Savoie and Strbak eliminated as Canada and Slovakia lose
Buffalo Sabres prospects still alive at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden is down to three, as Canada with Matthew Savoie and Slovakia with Maxim Strbak lost in the quarter-final round on Day #7 of the tournament on Tuesday. sitting out for Canada with a lower-body injury.
Savoie, who missed Team Canada’s last preliminary round game against Germany with a lower-body injury, was in the lineup against Czechia. The 19-year-old went scoreless and had two shots on goal in 15:53.
2022 first-rounder Jiri Kulich had an assist on Tomas Cibulka’s first-period goal and played 18:26 in the upset victory. Czechia’s Jakub Stancl scored with 11 seconds remaining in regulation time to advance to the semis, where they will face host Sweden on Thursday.
Sabres draftees Noah Ostlund and Anton Wahlberg each had an assist in Sweden’s 3-2 overtime victory over Switzerland. Ostlund and Vancouver prospect Jonathan Lekkerimaki set up Detroit Red Wings first-rounder Axel Sandin-Pellikka for the game-winner, while Wahlberg assisted on Lekkerimaki’s first-period goal. Ostlund led Sweden in ice time with 24:05 on the night.
Strbak led Slovakia in ice time (25:59) and added an assist on Filip Mesar’s tying goal with 44 seconds left in regulation, but Finland advanced on Jere Lassila’s goal 24 seconds into overtime.
Finland will play the United States on Thursday.
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