The event typically runs from the day after Christmas until early January, with a round-robin preliminary round before an elimination three-round playoff. The team field is split evenly into two groups Group A and Group B , with every team playing one prelim game against each of the four other teams in their group. The preliminary round uses a point structure 3 points for a win, 2 points for an OT win, 1 point for an OT loss, 0 points for a regulation loss.
At the conclusion of the preliminary round, the top four teams from each group will move on to the playoff round, while the last-place teams from each group will face off in a best-of-three series to determine who gets relegated for next year's tournament. Finland won last year's tournament, upsetting the United States in the gold medal game with a thrilling victory.
Kaapo Kakko New York Rangers scored the game-winning goal with just over a minute left in the third period to give Finland its 5th title in tournament history. Spencer Knight , 18, was the first goalie taken off the board during the Draft 13th overall to the Florida Panthers and will be the Americans' last line of defense in net. Quinton Byfield , 17, is a big center 6-foot-4, pounds who is also projected to be drafted near the very top of the Draft.
Winger Lucas Raymond , 17, is a well-rounded and skilled threat on the wing and projects to be a high draft pick next summer.
Forward Anton Lundell , 18, will once again be contributing up front and is expected to be a lottery pick in the draft. However, Heinola's play along the left side boards helped Finland keep possession just seconds before captain Anton Lundell tied the game for the Finns.
Just as he did in each game of the medal round, Heinola once again played a ton of minutes. Against Russia, he racked up to go with six shots on goal. The year-old finished the tournament named as one of Finland's Top 3 Players in the event, piling up four assists in seven games.
The bronze medal is Heinola's second career medal at the World Juniors after he helped his country to a gold medal in To put a bow on his tournament, Heinola was named to the tournament all-star team.
As for Nikkanen, the year-old finished his first World Junior Championship with two goals and an assist in seven games. His biggest goal came in the quarterfinal, when his second of the tournament helped start Finland's comeback from down to Sweden.
Perfetti and Canada fell behind for the first time in the tournament when USA's Alex Turcotte opened the scoring in the gold medal game with remaining in the opening period. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. While a lot of the talk in the early days of the World Junior Hockey Championship has been around top NHL Draft prospect Matvei Michkov from Russia, Connor Bedard used a game against Austria to show why he is also a top prospect for that draft.
It was a good game for our team and I was lucky to get those goals. He just acts normal. Connor Bedard almost got a sweet assist near the end of the game! The last year-old to get at least three goals in a game for Canada at the World Juniors was Wayne Gretzky. Cameron said before the tournament that he wanted improvement from Bedard away from the puck and says that he has seen improvement on that end of the ice as well.
Kent Johnson opened the scoring on the power play into the game on a one-timer past Austrian goaltender Leon Sommer.
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