USA 10:2 SVK | USA - Slovakia (World Junior Championship)

World Junior Championship

NHL

Spengler Cup

USA – Slovakia	10:2 (end)	\|	Sweden – Finland	4:5 (1:2 after SO)	\|	Czech Republic – Switzerland	4:2 (end)
Canada – Germany	6:3 (end)

final

USA

10:2 (2:1, 3:1, 5:0)

Slovakia

Sunday 31.12.2023, 12:00 • Frölundaborgs isstadion, Göteborg • World Junior Championship • Group B

	60:00	Game over. (14:43:12)
52:42 Isaac Howard (USA) - 10:2
	52:42	Goal for Team USA! Scorer is ISAAC HOWARD. Assisted by Frank Nazar, Lane Hutson.
51:00 9:2
	51:00	Goal for Team USA! Scorer is CUTTER GAUTHIER. Assisted by Frank Nazar, Lane Hutson.
	50:14	Penalty for Slovakia: Juraj Pekarčík – 2 min., high-sticking.
49:15 Eric Pohlkamp (USA) - 8:2
	49:15	Goal for Team USA! Scorer is GAVIN BRINDLEY. Assisted by Eric Pohlkamp.
	45:39	Slovakia substitution: Samuel Urban is replaced by Rastislav Eliaš.
45:39 Isaac Howard (USA) - 7:2
	45:39	Goal for Team USA! Scorer is ISAAC HOWARD. Assisted by Danny Nelson, Gavin Brindley.
44:06 Rutger McGroarty (USA) - 6:2
	44:06	Goal for Team USA! Scorer is RUTGER MCGROARTY. Assisted by Cutter Gauthier.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
38:54 Rutger McGroarty (USA) - 5:2
	38:54	Goal for Team USA! Scorer is RUTGER MCGROARTY. Assisted by Drew Fortescue, Cutter Gauthier.
38:20 4:2
	38:20	Goal for Team USA! Scorer is RYAN LEONARD. Assisted by Will Smith, Zeev Buium.
37:50 Filip Mešár (SVK) - 3:2

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 7. McGroarty (Moore, Chesley), 11. Buium (Hayes, Rinzel), 21. Brindley (Hutson, Chesley), 39. Leonard (Smith, Buium), 39. McGroarty (Fortescue, Gauthier), 45. McGroarty (Gauthier), 46. Howard (D. Nelson, Brindley), 50. Brindley (Pohlkamp), 51. Gauthier (Nazar, Hutson), 53. Howard (Nazar, Hutson) – 9. Moško (Repčík), 38. Mešár (Petrovský, Kmec)

USA: Augustine (Fowler) – Hutson, Chesley (A), Fortescue, Casey, Rinzel, Buium, Pohlkamp – McGroarty (C), Moore, Gauthier (A) – Brindley, Howard, Nazar – Smith, Leonard, Perreault – Finley, D. Nelson, Hayes.
Coach: David Carle

Slovakia: Urban (46. Eliaš) – Štrbák, Moško, Kmec, Žabka, Pišoja, Radivojevič – Sýkora (C), Petrovský, Mešár (A) – Kukumberg, Dvorský, Pekarčík – Mišiak, Repčík, Honzek (A) – Žlnka, Dej, Suchý.
Coach: Ivan Feneš

Referees: Eriksson (SWE), Pearce (CAN) – Nyqvist (SWE), Rampír (CZE)

Attendance: 1 458

Buffalo – Columbus	3:2 (after OT)	\|	Boston – New Jersey	5:2 (end)	\|	Florida – Montreal	4:1 (end)
Pittsburgh – St. Louis	4:2 (end)	\|	Tampa – Rangers	1:5 (end)	\|	Toronto – Carolina	2:3 (end)
Washington – Nashville	2:3 (0:2 after SO)	\|	Los Angeles – Edmonton	2:3 (2:3 after SO)	\|	Minnesota – Winnipeg	2:3 (end)
Detroit – Boston	3:5 (end)

1st period
	06:21	USA	1:0	McGroarty (Moore, Chesley)
	08:57	SVK	1:1	Moško (Repčík)
	10:13	USA	2:1	Buium (Hayes, Rinzel)
	10:13	SVK	2	Žlnka, delay of game / displaced goal net
	12:46	SVK	2	Dej, tripping
	16:01	USA	2	Fortescue, delay of game / shooting or throwing the puck out
	18:27	USA	5+20 OK	Hayes, kneeing+kneeing
1st intermission
2nd period
	20:29	USA	3:1	Brindley (Hutson, Chesley)
	37:11	USA	2	Fortescue, roughing
	37:50	SVK	3:2	Mešár (Petrovský, Kmec)
	38:20	USA	4:2	Leonard (Smith, Buium)
	38:54	USA	5:2	McGroarty (Fortescue, Gauthier)
2nd intermission
3rd period
	44:06	USA	6:2	McGroarty (Gauthier)
	45:39	USA	7:2	Howard (D. Nelson, Brindley)
	45:39	SVK		-Urban +Eliaš (Change)
	49:15	USA	8:2	Brindley (Pohlkamp)
	50:14	SVK	2	Pekarčík, high-sticking
	51:00	USA	9:2	Gauthier (Nazar, Hutson)
	52:42	USA	10:2	Howard (Nazar, Hutson)
Final