund). Judges: Hebeisen (Switzerland), Pearce (Can.) – Durmis (SR), Gustafson (USA), disqualification: 4:4 for 2 min., in addition Hutson, McGroarty (USA) – A. Johansson, Östlund (Swed. ) all 10 min. OT for roughness, power plays: 0:1, weakness: 0:0, 11,512 spectators.
Assemblies:
Sweden: H. Hävelid – E. Pettersson, M. Hävelid, Lindstein, Willander, Salomonsson, Sandin-Pellikka, Johansson – Wahlberg, Östlund, Lekkerimäki – Öhgren, Bystedt, O. Pettersson – Stenberg, Edstrom, Unger Sörum – Born, F Wagner, Forsfjäll – Rudslätt
USA: Augustine – Hutson, Chesley, Fortescue, Casey, Buium, Rinzel, Pohlkamp – Moore, Gauthier, McGroarty – Howard, Nazar, Brindley – Perreault, Smith, Leonard – Finley, Nelson, Snuggerud – Hayes
Final ranking: 1. USA, 2. Sweden, 3. Czech Republic, 4. Finland, 5. Canada, 6. SLOVAKIA, 7. Switzerland, 8. Latvia, 9. Germany, 10. Norway
Slovakian Oto Durmis was one of the linesmen of the final duel. The Slovak representatives took 6th place after losing to the Finns in the quarter-finals 3:4 after extra time. Norwegians dropped out of the elite category, Kazakhstan will replace them at next year’s championship.
The final duel had a high tempo from the opening minutes, and after several opportunities the Americans were the first to score. In the 17th minute, Perreault gave them the lead during a signaled penalty, but three minutes after the break, Stenberg equalized with Hävelid’s shot – 1:1.
The Americans were guided to victory by Howard, who scored after an individual action in the 30th minute, and five minutes later his shot surprised goalkeeper Hugo Hävelid – 3:1. The home team gave hope with a goal “to the locker room,” when Lekkerimäki used a power play five seconds before the second siren – 3:2. In the final part, only the Americans scored goals.
An important goal for 4:2 was scored by Buium, who got to the puck after a successful puck and surprised the Swedish goalkeeper. From that moment on, the Americans controlled the action on the ice and did not let the Swedes do anything. In the 57th minute, the Swedes did not defend Leonard, who also beat the goalkeeper Hävelid – 2:5. The home team tried a minor sports miracle during the game with six players, but McGroarty closed the score – 6:2. The conclusion was further varied by several skirmishes.
2024-01-05 21:04:53
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