Finland beats the World Juniors, wins Slovakia
MONCTON, New Brunswick – Oliver Kapanen and Joakim Kemell each had a goal and an assist as Finland defeated Slovakia 5-2 on Tuesday at the World Junior Hockey Championships.
Jani Nyman also scored Finland’s three goals during the second period. Sami Paivarinta and Brad Lambert scored the Finns’ other goals.
Jani Lampinen made 22 saves for Finland (1-0-1), a day after Finland lost 3-2 in overtime to underdog Switzerland.
Peter Repcik scored in the first and third periods in Slovakia’s first game of the tournament. Maxim Strbak assisted in both goals.
Patrik Andrisik started Slovakia in net, stopping 11 of 15 shots in 33:56 of work. Matej Marinov struck out 7 of 8 shots in relief.
Sweden 1, Germany 0
Carl Lindbom stopped all 28 shots he faced as Sweden knocked off Germany to extend their streak to two games in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Adam Engstrom scored the only goal of the game in the dying seconds of the first period as Sweden (2-0-0) strengthened its dominance in Group A.
Nikita Quapp replaced Germany in the goal with 43 shots (0-1-0).
SWITZERLAND 3, LATVIA 2, SO
Switzerland scored the equalizer with less than two minutes remaining in regulation and then defeated Latvia in a penalty shootout in Moncton.
Robin Louis and Rodwin Dionicio scored for Switzerland, while Darels Dukurs and Dans Locmelis scored for Latvia, who won 29-18.
Switzerland (2-0-0) opened with a 3-2 overtime victory over Finland. Latvia (0-1-1) lost to the United States 5-2 in Monday’s opening match.
CZECH REPUBLIC 9, AUSTRIA 0
Jiri Kulich scored three goals as the Czech Republic cruised past Austria in Halifax.
Gabriel Szturc scored twice, and Jakub Brabenec, Petr Hauser, Ales Cech and David Spacek each scored. Stanislav Svozil had three assists. The Czechs led after the first set 3-0 and went into the third set 7-0.
The Czech Republic (2-0-0) defeated Canada 5-2 on Monday. Austria (0-2-0) lost to Sweden 11-0 on Monday.
Goalkeeper Tomas Suchanek recorded a shutout and had two assists.