2019 IIHF World Junior Championship Recap Jan 2 2019
Kazakhstan 4, Denmark 3 – Rogers Arena, Vancouver
- Artur Gatiyatov had a goal and an assist to lead Kazakhstan to a win in the first game of the best-of-three relegation round.
- Jonas Rondbjerg, playing in his fourth World Juniors, scored one goal and set up another for the Danes, who ended their goalless drought at 249 minutes.
Switzerland 2, Sweden 0 – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
- Yannick Bruschweiler and Luca Wyss scored goals to help the Swiss pull off the upset and advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2010.
- Luca Hollenstein posted a 41-save shutout.
United States 3, Czech Republic 1 – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
- Noah Cates, Josh Norris and Sasha Chmelevski scored the goals – one in each period – to send the Americans into the semifinals.
- Martin Kaut had the lone marker for the Czechs.
Russia 8, Slovakia 3 – Rogers Arena, Vancouver
- Klim Kostin scored twice and Grigori Denisenko added a goal and two assists for the Russians, who scored four goals in the opening 11 minutes en route to a semifinal berth.
- Martin Fehervary, Milos Roman and Michal Ivan netted third-period goals for Slovakia.
Finland 2, Canada 1 (OT) – Rogers Arena, Vancouver
The 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship ended in the quarter-finals for Canada’s National Junior Team following a heartbreaking 2-1 overtime loss to Finland in front of 17,047 fans at Rogers Arena on Wednesday night. The loss ends Canada’s bid for back-to-back gold medals for the first time since it won five straight from 2005 to 2009.
“I told the guys we played a great game, we came together, competed and became a family. They played the way we wanted to. It’s a game of inches and it’s a hard tournament to win. We just have everyone reflect on their own experience, what they felt they could have done better and what they felt they did well – that’s how you get better.” – Tim Hunter, head coach
- Ian Mitchell (Calahoo, Alta./University of Denver, NCHC) scored Canada’s lone goal.
- Michael DiPietro (Amherstburg, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) held off Finland until the final minute, finishing the game with 32 saves.
- Finland outshot Canada 34-25.