World Junior A Challenge ended today early this morning in Canada. American team took a 3rd place in the game against Czech team. In the final game Russian nation team played against Canada – East. It was a tough game. Pavel Tyutnev scored with an Alexander Pashin`s and Vasily Ponomarev`s assist. Canada team made a power play goal. In the second overtime Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the winning goal on the power play and for the first time since the competition began, Russia have won the World Junior A Challenge .
Russia U18 - Canada East
2: 1 OT2 (0: 0; 0: 0; 1: 1; 0: 0; 1: 0)
1: 0 (55:39) Pavel Tyutnev (Vasily Ponomarev, Alexander Pashin);
1: 1 (58:58) Ryan Alexander (Ryan O’Hara, Philip Chaplo, PP);
2: 1 (85:43) Shakir Mukhamadullin (Kirill Kirsanov, Ivan Didkovsky, PP).
Goalkeepers: Egor Guskov - Devon Levy.