Oliver Wahlstrom scores the opening goal for the United States against Russia goalie Pyotr Kochetkov during a semifinal game at the world junior hockey championship at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Friday. The U.S. prevailed 2-1 and will face either Finland or Switzerland for the gold medal on Saturday. The loss was hard for Team Russia, forward Kirill Slepets said through a translator. I mean, they have a really good team over there with a lot of good players,” the 17-year-old said. Both the gold- and bronze-medal games will be played on Saturday, with the U.S.-Finland final starting at 8 p.m.

Source: thestar January 05, 2019 01:10 UTC