Another day of play in the elite league of the World Junior Hockey Championship has ended.

The USA team beat Slovakia with a score of 6:5, with big problems. The host team of the tournament lost 0:2 and 1:3 but managed to come back and win.

Forward Tomas Hrenko scored a double for the Slovaks, scoring three goals in the last match. And the Americans have a double thank you to James Hagens.

USA and Sweden are leaders in the group with 9 points.

In the other group, Canada beat Denmark 9-1, while forward Gavin McKenna is expected to score a hat-trick and become number 1 in the 2026 draft.

In another match, the Czech Republic defeated Finland 2:1 in overtime.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Slovakia – America 5:6 (2:0, 2:4, 1:2)

Discs: 08:53 Pitka – 1:0, 11:15 Khrenko – 2:0, 21:50 Spellasy – 2:1, 26:46 Belushko – 3:1, 38:33 McBorrow – 3:2, 31:00 Riker – 3:3, 34:44 Svrchek – 4:3, 39:15 Hagens – 4:4, 40:18 Hagens – 4:5, 44:34 Zellers – 4:6, 58:06 Khrenko – 5:6

Goalkeepers: Pradel – Hale

Group B

Finland – czech republic 1:2 (extension) (0:1, 0:0, 1:0, 0:1)

Goals: 01:52 Kubiesa (Galvas) – 0:1, 59:10 Hemming – 1:1, in extra time 03:39 Jiracek (Sikora, Chinar) – 1:2

Goalkeepers: Rimpinen – Orsulyak

Canada – Denmark 9:1 (3:0, 2:1, 4:0)

Washers: 03:17 McKenna – 1:0, 08:36 Coates – 2:0, 10:03 Parek – 3:0, 20:28 Cliveau – 3:1, 26:11 Martone – 4:1, 35:03 McKenna – 5:1, 44:11 Misa – 6:1, 45:45 McKenna – 7:1, 54:16 Aitcheson – 8:1, 54:40 Martone – 9:1

Goalkeepers: George – Tijen

Another match day has started in the elite league of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship.

The Swedish team, one of the favorites, beat Germany with a score of 8:1. This was the team’s third victory after matches against Slovakia and Switzerland.

Swedish leaders Frondell and Björk scored a double each.

Sweden is leading the group with 9 points.

The German team is still scoreless and in last place in the group.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Germany – Swedish 1:8 (1:1, 0:4, 0:3)

Discs: 01:45 Frondell (Frey, Eklund) – 0:1, 07:04 Poole (Shafer) – 1:1, 21:03 Bjork (Erqvist) – 1:2, 29:11 Berglund (Salin, Carell) – 1:3, 35:26 Bjork (Salin, Danielsson) – 1:4, 39:29 Erqvist – 1:5, 45:34 Frondell (Frey) – 1:6, 57:25 Danielsson – 1:7, 59:59 Pettersson – 1:8

Goalkeepers: Willard – Liv

Detroit beat Toronto 3:2 in overtime in an NHL regular season match. The Wings came back twice and won thanks to a goal from young defenseman Simon Edvinsson.

The team leads the East with Carolina.

Tampa Bay is in the top 3 in the conference after beating Montreal 4:3 in the penalty shootout. This is the Lightning’s fourth straight win.

Pittsburgh defeated Chicago 7:3 and forward Justin Brazeau scored his first hat trick of his NHL career. That’s right, the Penguins are second to last in the standings.

Regular season in NHL

Tampa Bay – Montreal 5:4 in the shootout

columbus – New York Islanders 4:2

of Detroit – Toronto 3:2 in overtime

Chicago – pittsburgh 3:7

Seattle -Philadelphia 4:1