Sweden punches quarterfinal ticket at world juniors with high-scoring win over Switzerland
The Canadian Press | Posted: December 29, 2024 9:21 PM | Last Updated: December 30
Finland tops U.S. in OT; Czechs double up on Slovakia
Tom Willander scored twice and added an assist to lead Sweden to a 7-5 win over Switzerland on Sunday afternoon at the world junior hockey championship.
Zeb Forsfjall, Otto Stenberg, David Granberg, Victor Eklund and Axel Sandin-Pellikka had the other goals for the Swedes (3-0-0-0), who qualified for the quarterfinals with the victory at TD Place.
Kimo Gruber and Leo Braillard had two goals apiece for Switzerland (0-0-0-3). Andro Kaderli had the other goal.
Sweden led 6-1 after two periods before giving up four goals in the final stanza.
Later in the day at Canadian Tire Centre, Tuomas Uronen scored at 1:46 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over the United States.
Jesse Kiiskinen, Julius Miettinen and Arttu Alasiurua scored in regulation for Finland (1-1-0-1).
Carey Terrance, Cole Hutson and Brody Ziemer tallied for the defending champion Americans (2-0-1-0).
Also, Eduard Sale scored twice as the Czech Republic beat Slovakia 4-2.
Vojtech Hradec and Pavel Simek also found the back of the net as Czechia (3-0-0-0) remained undefeated.
Peter Cisar and Dalibor Dvorksy replied for Slovakia (1-0-0-2).