Last night in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, four matches of the group stage of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship took place.
Germany — Sweden — 1:8 (Pul, 7:04; Frondel, 1:45-pen., 45:34-pen., Bjork, 21:03, 35:26-pen., Berglund, 28:11, 59:59, Orqvist, 39:29, Danielsson, 57:25-pen.).
Finland — Czech Republic — 1:2 (OT) (Hemming, 59:40; Kubiesa, 1:52-pen., Irzhicek, 63:39).
Slovakia — USA — 5:6 (Pitka, 8:53, Krenko, 11:15-pen., 58:06, Belushko, 26:46-pen., Svrcak, 34:44-pen.; Spellasi, 21:50-pen., Macmorrow, 28:33, R.Li, 31:00-pen., Hagens, 39:15, 40:18, Zellers, 44:34-pen.).
Canada — Denmark — 9:1 (McKenna, 3:17-pen., 35:03, 45:45, Kuts, 8:36, Parekh, 10:03, Martone, 26:11-pen., 54:40, Misa, 44:41, Aichison, 54:16; Klyuvo, 20:28).
Group A: 1.Sweden — 9 points (3 games). 2.USA — 9 (3). 3.Slovakia — 3 (3). 4.Switzerland — 0 (2). 5.Germany — 0 (3).
Group B: 1.Canada — 8 (3). 2.Finland — 7 (3). 3.Czech Republic — 5 (3). 4.Latvia — 1 (2). 5.Denmark — 0 (3).
