Connor Bedard cannot be stopped
Picking up his third point of the period, Bedard battled to keep a play alive just inside Sweden’s blue line before finding Logan Stankoven in the middle of the ice. Stankoven slid a short pass to Tyson Hinds in the high slot, who blasted a one-timer over Lindbom’s glove to put Canada ahead 3-0. Sweden would get their lone goal of the game on the power play at 16:21 of the first, as Ludvig Jansson floated a point shot through traffic, evading Canadian netminder Thomas Milic.
After a scoreless second period, Othmann got his second goal of the game 35 seconds into the third period. After some solid board work from Wright and Ethan Del Mastro created a turnover in Sweden’s zone, forward Dylan Guenther found Othmann off the back post. Lindbom couldn’t reach Othmann’s shot sliding across the crease, giving Canada the 4-1 lead.To close out the scoring, Bedard picked up a record-tying point to finish perhaps the best preliminary round performance in Canadian World Junior Championship history, recording 18 points in only four games. Off another turnover, Bedard connected with Kevin Korchinski, who slid down to nearly the goal line before beating Lindbom short side.
The regulation win pushed Canada into second place in Group A behind Czechia, who beat Canada to open the tournament. Canada received solid netminding from Milic against Sweden, with the Seattle Thunderbirds netminder stopping 22 shots. Milic will almost certainly go back in net for Canada against Slovakia.
Slovakia finished third in Group B and has significant firepower throughout its lineup, including Canadiens first-round pick Filip Mesar, second-overall pick of theIn the other quarterfinal matchups, Czechia will face Switzerland, while Group B winner USA will face off against Germany. Sweden will play their Scandinavian rivals Finland, meaning either the bronze or silver medal team from this summer’s World Junior tournament will be eliminated in the quarterfinals.
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