Sweden Finland World Juniors – TSN.ca
Red deer, Alta. – Simon Edvinsson, Emil Andrae and Alexander Holtz each scored points and helped one to lead Sweden past Russia 6-3 on Sunday the first day of the junior world championship in hockey.
Oskar Olausson, Theodor Niederbach and Daniel Ljungman also scored for Sweden (1-0). Helge Grans and William Eklund chipped in with two assists each.
Jesper Wallstedt turned away 27 shots in the tournament’s opening win in Red Deer, Alta.
Matvei Michkov responded with two third-period goals for Russia (0-1). Fyodor Svechkov also scored.
Russian goalkeeper Yaroslav Askarov gave up three goals on 16 shots before being pulled after two periods. Yegor Guskov stopped 5-of-7 shots in relief in the third.
Canada hosted the Czech Republic later Sunday at Rogers Place, home of the Edmonton Oilers.
In Red Deer, the United States hosted Slovakia.
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FINLAND 3 GERMANY 1
Samuel Helenius scored two goals and Joel Maata had the final winner in the second period for Finland (1-0), with Brad Lambert assisting on both of Helenius’ goals.
Leevi Merilainen made 23 saves for the net win.
Luca Munzenberger was the lone goal scorer for Germany (0-1), who got 19 stops by goalkeeper Nikita Quapp.
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This report from The Canadian Press was first published on December 26, 2021.