1/5/13
Gold Medal Game
USA 3-Sweden 1
Lead by Tournament MVP John Gibson Team USA beat the defending champion Team Sweden 3-1! Filip Sandberg scored a power play goal early in the second to give the Swedes a 1-0 lead. But Rocco Grimaldi scored two goals to close out the period to give the Americans a lead they would never lose. Vince Trochek would seal the game and the gold medal up with an empty netter.
Bronze Medal Game
Russia 6-Canada 5 (OT)
For the first time since 1998, Team Canada didn't medal at the World Juniors. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins lead the Canadians with a goal and three assists and Ryan Murphy tallying a goal and two assists, but it wasn't enough. Valeri Nichushkin scored 1:36 into overtime to ensure the home country at least medaled. Nail Yakapov lead the Russians with two goals.
1/3/13
Semifinals
USA 5-Canada 1
This game amount to a NFL team losing to a team in the regular season and then getting their revenge in the playoff game. After losing a heartbreaker in the prelims 2-1 to Team Canada, Team USA came back and dominated 5-1 to advance to the gold medal game! Jake McCabe and John Gaudreau led the way with two goal and an assist each and Jim Vesey scored the other goal and also got a helper. John Gibson though was the star again for his team as he made 33 saves to lead the Americans to victory.
Sweden 3-Russia 2 (SO)
1/2/13
Quarterfinals
USA 7-Czech Republic 0
So much for a slumping Team USA who can't score. Led by a John Gaudreau hat trick and a 31 save shutout performance by John Gibson, Team USA destroyed Team Czech Republic 7-0. Riley Barber scored two goals and Jacob Trouba and Seth Jones tallied four assists each. The domination propelled them to a rematch with Team Canada tomorrow.
Russia 4-Switzerland 3 (SO)
12/31/12
Czech Republic 4-Switzerland 3 (OT)
USA 9-Slovakia 3
After a dominating full out effort Team USA routed Team Slovakia 9-3 to advance to the Quarterfinals. John Gaudreau and Vince Trochek lead the way with two goals and an assist each. Alex Galchenyuk and Jake McCabe also added a goal and an assist and Jim Vesey assisted on three. On Wednesday Team USA will face off against Team Czech Republic.
Sweden 7-Finland 4
Canada 4-Russia 1
It was hyped all week as the matchup of the tournament and it lived up to it! Jonathan Huberdau scored a goal and an assist and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins assisted on three, as Team Canada beat Team Russia. Malcolm Subban made 21 saves in the win. Team Canada finished first in Group B and received a bye to the semifinals.
12/30/12
Finland 5-Switzerland 4 (SO)
Canada 2-USA 1
After watching this game, I'm not sure if the Canadians won or the Americans beat themselves. After Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ryan Strome gave Team Canada a 2-0 lead it became a defensive game. Malcolm Subban (36 saves) and John Gibson (30 saves) put on amazing effort for their teams throughout. The real story of the game came late in the third. After Jacob Trouba made it a 2-1 game, Team USA got sloppy and started taking stupid penalties. Despite Team Canada not scoring on two 5-3s, and despite an amazing last ditch effort l, Team Canada held on to win. Now 3-0 they are heading into a blockbuster matchup against Russia tomorrow and Team USA will play Slovakia to try to stay alive in the tournament.
Czech Republic 4-Latvia 2
Slovakia 2-Germany 1 (OT)
12/29/12
Sweden 5-Latvia 1
Russia 7-Germany 0
12/28/12
Czech Republic 3-Finland 1
Canada 5-Slovakia 3
Team Canada keeps rolling but not till after a bit of a fight. After two goals by Marko Dano, Team Slovakia took a 3-1 lead halfway through the 2nd period. That led to Team Canada scoring five unanswered to a 6-3 win, to go to 2-0 in the tournament. Ryan Strome led the way with two goals and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins got a goal and an assist. Goalie Malcolm Subban made 25 saves in the victory. Next up is Team USA on Sunday.
Sweden 3-Switzerland 2 (SO)
Russia 2-USA 1
In what turned out to be a fantastic game, Team Russia beat Team USA on a third period goal by Vladimir Tkachyov. The Russians took an early lead on an Albert Yarullin goal in the first but the Americans tied it up in the second with a power play goal by Jacob Trouba. It was a fantastic game as Team Russia improved to 2-0 (1 regulation win, 1 overtime win) and Team USA drop to 1-1. The US must now regroup as they will face the Canadians on Sunday.
12/27/12
Switzerland 7-Latvia 2
USA-8-Germany 0
Team Germany must looked at the beginning of their tournament schedule and prayed for mercy. They didn't get any. After a 9-3 beating by Team Canada yesterday, Team USA shutout them out 8-0. Goalies John Gibson (19 saves) and Jon Gillies (7 saves) shared the shoutout. Eight different players scored goals, lead by Riley Barber and Alex Galchenyuk with one goal and two assists each.
12/26/12
Finland 5-Latvia 1
Canada 9-Germany 3
Now that's how you start a run in the tournament. Team Canada hit a gold mine in an impressive 9-3 win over Team Germany. Leading Team Canada Mark Schiefele scored two goals and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins tallied a goal and four assists. Ryan Strome and Jonathan Huberdeau also tallied a goal and two assists each as well. Leonhard Pfoderi led Team Germany with a goal and an assist. Canadian goalie Malcolm Subban made 25 saves in the win.
Sweden 4-Czech Republic 1
Russia 3-Slovakia 2 (OT)
12/22/12
Pre-Competition Games
Finland 5-USA 1
Team Finland came to play in this game. After holding a 1-0 lead on a goal by Robert Leino, they broke the game wide open in the third with four goals. Markus Granlund was credited with the game winner. Aleksander Barkov tallied a goal and two assists and Artturi Lehkonen & Teuvo Teravainen also got a goal and an assist each. Blake Pietil got the only goal for Team USA.
Canada 2-Sweden 1 (SO)
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins won the game for Team Canada in a shootout. This game got deadlocked after a 1st period goal by Team Sweden's Alexander Wennberg and a 2nd period goal by Team Canada's Jonathan Drauin.
12/20/12
Pre-Competition Games
Finland 3-Canada 2
In the first pre-competition matchup on the tournament, Finland pulled off a victory over Canada. Finland took a lead in the first period with a Markus Granlund goal. Team Canada fired by with two goals by Griffin Reinhart and Mark Schiefele in 34 seconds early in the first but couldn't hold the lead as Ville Jarvelanien tied the game up just about half way through the period. Miro Aaltonen gave Team Finland the lead 7:18 into the third and they hung on for the win.
USA 3-Sweden 2 (OT)
If this is what the preliminary games are going to be like, I can't wait for this tournament to get underway. Early in the first Team Sweden and Team USA traded goals, Emil Molin and Connor Murphy respectively. Ryan Hartman gave Team USA a 2-1 lead less than four minutes into the 2nd but with 36 seconds left in the period Rickard Rakell scored to tie the game up. After a goalie duel in the 3rd, the game went to overtime. Shayne Gostisbehere scored 1:36 into the overtime from the point off a faceoff win by Sean Kuraly to win the game for Team 3-2!
