<p>Finland forward Jesse Kiiskinen (38) celebrates his goal against the USA with teammates Kasper Halttunen (22) and Konsta Helenius (19) during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship tournament action in Ottawa on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick</p>
Republished December 29, 2024 - 7:42 PM
Original Publication Date December 29, 2024 - 1:11 PM
OTTAWA - Tom Willander scored twice and added an assist to lead Sweden to a 7-5 win over Switzerland on Sunday afternoon at the world junior hockey championship.
Zeb Forsfjall, Otto Stenberg, David Granberg, Victor Eklund and Axel Sandin-Pellikka had the other goals for the Swedes (3-0-0-0), who qualified for the quarterfinals with the victory at TD Place.
Kimo Gruber and Leo Braillard had two goals apiece for Switzerland (0-0-0-3). Andro Kaderli had the other goal.
Sweden led 6-1 after two periods before giving up four goals in the final stanza.
Later in the day at Canadian Tire Centre, Tuomas Uronen scored at 1:46 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over the United States.
Jesse Kiiskinen, Julius Miettinen and Arttu Alasiurua scored in regulation for Finland (1-1-0-1).
Carey Terrance, Cole Hutson and Brody Ziemer tallied for the defending champion Americans (2-0-1-0).
Eduard Sale scored twice as Czechia beat Slovakia 4-2.
Vojtech Hradec and Pavel Simek also found the back of the net as Czechia (3-0-0-0) remained undefeated.
Peter Cisar and Dalibor Dvorksy replied for Slovakia (1-0-0-2).
Later Sunday, host Canada beat Germany 3-0.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 29, 2024.
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