The 2025 World Junior Championship continued on Sunday for Staff Canada as they confronted off in opposition to Staff Germany on Day 4 of the event. Coming off a disappointing and surprising 3-2 shootout loss to Latvia on Friday, they have been seeking to bounce again and earn their second victory. Germany, in the meantime, was on the lookout for their first win after dropping video games to Finland and the USA.
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The sport remained a good 1-0 affair till Caden Worth pushed Canada’s result in 2-0 within the third and Mathieu Cataford completed it with an empty netter. They nonetheless didn’t flex their offensive muscle groups like most individuals count on in these tournaments in opposition to weaker opponents, however a win is a win. They’ll now face Staff USA on New 12 months’s Eve in a battle for first in Group A, whereas Germany will search for their first win once more in opposition to Latvia tomorrow.
Recreation Recap
Surprisingly, Canada has struggled to attain on this event, potting solely six objectives coming into this sport. They have been in a position to rating their seventh when Oliver Bonk one-timed his first on the facility play from the bumper spot, however that’s all they might get within the first and thru the second as Germany clogged the impartial zone and bought in entrance of numerous pictures. By the top of the center body, Canada was solely main the shot clock 19-18 and the scoreboard 1-0. It was eerily just like the Latvia sport heading into the third interval.
Thankfully, for Canada, the end result was completely different than Friday as they managed the third interval, outshot the Germans 17-7, and elevated their result in 2-0 because of a carom off the boards. Worth bought credited with the aim as his shot bounced out entrance and deflected in off Nico Pertuch’s proper pad. Canadian followers have been on the sting of their seats with their workforce main solely 1-0 for many of the interval, however because of Canada’s puck possession, Germany couldn’t discover a aim to make it fascinating. With the online empty, Cataford iced the sport for a 3-0 win and Carter George’s second shutout of the event. He ended up stopping 25 pictures whereas his counterpart on the different finish was very stable, regardless of the loss, ending with 34 saves on 36 pictures.
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