Allsports Says Well Done for Canada’s Fifth World Junior Crown in a Row

If you have looked for sports on the web or found any sports news programming on TV, you will know by now that Canada won its fifth straight World Junior title last night in Ottawa.

The Swedes seemed to come out at the start of the game trying to prove that they would not be pushed around. The trouble was that they were a little too aggressive and took a roughing penalty less than one minute into the game. Canada scored on the ensuing power play to go up 1-0. The period ended with the score 1-0.

Canada got into a little bit of penalty trouble in the second period, but Sweden could not capitalize with the man advantage. Then Angelo Esposito was able to skate out of the corner when a Swedish player broke his stick and roof a backhand to make it 2-0.

You have to admire Esposito. He could have given up on trying out for the Junior National Team because he had been cut on the previous three occasions when he had tried to make it.

Here is the Goal

The Swedes took a penalty just as time expired in the second period, so Canada started the third period on the power play. It did not take long to make Sweden pay either, as Cody Hodgson scored to put Canada up 3-0.

Sweden got as close as 3-1, but Jordan Eberle scored into the empty net to make it 4-1 with just under two minutes remaining. Hodgson added another empty net goal with about 30 seconds left to seal the deal, and Canada won the gold by a score of 5-1.

Canada was great on the penalty kill as Sweden went 0-7 on the power play. Much of the credit should go to goaltender Dustin Tokarski, who was solid and even stellar at times. He saved his best game for the last one, as did the rest of his teammates.

Here are some highlights from the game.

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