A spirited rivalry was renewed Saturday as Team Canada and Team Russia took to the ice. Once the dust had settled it was Team Russia securing a victory over the Canadians in over time with a final score of 6-5. Less than two minutes into the extra frame, Valeri Nichushkin, capitalizing on an error from Canadian defenseman Morgan Rielly, shot ... Read More »
Two pre-tournament games followed by four preliminary games and two playoff round games, and it all came down to this morning’s gold medal game against the Swedish National Junior Team. Let’s first recap the games leading up to today. Preliminary Round Game 1 of the preliminary one was a dominant one for Team USA. 8 different players each scored a ... Read More »
The atmosphere was obviously amped for this bronze-medal game, in what many thought would actually be the gold-medal game. Possibly trying to emanate the Mighty Ducks from the movies, Russia came out of the gates wearing their red jerseys, but switched to their whites. It wasn’t really that dramatic, though, because they switched jerseys before the game started, and only ... Read More »
The 2012 WJC defending champs looked well on their way to taking it all, but in the end they came up just short of taking home the gold. Team Sweden lost 3-1 in the Gold Medal game against Team USA, killing their chance to be the World Junior champions back to back years. It comes as a surprise to some, ... Read More »
It took Germany six attempts to win their first game of the 2013 World Junior Championships but they certainly picked the right time to do it. Led by two goals from Leon Draisaitl and 23 saves by Marvin Cupper, the Germans sent Latvia out of the WJC for at least a year with a 5-2 victory. Germany entered the game ... Read More »
It was never meant to be easy for Russia; playing back-to-back games, and having to beat the defending champions, Sweden, to advance to the gold-medal game. Continuing with the theme of yesterday’s game – penalties – Nikita Kucherov took a hooking penalty a minute into the game, but Russia killed it off. But Pavel Koledov took down Swede captain Filip ... Read More »
Following Monday’s win against Team Slovakia, the United States advanced to the playoff round. The quarterfinal game matchup was determined to be against the Czech Republic. Team USA, coming off a 9-3 win Monday, faced a Czech team with a record of 2-1-0-1 (2 wins, 1 overtime win, and 1 loss).2 The first period saw a lot of action at ... Read More »
I think everyone thought this game would be pretty one-sided, but it was, surprisingly, and incredibly a close game throughout. Yaroslav Kosov had a breakaway a little more than a minute into the game, but the 6’6” Eliot Antonietti denied him on a great defensive play on the backcheck. Switzerland’s strategy, like Germany’s, seemed to be to attempt to bully ... Read More »
The game may have not been televised but Germany should be thrilled that no one watched this performance. In the first game of the relegation round, Finland stomped on Germany 8-0. Ville Pokka scored two goals and Finland managed five in the third period to close out the Germans. After scouring all corners of the internet early this morning, I ... Read More »
It was win or go home for Team USA this morning. The winner of this elimination game would advance to the playoff round, joining Canada and Russia in their Group. The pace of the game from the get-go was intense. After multiple rushes both ways ended in intercepted passes, Cole Bardreau was given a perfect pass from Ryan Hartman through ... Read More »
The first think one might notice about the game is that the crowd is really into it. The second thing one might notice is that these are probably the two best teams and the probable gold-medal matchup. The third thing one might notice is that, who needs the NHL? This was a great game, especially the first period, that would ... Read More »
Finland got exactly what they needed against Switzerland, a win. Having been rolled over against the Czech Republic (2-1), the Finns sorely needed their 5-4 shootout win against the Swiss. With their win, Finland now has four skaters tied for 14th in WJC points at three. Finland’s chances are looking better as they head into their game on Monday with ... Read More »
This morning the United States faced what many consider to be the best Canadian Junior Team in years. Players such as Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Ryan Strome lead the Canadians to a 2-0 start in this tournament, having defeated Germany and Slovakia so far in the preliminary round. The United States entered the matchup 1-1, having beaten Team ... Read More »
It’s still early in the World Juniors Championship, but Team Sweden is wasting no time showing everyone why they’re the defending champs. Sweden has taken the lead in Group A, having played and won all 3 of their games. They’ve also been lucky to have a mix of strong scoring and even better goaltending, scoring 12 goals and only allowing ... Read More »
Marvin Cupper made 40 saves and Germany killed six of seven power plays as they registered their first point of the World Junior Championships in a 2-1 overtime loss to Slovakia on Sunday. New York Rangers draft pick Peter Ceresnak scored the game-winner for Slovakia 1:41 into overtime. In what was Germany’s best effort of the tournament, they managed to ... Read More »
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