Russian youth lost to the American

Having beaten the Russian team, the Americans became the first semi -finalists of the World Hockey Youth Championship to take place in the Czech Republic.

The match in Russia - the USA, held in Liberets, ended with a score of 3: 2. The wards of Sergei Nemchinov often violated the rules, for which they were twice punished by Tyler Rugsegger and James Van Rimsdike; Mike pocket also distinguished himself as part of the Americans. For the Russians, Alexei Cherepanov and Viktor Tikhonov were scored.

The US national team scored 9 points after three matches and took first place in group B, which is a direct pass to the semifinals. The Russian team (6 points in three matches) now need to take second or third place to play in the quarterfinals.

The Russian team will hold the last match of the group stage on December 31 against the Switzerland team. The victory in it guarantees Nemchinov wards to participate in the 1/4 finals.

In turn, the Swedish national team beat Canadians with a score of 4: 3. The ancestors of hockey won the previous 20 matches at world forums for players not older than 20 years, including six victories at the last three championships and two victories at the current IMCM.

The reliable game of the goalkeeper Jonathan Bernier and the exact throws of Brad Marshan and Sean Matthias allowed the Canadians in the third period with a comfortable advantage of two washers. However, the defender Eric Mo scored the first goal against the Canadian national team at the tournament, his initiative was supported by Tony Lagestrome and Oscar Meller. The Canadians recouped, by the efforts of Claude Gir, having realized a double numerical advantage, but Tobias Forsberg 8 seconds before the final siren brought the victory "Trekhnur".

In its recent matches of the group stage on December 31, Sweden (9 points, 3 matches) will fight with the Czech Republic (6.3), and Canada (6.3) will play with the outsider of the group Denmark (0.2), RIA Novosti reports.