GDT: Bronze Medal Game

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2016 IIHF World U20 Championship
Bronze Medal Game

January 5
9:00 AM ET • 15:00 CET

Sweden
Confirmed line-up.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

29 Adrian Kempe​

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25 Axel Holmström â€Aâ€​

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23 Oskar Lindblom​

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19 Alexander Nylander​

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18 Rasmus Asplund​

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17 Dmytro Timashov​

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20 Joel Eriksson Ek​

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12 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson​

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16 Carl Grundström​

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27 Anton Karlsson​

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26 Christoffer Ehn​

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24 Jens Lööke​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

8 Gustav Forsling​

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3 William Lagesson​

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6 Andreas Englund â€Câ€​

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4 Jacob Larsson​

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7 Marcus Pettersson​

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9 Gabriel Carlsson​

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Starter​

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Backup​

1 Felix Sandström​

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30 Linus Söderström​

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Scratched​

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Details​

F 21 William Nylander â€Aâ€​

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Injury​

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D 5 Adam Ollas Mattsson​

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Injury​

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G 35 Erik Källgren​

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Healthy​

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United States
Confirmed line-up.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

7 Matthew Tkachuk​

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34 Auston Matthews â€Aâ€​

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18 Colin White​

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28 Sonny Milano​

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11 Christian Dvorak​

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10 Anders Bjork​

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16 Ryan Hitchcock​

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9 Nick Schmaltz​

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23 Brock Boeser​

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19 Ryan Donato​

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17 Ryan MacInnis​

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14 Scott Eansor​

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-​

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12 Alex DeBrincat​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

13 Zach Werenski â€Câ€​

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26 Brandon Carlo​

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8 Louie Belpedio â€Aâ€​

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20 Will Borgen​

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5 Brandon Fortunato​

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25 Charlie McAvoy​

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4 Chad Krys​

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Starter​

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Backup​

31 Alex Nedeljkovic​

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36 Brandon Halverson​

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Scratched​

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Details​

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Game Officials​

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Referee​

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Stefan Fonselius | -

Referee​

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Aleksi Rantala | -

Linesman​

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Nicolas Chartrand-Piché | -

Linesman​

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Pasi Nieminen | -

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[mindfly]

Hmm, doesn't the 3rd place team get a better/easier group next WJC? So pretty important thing at stake no?

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Sweden wins bronze game.
USA didn't impress me at all against Russia.

 

[habsrule4eva3089]

Olympics, Worlds, or juniors, just incase people come in and say Bronze doesn't mean anything.

Bronze means everything. For most of these kids this is the highest they will ever play on an international level and might be the only token of victory they have in their careers. These are memories they'll treasure for the rest of their lives, so hope both teams play their hearts out.

 

[CashMash]

Sweden takes this one, I think.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Should be a good one. Hope the US pulls it out

 

[Plural]

Sweden wins. 4-1. USA usually has hard time getting excited about bronze game.

 

[saskriders]

Olympics, Worlds, or juniors, just incase people come in and say Bronze doesn't mean anything.

Bronze means everything. For most of these kids this is the highest they will ever play on an international level and might be the only token of victory they have in their careers. These are memories they'll treasure for the rest of their lives, so hope both teams play their hearts out.

This.

Losing a WJC, Olympic, WC semi-final will hurt for a while. But over time they will accept it, and coming back and winning bronze would be a great memory.

 

[saintflannel]

Hopefully the States win. I missed the Canada, USA New Years Eve game this year.

 

[QnebO]

Bronze might not mean as much to all fans but it'll mean alot for players when they hold them medals in their hands when they get older, that's definitely true.

 

[aphyro]

Sweden wins. 4-1. USA usually has hard time getting excited about bronze game.

US has better record in the bronz game. I think this Swedish team cba about this "medal" it was gold that mattered for em.

So i think USA will win today.

 

[Plural]

US has better record in the bronz game. I think this Swedish team cba about this "mddal" it was gold that mattered for em.

Really? I would have guessed otherwise. Maybe it's just about my perception from last Olympics?

Sweden was the favorite by many. So I guess they might have hard time getting excited about bronze game when they were expected to play for the gold.

 

[aphyro]

Really? I would have guessed otherwise. Maybe it's just about my perception from last Olympics?

Sweden was the favorite by many. So I guess they might have hard time getting excited about bronze game when they were expected to play for the gold.

Aha maybe

Yeah thats my thoughts aswell they cam in to this tournament as favorit and end up playing for bronz:p cant be that much of a motivator.

 

[canswetoxic]

Both teams will not give 100% today. Bronze means nothing to them but for some countries, bronze means everything to them(you know which country) where they seldom get hold of Gold

USA wins this one.

 

[Plural]

Just going to post this here too. I think Sweden can breath a bit. US head coach doesn't study other teams.

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

Hmm, doesn't the 3rd place team get a better/easier group next WJC? So pretty important thing at stake no?

From another thread...

One of the groups will be silver- and bronze-medal winners, Canada, Slovakia and Latvia.

The other will be the reigning WJC champions, fourth placed team, Czech Republic, Denmark and Switzerland.

 

[VictorLustig]

Really don't care if we win or lose today. I'm going to watch it and just enjoy the game.

Beating the USA again would be great but if we lose this game then maybe questions about Grönborgs track record as a coach will be raised. He's getting way too much love from the media and people within the federation even though his teams constantly fail to show up in the big games.

 

[torero]

USA 5 : 3 Sweden

2 goals by Matthews Auston (including the EN)

 

[tony d]

Usa. 3-2

 

[Torts]

Sweden 4-2, would have been nice to have this game for Gold but that's why you have to play the games right. Go Alex Nylander!

 

[agent082]

Just going to post this here too. I think Sweden can breath a bit. US head coach doesn't study other teams.

What am I watching? I would me mad as a player if my coach doesn't even care.

 

[mindfly]

Sandström in goal... he's good

 

[Summer Rose]

Go USA! I think Sweden takes the bronze though.

 

[ViD]

I honestly didn't think there could be idiots like Wilson in charge of a top team nowadays

 

[Minttu]

Good luck to both teams! Hopefully we get to see an entertaining game.