Canada, the defending tournament champion, grabbed the lead early in the game, but by the end of the first period, the two teams began trading goals that left fans on the edges of their seats.
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In the day’s opening quarter-final, Vladislav Kamenev netted an overtime victor to send 2015 silver medallists Russian Federation through to the last four as they overcame Denmark 4-3.
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Canada was guaranteed third place in Group A regardless of Thursday’s result.
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But here we are, so we’re just going to take advantage of it, stay calm and collected, and go out and do what we do best”. Well, Eddie Lacy has caused the Vikings trouble in the last three matchups, so feeding him the ball would be a good idea.
“I think the main issue was trying to stay away from that and we didn’t do that too well”.
“It’s about Finland and it’s about the next game”. Nine players, including Strome and Mitch Marner, are eligible to play in that tournament, although some will likely be playing in the National Hockey League. Because of Canada’s third place finish, it got paired against a second-place finisher-Finland.
Canada played a largely mediocre preliminary tournament, coming into the quarterfinals as a third seed for just the third time at the tournament. Sweden will next face Slovakia in the quarter-finals. Denmark goaltender Thomas Lillie stopped 42 shots.
The game truly lived up to the hype, as the two nations put forth a thrilling, emotional performance that saw them trade goals for all three periods. “We’re not going to set out to try and beat up Russian Federation or anything like that”. “We’re talking about teenagers that have to cope and deal with situations in the spontaneity of hockey that sometimes work against you and sometimes don’t”.
This year’s Canadian team has struggled in the preliminary round.
Some want Canada to win the World Junior Hockey Championship more than they want their favourite NHL team to win the Stanley Cup, and they look for players and coaches to criticize when that doesn’t happen.
“I had mentioned to their coach before the game, you’ve got to make sure you don’t take any penalties because penalties will kill you especially against Finland”, said Wilson, whose team advanced to the semifinal by beating the Czech Republic 7-0 on Saturday.
Finland entered the game with the tournament’s best offense, having led the way with 23 goals through the first round via the potent line of Jesse Puljujärvi, Sebastian Aho, and Patrik Laine – the tournament’s top three scorers.
When the Ottawa Senators said “Happy New Year”, they could have been excused for muttering “we hope”. Just when Team Canada thought they had one up, the goal was reviewed and it seemed inconclusive so it was waved off. Team Canada wouldn’t take no for an answer and they scored again before you could blink. Marner was able to score again in the final seconds of the power play, tying it up yet again.
Strome added to Canada’s lead over five minutes later, jamming home a loose puck in Finland’s crease after a Julien Gauthier rebound.
Mackenzie Blackwood said it all in a single expression. After all, Superman is not supposed to bleed, much less get knocked out in front of a sold-out crowd that was maybe 30% Canadian.
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Swedish star William Nylander, the older brother of Alexander, did not play.
