World Junior Hockey

A wild world juniors Wednesday in Halifax saw Czechia and Canada win their semifinal matchups while Sweden and the USA will compete for bronze.

The Sabres prospect is tied for the team lead in scoring and is the big reason the top-seeded Czech squad is playing for the gold. The Canadian netminder made the easy saves, the acrobatic saves, the desperation saves and everything in between. The Czech squad needed someone to come up and be the hero as they looked to avenge their overtime loss to the same Swedes in the group stage. Josh Roy stripped Luke Hughes of the puck and scored the empty-netter to seal the game. But yet again, the Canadians would challenge, and yet again, the goal would be overturned. He faced nine shots in the first five minutes of the third and stood tall. Shortly after the McGroarty non-goal, Milic had to deal with an American power play, and he was doing everything he could to prevent the U.S. Zach Dean sent a pass to Fantilli, who elevated from in tight and gave Canada the lead. The Buffalo Sabres prospect put the Czechs into the gold medal game for the first time since 2001 and guarantees their best finish since they won bronze in 2005. The only problem was that the puck went over the glass, and Sapovaliv went to the box to give Sweden two full minutes with a two-man advantage. With time winding down, Swedish defenseman Elias Pettersson iced the puck, giving Czechia a faceoff in the offensive zone and the chance to put an extra attacker out. The Swedes opened the scoring in the second period as the Swedish forecheck grabbed the puck and worked it around, with Ludvig Jansson ripping a one-time blast on net, glancing off Suchacek’s shoulder and into the net.

The United States and Canada face off Wednesday night in another installment of their world junior hockey rivalry, with a trip to the title game on the ...

The U.S. Expected to be the No. He also has the most points by a player under 18 from any country.

Team Canada advanced to the Thursday's gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship with a 6-2 win over Team USA.

Bedard then picked up his second point on Joshua Roy’s go-ahead goal at 12:20 of the second period. However, Canada successfully challenged the goal for goaltender interference by Blake. Adam Fantilli scored the go-ahead goal for Canada at 5:46. Canada grabbed a 4-2 lead during an entertaining second frame. The 2-1 score held up through the first intermission. The Americans had two goals called back on goaltender interference — one in the second period and one in the third.

Canada is one step away from its 20th gold medal at the world junior hockey championship. Adam Fantilli scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and ...

"The turnouts have been awesome," Fantilli said the crowds in Halifax. "That's a mistake by all 32 teams that he's not in an organization at the moment," Clarke added. The U.S. "We started playing after about 12 minutes," Williams said. "We're not happy about what happened earlier in the tournament." Roy iced into the empty net on a U.S. "Their goalie was the best player on the ice. "It's a great story," head coach Dennis Williams said of Milic. "Very, very happy to get my moment in that rivalry," Fantilli said. "Definitely the best moment of my hockey career and maybe my life," said the 19-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C. "Without him, I don't know if we win." "But it's not really something I think about too much now.

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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, Thomas Milic made 43 saves and Canada overcame an early defic...

We lost, and that sucks. Trey Augustine stopped 31 shots for the U.S. Fantilli, Connor Bedard and Logan Stankoven each had a goal and an assist, and Brandt Clarke also scored. It’s just winning.” “It’s something we’ve been working toward for a long time now and it’s something you dream of doing as a kid. Seeking its 20th title, Canada will face the Czech Republic on Thursday night.