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12/31 22:37 CST Sweden beats US 6-3 in world junior hockey group finale. Canada
tops Finland 7-4
Sweden beats US 6-3 in world junior hockey group finale. Canada tops Finland 7-4
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) --- Lucas Pettersson and Eddie Genborg each scored twice
and Sweden beat the United States 6-3 on Wednesday night in the world junior
hockey championship to complete group play unbeaten.
Casper Juustovaara opened the scoring in the first period on a deflection, and
the Swedes led 5-1 in the second period in the Group A finale. Ivar Stenberg
scored in the third, and Love Harenstam made 28 saves.
"We knew it would be hard game," Swedish forward Milton Gastrin said. "They
were better at the start, but we kept it together and took over a bit in the
second and scored some goals. We played like a team the whole way, and I think
we did that better than they did, which is probably why we won."
In the quarterfinals Friday, Sweden will face Latvia, and the second-place
Americans will play Finland, a 7-4 loser to Canada later Wednesday night in the
Group B finale in Minneapolis. Canada will play Slovakia, and Czechia will meet
Switzerland.
Chase Reid, Will Zellers and Teddy Stiga scored for the United States. Brady
Knowling stopped 23 shots in his tournament debut before giving way to Nick
Kempf. The Americans lost for the first time in four games in the tournament.
"They're a pretty good team and we didn't play our best," Reid said. "We'll see
them again, and we'll get them back. I feel like we can play the same way, but
we didn't bring our best game tonight. We took a lot of undisciplined penalties
that we didn't need to take, but it's a learning lesson and we'll come back
stronger."
In the late game at the University of Minnesota, Cole Beaudoin had two goals
and an assist for Canada. Brady Martin also scored twice, and Zayne Parekh had
a goal and two assists. The 19-year-old Parekh has appeared in 12 games for the
Calgary Flames.
Earlier, Switzerland beat Slovakia 3-2 to finish third in Group A, and Chechia
topped Latvia 4-2 in Group B for its third straight win since an opening loss
to Canada.
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