MOSCOW, May 1. Team Sweden defeated Team USA in the final match of the junior ( U-18) World Hockey Championship in Germany. The meeting ended with a score of 6:4 (2:2, 2:1, 2:1). Noah Östlund (14th, 36th minutes) and Liam Egren (32, 50) scored doubles among the winners, and goals were scored by Oscar Pettersson (13) and Jonatan Lekkerimäki (60). In the Americans, Rutger McGroarty (37, 58) scored a double, Ryan Leonard (3) and Frank Nazar (16) scored a goal each. In the match for third place, the Finnish team beat the Czech team 4: 1 and won the bronze medals of the tournament. once became the winners of the junior world championship. They previously won the tournament in 2019. The Americans won silver medals for the fifth time. The winner of the 2021 championship team Canada finished their performance at the quarterfinal stage, losing in overtime to the Finns with a score of 5:6.
