World Juniors 2017: Rivalry Renewed, Finland and Relegation
Day Nine of the World Juniors is Over, Who Won? Who Lost? and Who Were the Top Players of the Day? We’re Here to Let You Know!
Finland hit a hot streak, unfortunately, it was too late, but it still counted in some sense. Canada played out a real life scenario of David vs. Goliath. And the United States once again overcame adversity in the 2017 World Juniors.
Finland won their relegation tournament against Latvia by two games to none. Showing they are quite capable of winning and scoring, but did it too late in the tournament. Canada surprised everyone by controlling the entire game versus the powerful Swedes to advance to the Gold Medal game.
And the United States almost faced a scare by the hands of the Russians, until forward Troy Terry did what Canadian forward Jonathan Toews did years back by scoring three back to back shootout goals to help the States advance to the Gold Medal game as well. So a rivalry has been renewed and is going to be the game of the day on day ten.
Game Results:
United States (4/SO) vs. Russia (3)
Sweden (2) vs. Canada (5)
Finland (4) vs. Latvia (1)
Player Stats:
F Alexander Nylander (SWE) – 5G – 7A – 12PTS
F Kirill Kaprizov (RUS) – 8G – 3A – 11PTS
F Dylan Strome (CAN) – 3G – 7A – 10PTS
F Clayton Keller (USA) – 3G – 7A – 10PTS
F Mikhail Vorobyov (RUS) – 0G – 9A – 9PTS
F Joel Eriksson Ek (SWE) – 6G – 3A – 9PTS
D Thomas Chabot (CAN) – 3G – 5A – 8PTS
F Mathew Barzal (CAN) – 3G – 4A – 7PTS
F Anthony Cirelli (CAN) – 3G – 4A – 7PTS
F Julien Gauthier (CAN) – 5G – 2A – 7PTS
F Nico Hischier (SUI) – 4G – 3A – 7PTS
F Rasmus Asplund (SWE) – 1G – 6A – 7PTS
F Carl Grundstrom (SWE) – 3G – 4A – 7PTS
F Jordan Greenway (USA) – 3G – 4A – 7PTS
F Colin White (USA) – 6G – 1A – 7PTS
F Taylor Raddysh (CAN) – 5G – 1A – 6PTS
D Kale Clague (CAN) – 0G – 6A – 6PTS
F Eeli Tolvanen (FIN) – 2G – 4A – 6PTS
F Aapeli Rasanen (FIN) – 2G – 4A – 6PTS
D Yegor Rykov (RUS) – 1G – 5A – 6PTS
F Alexander Polunin (RUS) – 3G – 3A – 6PTS
F Denis Guryanov (RUS) – 3G – 3A – 6PTS
F Damien Riat (SUI) – 1G – 5A – 6PTS
D Jonas Siegenthaler (SUI) – 1G – 5A – 6PTS
F Troy Terry (USA) – 3G – 3A – 6PTS
F Jonathan Dahlen (SWE) – 4G – 1A – 5PTS
F Pierre-Luc Dubois (CAN) – 0G – 5A – 5PTS
F Jeremy Bracco (USA) – 3G – 2A – 5PTS
F Mitchell Stephens (CAN) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
D Jakub Zboril (CZE) – 0G – 4A – 4PTS
D Filip Hronek (CZE) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
F Nikolaj Krag (DEN) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
F Joachim Blichfeld (DEN) – 3G – 1A – 4PTS
D Vili Saarijarvi (FIN) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
F Renars Krastenbergs (LAT) – 3G – 1A – 4PTS
F Yakov Trenin (RUS) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
F Pavel Karnaukhov (RUS) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
F Calvin Thurkauf (SUI) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
D Oliver Kylington (SWE) – 0G – 4A – 4PTS
F Tage Thompson (USA) – 1G – 3A – 4PTS
D Charlie McAvoy (USA) – 1G – 3A – 4PTS
F Luke Kunin (USA) – 2G – 2A – 4PTS
F Dillon Dube (CAN) – 0G – 3A – 3PTS
D Philippe Myers (CAN) – 0G – 3A – 3PTS
F Blake Speers (CAN) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Mathieu Joseph (CAN) – 0G – 3A – 3PTS
F Nicolas Roy (CAN) – 2G – 1A – 3PTS
F Tyson Jost (CAN) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Michael Spacek (CZE) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Adam Musil (CZE) – 0A – 3A – 3PTS
F David Kase (CZE) – 2G – 1A – 3PTS
F Martin Necas (CZE) – 1G- 2A – 3PTS
F Filip Chlapik (CZE) – 2G – 1A – 3PTS
F Alexander True (DEN) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Mathias From (DEN) – 2G – 1A – 3PTS
F Martins Dzierkals (LAT) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
D Karlis Cukste (LAT) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Danil Yurtaikin (RUS) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Loic In Albon (SUI) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
D Michal Roman (SVK) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Boris Sadecky (SVK) – 0G – 3A – 3PTS
F Marek Sloboda (SVK) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
D David Bernhardt (SWE) – 0G – 3A – 3PTS
F Lias Andersson (SWE) – 3G – 0A – 3PTS
F Tim Soderlund (SWE) – 2G – 1A – 3PTS
D Lucas Carlsson (SWE) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
F Fredrik Karlstrom (SWE) – 1G – 2A – 3PTS
D Casey Fitzgerald (USA) – 0G – 3A – 3PTS
D Jeremy Lauzon (CAN) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
D Noah Juulsen (CAN) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Michael McLeod (CAN) – 2G – 0A – 2PTS
F Jonas Rondbjerg (DEN) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
D Nicolai Weichel (DEN) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F William Boysen (DEN) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
D Oliver Gatz (DEN) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Joona Luoto (FIN) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Kristian Vesalainen (FIN) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
D Juuso Valimaki (FIN) – 2G – 0A – 2PTS
D Olli Juolevi (FIN) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Kasper Bjorkqvist (FIN) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
D Eduards Jansons (LAT) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Filips Buncis (LAT) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Eduards Tralmaks (LAT) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
D Maksims Ponomarenko (LAT) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Rudolfs Balcers (LAT) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Kirill Belyayev (RUS) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Kirill Urakov (RUS) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Danila Kvartalnov (RUS) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
D Vadim Kudako (RUS) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Yannick Zehnder (SUI) – 2G – 0A – 2PTS
F Marco Miranda (SUI) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Milos Roman (SVK) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
D Rasmus Dahlin (SWE) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
D Gabriel Carlsson (SWE) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Filip Ahl (SWE) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Jens Looke (SWE) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
F Jack Roslovic (USA) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
D Joseph Cecconi (USA) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Tanner Laczynski (USA) – 1G – 1A – 2PTS
D Caleb Jones (USA) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
F Joey Anderson (USA) – 0G – 2A – 2PTS
D Dante Fabbro (CAN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Jake Bean (CAN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Daniel Krenzelok (CZE) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Radek Koblizek (CZE) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Filip Suchy (CZE) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Daniel Kurovsky (CZE) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Simon Stransky (CZE) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Tomas Soustal (CZE) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Frederik Hoeg (DEN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Mathias Rondbjerg (DEN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Morten Jensen (DEN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F David Madsen (DEN) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
D Anders Koch (DEN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Oliver Larsen (DEN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Niklas Andersen (DEN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Jesper Mattila (FIN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Julius Mattila (FIN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Urho Vaakanainen (FIN) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
D Miro Heiskanen (FIN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Teemu Vayrynen (FIN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Janne Kuokkanen (FIN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Julius Nattinen (FIN) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Denis Alexeyev (RUS) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Grigori Dronov (RUS) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Mikhail Sergachyov (RUS) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
D Mikhail Sidorov (RUS) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Sergei Zborovski (RUS) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Dominik Diem (SUI) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Nando Eggenberger (SUI) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
D Nico Gross (SUI) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Raphael Prassl (SUI) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Serge Weber (SUI) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Oliver Pataky (SVK) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Martin Fehervary (SVK) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Miroslav Struska (SVK) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
D Erik Cernak (SVK) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Martin Bodak (SVK) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Adam Ruzicka (SVK) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Martin Andrisik (SVK) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Mario Grman (SVK) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Filip Lestan (SVK) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
D Andrej Hatala (SVK) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
F Elias Pettersson (SWE) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Kristoffer Gunnarsson (SWE) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Andreas Wingerli (SWE) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Jacob Larsson (SWE) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Adam Fox (USA) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
D Jack Ahcan (USA) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Patrick Harper (USA) – 1G – 0A – 1PT
D Ryan Lindgren (USA) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Kieffer Bellows (USA) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
F Erik Foley (USA) – 0G – 1A – 1PT
Relegation Tournament:
Finland – 2-0-0-0
Latvia – 0-0-0-2
Top Forward of the Day: Denis Guryanov (RUS) – (2G, 0A, 2PTS, +2)
Forward Denis Guryanov shined for Russia on day ten, despite a heartbreaking loss in the shootout, he still scored two very important goals. Those two goals would have propelled Russia to a victory if the United States didn’t win in extra time.
Top Defenseman of the Day: Thomas Chabot (CAN) – (0G, 1A, 1PT)
Canadian defenseman Thomas Chabot has been on fire all tournament, he doesn’t just lead Canadian defenseman in points, but the whole tournament as well. And on top of that, he averages over 20 minutes a night.
Top Goalie of the Day: Carter Hart (CAN) – (1W, 0.00GAA, 1.000SV%)
After Canadian netminder Connor Ingram let in two quick goals against Sweden, the Canadian head coach pulled him and put in Carter Hart. A very smart decision granted he’s the best goalie in Canada in his age group and faced 28 shots and stopped them all.
Tournament Schedule:
Bronze Medal Game – Russia vs. Sweden (3:30pm EST)
Gold Medal Game – United States vs. Canada (7:30pm EST)
The final day of the tournament if going to be a classic. Canada and the United States will be renewing an old rivalry that always has everyone on edge, and it’s no regular game either, it’s for the Gold medal.
The powerhouse Swedes have been knocked down a notch, but for their continually outstanding efforts, they will be facing a very talented Russian team who has a history of waiting until later in the tournament to get things going. Therefore, closing day is going to be absolutely fantastic.
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