Sweden managed to place an finish to the United States’ robust effort in Germany, successful the U-18 World Hockey Championship gold medal sport by a rating of 6-4.
Sweden returns to the highest step of the medal podium after successful the event in 2019, extending the workforce’s medal rely to 4 consecutive tournaments. Sweden has tied Russia and Finalnd for second in complete medals with 12 every, with the Finns successful bronze earlier on Sunday.
Ryan Leonard gave the Americans an early lead at 2:24, together with his shot beat Hugo Havelid on USA’s first scoring probability of the interval.
Efficiency was the secret for Sweden, who scored 4 objectives on its first 10 pictures. Oskar Pettersson’s fast wrister at 12:09 made it 1-1, with Noah Ostlund scoring a minute later to take the benefit for the primary time. Frank Nazar’s slick objective from a tricky angle at 15:56 made it 2-2 heading into the primary break of the sport.
Sweden’s energy play went a good distance all through the sport, highlighted by objectives from Ostlund and Ohgren within the second. Rutger McGroarty’s objective late within the interval made the sport a one-goal affair as soon as once more heading into the ultimate 20 minutes of play.
The Americans did the whole lot they presumably may to attempt to get again right into a sport they in the end outshot Sweden 6-4. But Ohgren’s second objective — a power-play marker at 51:59 on a breakaway — put Sweden again by two and out of attain of the United States. McGroarty’s second objective of the sport with three minutes to go added some further drama, however Swedish netminder Hugo Havelid held his personal and Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored an empty-netter to win the sport and the championship.