Czechia took advantage of many Canadian mistakes to pull off a solid 5-2 upset on Monday to end Day 1 play in Halifax. The Czechs got an early goal that was waved off due to goaltender interference, but they couldn’t capitalize on the momentum.
Jaroslav Chmelar and Matous Mensik scored 33 seconds apart during a five-minute power play as Czech Republic stunned Canada 5-2 in the opener for both countries at the world junior men's hockey championship Monday.
Jaroslav Chmelar and Matous Mensik scored 33 seconds apart during a five-minute power play as the Czech Republic stunned Canada 5-2 in the opener for both countries at the world junior hockey championship. In other action on Monday, Attilio Biasca scored 41 seconds into overtime as Switzerland opened the tournament with a 3-2 win over Finland. Finland entered the tournament having been the runners-up at the last world juniors. The United States opened the tournament by beating Latvia 5-2.
Switzerland upset Finland, Sweden throttled Austria, the United States held off Latvia and Czechia stunned Canada in the opening day of the world juniors.
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