World Juniors daily recap: No upsets this time around
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Filed under: Your daily recap of the 2021 World Juniors action.Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place. Yesterday was quarterfinal day at long last, and we kicked off a jam-packed day with a matchup between Russia and and a German team that’s struggled some in this tournament for a myriad of reasons, but has certainly looked more competitive since being able to, well, ice a complete lineup. But Russia came out with the early jump in this one, and had a chance to pull into the lead very early, with a chance on the power play not even four minutes into the game. But no matter, they had momentum building and even down a man at the nine minute mark, Russia forced a breakout on the penalty kill and Vasili Ponomaryov was sent off on a breakaway and was able to pick up a shorthanded goal.
But momentum was already swinging well back in their favor, and while the Swedes seemed to get a little bit back in the third period, they just didn’t have it.
Our third game of the day was sure to be an interesting one—Canada was coming off of a decisive win over Finland in their final game of the preliminary round and looking to bring that momentum with them, but they were set to face off against a Czech team whose style had given some of the powerhouse teams trouble.
The Czechs weren’t going away quietly, though, and as Canada seemed to let off the gas after that second goal, the Czechs took advantage and started pulling momentum back in their favor, peppering them with chances through the end of the period but still struggling to break through.
They responded well to the Sojka goal, and Farinacci was able to restore their two-goal lead with a nice sort of wraparound move just under six minutes later.
But momentum was already swinging well back in their favor, and while the Swedes seemed to get a little bit back in the third period, they just didn’t have it.
Our third game of the day was sure to be an interesting one—Canada was coming off of a decisive win over Finland in their final game of the preliminary round and looking to bring that momentum with them, but they were set to face off against a Czech team whose style had given some of the powerhouse teams trouble.
The Czechs weren’t going away quietly, though, and as Canada seemed to let off the gas after that second goal, the Czechs took advantage and started pulling momentum back in their favor, peppering them with chances through the end of the period but still struggling to break through.
They responded well to the Sojka goal, and Farinacci was able to restore their two-goal lead with a nice sort of wraparound move just under six minutes later.