Ivan Hlinka Memorial Day 4

14 Aug 2015Henrik Lundqvist»

Canada and Sweden to the final

Sweden was the first team to qualify for the final by beating neighbour Finland 2-1. William Fällström deflected a shot by Alexander Nylander in the 47th minute to take Sweden to the 2-1 lead that would last till the end. Sweden's 1-0 goal by David Deutsch was also scored on a deflection at 07:07. Two minutes later Finland tied it with a bit of luck as Juha Jääskä scored with the skate. Filip Gustavsson in the Swedish net had another great game. The Swedes have only scored 8 goals and 4 games but are still in the final much thanks to the goaltending.

"Our goalie Filip Gustavsson was great today and contribute a lot to win", says Swedish coach Torgny Bendelin to hlinkamemorial.com.

Canada-Russia 2:1so (0:1, 1:0, 0:0)

The goalies Vladislav Sukhachev of Russia and Dylan Wells of Canada were named the best players of the game when Canada beat Russia in a shootout game in the second semifinal. Nolan Patrick got the deciding goal past Sukhachev. German Rubtsov scored 1-0 for Russia off a rebound late in the first period. Jordan Kyrou tied it in the second period nicely set up by Tyler Benson. The final Canada-Sweden will be played 17:10(CET) tomorrow.

Slovakia-Switzerland 5:6so (1:2, 3:1, 1:2)

Slovakia finished last of the tournament after losing in the shootout to Switzerland. Lee Roberts decided the game. Slovakia had a 5-3 lead in the period but Marco Miranda scored his second of the game and André Heim then tied it just 27 seconds prior to the end of regulation.

Czech Republic-USA 3:4 (1:0, 1:3, 1:0)

The other home team, Czech Republic, also lost their final game to end 6th in the tournament. USA finish 5th with the 4-3 win in Breclav. Kailer Yamamoto, Casey Mittelstadt and Cameron Dineen led the Americans to the win with three points each.