Finland stuns the U.S. in overtime, while Czechia and Sweden both score six goals in respective wins.
Finland stuns U.S. in OT, while Czechia and Sweden both score six goals in their wins
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Finland players celebrate after defeating the U.S. in their World Junior Hockey Championship quarterfinals game in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday. (Abbie Parr/The Associated Press)
Arttu Valola scored at 2:11 of overtime to help Finland stun the two-time defending champion United States 4-3 on Friday night at the world junior hockey quarterfinals.
In the first quarterfinal in St. Paul, Anton Frondell scored twice in Sweden’s 6-3 victory over Latvia. Defenseman Leo Sahlin Wallenius had a goal and two assists to help the Swedes remain perfect in five games.
In Minneapolis, Czechia beat Switzerland 6-2. Tomas Galvas, Samuel Drancak, Adam Jiricek. Petr Sikora, Jiri Klima and Jakub Fibigr scored for the Czechs.
The last semifinal spot was claimed by Canada, who defeated Slovakia 7-1 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Germany won the relegation game in Minneapolis, beating Denmark 8-4. Manuel Schams scored twice to help Germany keep its spot next year in the main event. Denmark dropped to Division I-A.