Hockey Canada Junior World Championship
U.S. beats Canada to win Pool A at World Junior Championships
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Danny Nelson scored the game-winning goal in the third period and Trey Augustine made 38 saves to lead the U.S. to a 4-1 victory over Canada Tuesday night and first place in Pool A at the world junior hockey championship.
Cole Hutson and Cole Eiserman had a goal and an assist for the Americans. Ryan Leonard scored into the empty net.
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Bradley Nadeau scored for Canada, which allowed three goals to seven American powerhouses. Carter George stopped 24 shots. Canada finished third in the pool and will face the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The Americans will face Switzerland.
In another Group A match, Finland beat Latvia 3-0 to finish second in the group.
Benjamin Rautiainen scored a goal and had an assist and Petteri Rimpenen earned the shutout for Finland, which finished with eight points.
Latvia finished fourth in the group and will face Sweden in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Jesse Kiiskinen and Kasper Halttunen also scored for Finland.
In Group B, Switzerland beat Kazakhstan 3-1 to book a place in the quarterfinals.
Simon Meier and Ludvig Johnson each had a goal and an assist and Robin Antenen also scored for Switzerland, which had failed to pick up a point in its previous three games but moved past Kazakhstan into fourth place in the group.
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Kirill Lyapunov scored for Kazakhstan, which moved into fourth place in the group after earning a point in a 5-4 extra-time defeat of Slovakia on Monday.
Switzerland will face the winner of Group A in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Kazakhstan faces Germany in a relegation match, with the loser relegated to the 2026 Division I Group A tournament.
In another Group B match, Sweden completed a four-game sweep of their preliminary round, defeating the Czech Republic 4-2.
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