The United States upset strong and undefeated Canada 2-0 at Edmonton to win the gold medal in the first ever World Junior Ball Championship.
In a special defense, Boston College goalkeeper and Florida Panthers prospect Spencer Knight stopped all 34 shots he faced to secure his first US gold in 2017.
Knight recorded the third stop of the tournament, mostly for an American goalkeeper in the tournament. In addition, attacking striker Trevor Zegras and Anaheim Ducks led the tournament with 18 points. This is the second largest American player in the history of the tournament. Zegras also equaled the record for most points by an American in his Junior World career with 27 in the last two Junior Juniors.
The US took the lead in the first period from a re-direction in front of the network from the perspective of Los Angeles Kings Alex Turcotte. That goal was the first five-for-five goal that Canada allowed throughout the World Junior Championship and the first time they watched at any point in the tournament.
Zegras extended the Americans’ lead by 32 seconds in the second period, when he collected the puck and slipped it past Canadian goalkeeper Devon Levi, who was tilted in the wrong direction.
This goal gave Zegras a draw with former NHLer Jordan Schroeder to lead the all-time score in US Hockey at the Junior World Championships, with the 27th point accumulated in the last two tournaments.
Zegras also placed second on the U.S. singles tournament’s scorecard, scoring 18 points to lead all of the 2021 junior world players. He moved ahead of Jeremy Roenick and escaped a historic record. of Doug Weight of 19, established in 1991.
Canada beat their opponents 41-4 before the final on Tuesday night, in an attempt to repeat as world junior champions.
The win gave US Hockey its fourth straight victory over Canada in a Junior World Cup final, after winning in 2004, 2010, 2017 and 2021. The US is 4-1 at all times in the medal games. gold against Canada, which holds 18 golds in tournament history.