On Friday, August 1, the World Junior Summer Showcase was on its last two days of competitions. The first game was between Canada and Sweden, with Finland and the US to follow. Evan Gardner was in the net before Canada, but in the third period they switched to Joshua Ravensbergen, while Love Harenstam was in the net for Sweden.
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It was again a hard -fought battle from the start, but Sweden got the early leap and Canada had to fight back. Sweden added four more goals to Canada in the second period and left Canada with a large hill to climb. Sweden continued to add to their score with a Power-Play goal to make a five goals lead in the third of it. Canada tried to fight Back but fell 8-4.
Summary
The first period started with a lot of back and forth, as most games in this showcase have. Sweden, however, first found the back of the net with a goal from Eric Nilson to bring the score to 1-0. The assists went to Alexander Zetterberg and Viggo Nordlund. Sweden wore the momentum when they added a goal a little more than a minute later to bring the score to 2-0.
The goal was scored by Lucas Pettersson. Felix Öhrqvist and Jack Berglund helped him. Canada responded with just over three minutes in the first. The goal was scored by Cole Rogny to bring the score to 2-1. He was assisted by Ben Kindel and Sacha Boisvert to end the period.
The second period had a little more action because five goals were scored; Four from Sweden and one from Canada. The first goal was scored by Eddie Genborg, he was assisted by Sascha Boumedienne and Wilson Björck to bring the score to 3-1. The momentum took place in the direction of Sweden with a goal from Liam Danielsson. The only assist went to Berglund, his second of the game, and it was 4-1 for Sweden.
The next goal was scored by Victor Johansson van Zweden, and Berglund made the only assist for his third of the afternoon. In the last minutes of the second period, Canada’s Brady Martin scored to bring the score to 5-2. He was assisted by Terik Parascak. It didn’t take, because Sweden added one for the buzzer to bring the score to 6-2. The goal was scored by Nilson, his second of the game, and the assists went to Genborg and Sahlin-Wallenius to end the period.
Sweden scored again to open the third period, the goal was recorded by Melvin Fernström to bring the score to 7-2. He was assisted by Valter Lindberg and Danielsson. Canada responded less than a minute later with a goal from Cayden Lindstrom. Malcolm Spence registered the only assist and turned it into a 7-3 game. Wilson Björck van Zweden, however, answered in the last six minutes of the game without helping to extend the lead of Sweden to 8-3. Canada added a definitive goal from Michael Hage. He was assisted by Boisvert to end the game 8-4.
Both teams will again be in action on the last day of the showcase, tomorrow, Saturday, August 2. The two Nordic countries, Sweden and Finland, will be the first competition, while the United States and Canada will follow to complete the week.
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