CANADA TO FACE USA FOR GOLD
(Saskatoon)Canada and the U.S are set to face on another for Gold at the World Junior Championship on Tuesday evening. Canada beat Switzerland and USA beat Sweden to advance to the championship game. The Swiss will face Sweden to see who will come away with the Bronze.
Canada beat Switzerland in their semi final game 6-1 to earn their 9th consecutive final appearance and will be going for a record 6th consecutive gold medal. In the preliminary rounds Canada beat the Swiss 6-0 but where facing a hot goaltender in Ben Conz who beat Slovakia and then Russia in overtime to advance to the semis to face Canada. Jordan Eberle would score the opening goal for his 6th of the tourney with an assist going to Ryan Ellis while Canada was on the PP. Taylor hall would get his 4th and 5th goals in the game with the last one being a wrap around to beat Conz giving Canada the win and a berth in the finals.
Team USA beat Sweden 5-2 to advance to face Canada for the Gold medal. Jerry D’Amigo led the way for Team USA with a pair of goals. Mike Lee got his second consecutive start for the U.S team stopping 19 of 21 shots from Sweden. Maybe future Spitfire Jack Campbell will get the start and get a early greeting from some of his future teammates.
Spitfire forward Richard Panik who is representing his home country of Slovakia has had an excellent tournament. Although Slovakia was placed in the relegation round they beat Austria 3-2 and face the Czech Republic January 4th. Panik is the leading goal scorer for his team with 6G 2A for 8 points in only 5 games.
Check out the link below for a post game interview with Taylor Hall after the Swiss game
http://watch.tsn.ca/international-hockey/clip251554#clip251554
TV SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 5th
ALL GAMES CAN BE SEEN ON TSN and TSN.ca
GOLD MEDAL GAME @ 7:00 ET (CANADA versus USA)
BRONZE MEDAL GAME @ 4:00 ET (SWEDEN versus SWITZERLAND)
You can check out these websites for additional information
For more information on Team Canada and Team Slovakia during the WJHC, please visit www.hockeycanada.ca
<http://www.hockeycanada.ca> . For information on Team USA, please visit www.usahockey.com <http://www.usahockey.com> .
Game recaps can also be found on www.windsorspitfires.com http://www.windsorspitfires.com