WJC on Eurolanche (2.)
Eurolanche Fan Club will be cover the Colorado Avalanche two prospects in the action at the World Junior Championship. Chris Bigras and Will Butcher are two Colorado Avalanche prospects, who are playing at World Junior Championship. Butcher was nominated to the National Junior team of USA. Today, USA played game against National Junior team of Slovakia. Bigras reprezent National Junior team of Canada and today he with his teammates played match against National Junior team of Czech Republic.
Will Butcher played second game at World Junior Championship. He played in the second defensive pair with Steven Santini. USA scored two goals in the first period, but young Slovak team didn´t give up. In the second period National Junior team of Slovakia scored two power-play goals, but finally US National Junior team won this game 6:3. Butcher gained two assists and he had one shot on the goal.
Eurolanche Evaluation: 1*
USA “20“ – Slovakia “20“ 6:3 (2:0, 1:2, 3:1)
Will Butcher gained two points against Slovakia.
The game which played Canada against the Czech Republic was big drama. Young Czech´s players led four times, but Canadiens four times coped score. The game was decided in shootout, when Dominik Simon scored Forsberg-style shootout winner. Chris Bigras played in third defensive pair with Josh Morrissey. He was more active like in his first game for this tournament. He had three shots on the goal and he gained one plus points to plus/minus evaluation.
Eurolanche Evaluation: 1-
Canada “20“ – Czech Republic “20“ 4:5SO (1:1, 0:1, 3:2, 0:0 – 1:2)
The young Czechs shocked the hockey world.
Others games:
Sweden “20“ – Finland 20 “4:2“ (1:1, 2:0, 1:1)
Russia “20“ – Switzerland “20“ 7:1 (2:1, 3:0, 2:0)
Source of photos: IIHF
Juraj Janotak, Slovakia, janotak@eurolanche.com
28/12/2013 - 22:00
