On the second day of the Junior Club World Cup in Russia Chicago Steel and TPS Turko got their second win. So did Avto Yekaterinburg, but only in overtime.
HK Riga - Chicago Steel 2-3 Chicago took the lead 1-0 and 2-1 but Riga tied it twice. Max Zimmer used a powerplay to score the winner for the Americans five minutes before the end.
Avto Yekaterinburg - Snow Leopards Astana 2-1 OT Avto and Snow Leopards scored a goal each early in the first period but then we had to wait until 2:44 of the overtime to see another goal when Roman Opalev made it 2-1 for the home team.
Chaika Niznhy Novgorod - Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruisk 3-1 Dinamo-Shinnik of Belarus took the lead in the middle of period one but Mikhail Smolin tied it just 4 seconds before the first break. Artyom Alyayev and Roman Gorbunov scored in period 2 and 3 to give the Russians a 3-1 win.
Djurgårdens IF - TPS Turku 1-3 Juho Niku in the TPS net made 30 saves when TPS of Finland beat Djurgården of Sweden. Santeri Sillanpää, Juho Virtanen and Matias Lehtonen got the goals for the winners.
Tomorrow is a day off but on Thursday the following games will be played: Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruisk - Djurgårdens IF, Avto Yekaterinburg - Chicago Steel, Chaika Niznhy Novgorod - TPS Turku and Snow Leopards Astana - HK Riga.
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