World Juniors daily recap: Quarterfinals, here we come!
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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 brought us the last day of action in the preliminary round, and we kicked things off with a matchup between Austria and the Czech Republic. The Czech team was looking to rebound well from a tough loss to the United States in their last game, and they did well to do just that. The first period was a relatively quiet one—no scoring and just one power play for the Czechs to work with, but they pretty thoroughly dominated possession throughout, so by the time the second period hit, we had the feeling that they were bound to find the back of the net with one of their chances sooner rather than later.
Finland just didn’t seem to have it, and while they got a couple of looks with the goalie pulled late in the period, ultimately Cozens sealed the game with the empty net goal, bringing Finland’s preliminary round winning streak to an end.
After a tough loss to Russia in their first game of the preliminary round, the US had been pretty well rolling over every team that they faced, so like the matchup between Canada and Finland, this was going to be an interesting test for them.
Trevor Zegras extended their lead to two with a quick shot from a tough angle just under three minutes later, and Sweden really seemed to be back on their heels in a bad way.
They looked to get their legs under them a bit more but they still only managed five shots in the third period, and didn’t bring much to really test Knight.
Finland just didn’t seem to have it, and while they got a couple of looks with the goalie pulled late in the period, ultimately Cozens sealed the game with the empty net goal, bringing Finland’s preliminary round winning streak to an end.
After a tough loss to Russia in their first game of the preliminary round, the US had been pretty well rolling over every team that they faced, so like the matchup between Canada and Finland, this was going to be an interesting test for them.
Trevor Zegras extended their lead to two with a quick shot from a tough angle just under three minutes later, and Sweden really seemed to be back on their heels in a bad way.
They looked to get their legs under them a bit more but they still only managed five shots in the third period, and didn’t bring much to really test Knight.