2023-04-29 19:46:00
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Canada was beaten 7-2 by Sweden in the semifinals of the World Under-18 Hockey Championship.
The Canadians will play for the bronze medal on Sunday once morest Slovakia while the Swedes join the Americans for the gold medal.
Despite a 2-1 lead in the first period thanks to goals from Macklin Celebrini and Angus MacDonell, the members of the maple leaf quickly found themselves in bad shape. Sweden tied the game soon following, before scoring four goals in the second period.
Goalkeeper Carson Bjarnason had to leave the game following being hit in the head by Noel Nordh late in the first round. The forward received a game misconduct on the streak. Quebecer Gabriel D’Aigle took over, but mightn’t stop the yellow and blue attack. The former member of the Victoriaville Tigres allowed four goals on 15 shots he faced.
Performance of two goals and three assists in the victory for Otto Stenberg. Felix Unger Sorum also stood out with four assists.
It is a second domination of Sweden at the expense of Canada in this tournament. In the first game, they lost 8-0.
USA dominates Slovakia
Will Smith scored a hat trick as the United States edged Slovakia 7-1 in the semifinals of the World Under-18 Hockey Championship on Saturday.
Trey Augustine was solid in front of the net, blocking 27 of 28 shots he faced.
Smith struck twice in the first period to help his club build a 3-0 lead with Cole Hutson also contributing. He confirmed his hat-trick following just 50 seconds in the second period.
Sal Guzzo made it 5-0 before Dalibor Dvorsky put the Slovaks on the board with his own goal.
Danny Nelson and Cole Eiserman then completed the scoring.
The Slovaks surprised Finland 3-2 in the quarter-finals. They are the Cinderella story of this competition, they who have won only two medals in their history, bronze in 1999 and silver in 2003. They will have the opportunity to add a third in the final consolation.
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