Slovakia2 – xxx | 2:1 (end) | | | Croatia – Latvia | 4:3 (end) | | | Slovenia2 – Australia | 10:5 (end) |
USA – Sweden2 | 12:5 (end) | | | Finland – Canada2 | 6:2 (end) |
final
USA
12:5
(3:2, 3:2, 2:1, 4:0)
Sweden2
Derek OBrien
Goals and assists:
2. White (Rodriguez, Burnett), 6. Noe, 12. Thompson (Noe), 17. Noe (White), 23. Rodriguez (White, Spezia), 24. Lee (Cadiz), 32. Rodriguez (Spezia, Burnett), 36. Lee (Noe, Novak), 38. Spezia (Burnett, Rodriguez), 42. Spezia (White), 43. Siemer (Cadiz, Thompson), 45. Lee (Novak, Noe) – 7. Eriksson (Nilsson, Erkgars), 9. Berglund, 13. Sjoren (Nilsson, Lilja), 14. Berglund (Gunnarsson), 35. Gunnarsson (Axelsson)
Referees: Scott (AUS), Kralj (SLO)
Attendance:
Penalty missed:
USA:
Kuhn (Lane) – Siemer, Cadiz, Kavaya, Thompson – Noe, Novak, Kettler, Lee – Spezita, White, Burnett, Rodriguez.
Subs:
Coach:
Sweden2: Kruse, 25. Ollikainen – Lilja, Sjören, Nilsson, Höglund – Gunnarsson, Svensson, Axelsson, Berglund – Erkgards, Bejmo, Wall, Eriksson – Johnsson, Kokkonen.
Subs:
Coach:
Subs:
Coach:
Sweden2: Kruse, 25. Ollikainen – Lilja, Sjören, Nilsson, Höglund – Gunnarsson, Svensson, Axelsson, Berglund – Erkgards, Bejmo, Wall, Eriksson – Johnsson, Kokkonen.
Subs:
Coach:
Referees: Scott (AUS), Kralj (SLO)
Attendance:
USA – Junior Cadiz
SWE – Fillip Gunnarsson
They're just piling it on now, as the Swedes seem to have given up. Little resistance there. PATRICK LEE finishes it for the hat-trick.
Assists: Kyle Novak, Travis Noe.
It's a real rout now. Cadiz to JOHN SIEMER and it's now 11-5.
Assists: Junior Cadiz, Greg Thompson.
American rush the other way, White feeds TYLER SPEZIA and he snaps it over the glove of Ollikainen.
Assist: Matt White.
The Americans move the puck around the Swedish zone and TYLER SPEZIA makes it 9-5.
Assists: Derrick Burnett, Raphael Rodriguez.
They work the puck to PATRICK LEE at the hashmarks, who fires it home on the power play.
Assists: Travis Noe, Kyle Novak.
Axelsson gets the puck back and feeds FILLIP GUNNARSSON, who scores a big goal to get his team back within 2.
Assist: Dick Axelsson.
It didn't take long after that for RAPHAEL RODRIGUEZ to score his 2nd of the game and give the Americans their first 3-goal lead of the game.
Assists: Tyler Spezia, Derrick Burnett.
2nd half will begin at 17:18 CEST, 11:18 EDT
What a beautiful give-and-go between PATRICK LEE and Junior Cadiz, with Lee finishing it off. No chance for Kruse.
Assist: Junior Cadiz.
White carried the puck down the left wing, centred in front to RAPHAEL RODRIGUEZ, who fired it in to put the Americans back in the lead.
Assists: Matt White, Tyler Spezia.
The penalty was over but the Americans came right back up the floor and TRAVIS NOE wristed it high near side over the glove of Kruse.
Assist: Matt White.
They get another and take their first lead. CARL BERGLUND eluded a check near the boards, cut in front and fired it home.
Assist: Filip Gunnarsson.
It takes them only 10 seconds as Nilsson makes a perfect pass for ROBIN SJOREN's one-time slapper.
Assists: Marcus Nilsson, Johan Lilja.
Another shorthanded goal! Noe intercepts a pass and leads the rush the other way, feeds GREG THOMPSON and he slides it through Kruse.
Assist: Travis Noe.
So the Swedes have erased the early 2-goal deficit as CARL BERGLUND scores and it's 2-2.
But they get it back right away, as the puck's fed to MIKAEL ERIKSSON and he scores short side.
Assists: Robin Wall, Johan Erkgars.
A turnover in the Swedish zone to the wrong player, as TRAVIS NOE walks in and beats Kruse low glove side. The Swedes have to be shaking their heads at the two goals they've given up so far.
Unassisted.
MATT WHITE gets free, cuts right in on Kruse and slides the puck through his legs for a shorthanded goal.
Assists: Raphael Rodriguez, Derrick Burnett.
USA: Kuhn (Lane) – Siemer, Cadiz, Kavaya, Thompson – Noe, Novak, Kettler, Lee – Spezita, White, Burnett, Rodriguez.
Sweden: Kruse (Ollikainen) – Lilja, Sjören, Nilsson, Höglund – Gunnarsson, Svensson, Axelsson, Berglund – Erkgards, Bejmo, Wall, Eriksson – Johnsson, Kokkonen.
Referees: Scott (AUS), Kralj (SLO).
Truly, the USA and Sweden didn't come to Pardubice to battle for the bronze medal, but that's all that's left for them after dropping their semifinal games yesterday. The Americans lost their first game of the tournament 6-5 to Canada in a thrilling shootout. Sweden lost to Finland for the second time in the tournament, 4-2.