World Junior Hockey Championship-semifinals

In the 1st semifinal of the day, Canada faced USA.

Leading after 2 periods, USA saw defenseman Luc Bourdon of Canada score with a heavy shot from the blue line on the power play halfway thru the 3rd period. The score then tied at 1-1, USA got a power play in overtime but Canada's goaltender Carey Price shutted the door. The game was exciting and the shootout period was not started.

In the tie-break shootout,after many goals by each team, needeing extra shots, Jonathan Toews scored his 3rd goal of the shootout and Carey Price blocked the last american shot to give Canada a 2-1 win.

In the 2nd semifinal, Russia faced Sweden.

In the 2nd period Russia scored 3 unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead. The Russians are fast and a good player like Makarov show very good stick handling in this game. A real test for the canadian team.

The 3rd period showed a 4-1 Russia lead, they allowed a goal but cruised to the victory of 4-2.

Semifinals:
Canada 2 - USA 1 (SO)
Russia 4 - Sweden 2

USA will then face Sweden for the bronze medal tomorrow.
Canada faces the very dangerous team of Russia for the gold medal.