All medalists have been determined at the World Junior Championship taking place in the USA.
In the final match, the Swedish national team defeated the Czech team with a score of 4:2 (Juustvaara, 14:46 - even, V. Eklund, 29:21 - power play, Bumédien, 43:47, Stenberg, 59:52 - penalty shot; A. Iržiček, 57:36, Kubějša, 59:36).
In the third place match, the Canadian team proved stronger than the Finnish team - 6:3 (Sam O'Reilly, 1:10, 25:27 - power play, Kuts, 4:57, Parekh, 18:41 - power play, Marton, 21:47, Gavin McKenna, 53:35; Valila, 3:23, Miettinen, 11:58 - power play, Ruohonen, 34:18).
The tournament MVP is the 18-year-old Czech forward Vojtěch Čihák, who scored 12 points. Best goalkeeper - Love Harenstam (Sweden). Best defender - Adam Iržiček (Czech Republic). Best forward - Adam Frondell (Sweden).
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