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Edmonton The United States, Russia, Finland and host Canada reached the semifinals of the U20 Ice Hockey World Championship in Edmonton. The Americans beat Slovakia 5-2, the Russians beat Germany 2-1, Finland beat Sweden 3-2 and the Canadians beat the Czech Republic 3-0.
The German youth players with Salzburg ICE and AHL players Florian Bugl, Maksymilian Szuber, Manuel Alberg, Jakub Borzecki, Samuel Dube and John-Jason Peterka had won against Slovakia (4: 3 after extra time) and Switzerland (5: 4) qualified for the first time for the round of last eight. Tim Stützle (in the Ottawa NHL No. 3 draft) and his colleagues also held up very well against Russia, but there was no happy ending.
Finland reached the semifinals in the Scandinavian duel with a goal 25 seconds before the final siren, the Swedes had led 2-0.
