WJC Daily Review S70 #2

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The World Junior Championship is going strong! And you can count on VSN to cover the recent set of games that have shaken the standings a bit since our last review. Stick around and follow us as VSN is here to be the media outlet for you and your entertainment!

 

 

Team Canada

(3-1-0-0, 11 points)

 

Three wins later, Team Canada is now the best-ranked team in the whole tournament. Kendall Rasmussen, Blacker Velvet and Damien Wolfe both scored twice in the three games to help the true north squad beat Team World 2-1, Team Asia 4-3 in nail-biting overtime and then Team Asia 4-3 again, this time in regulation. The most valuable player of the team so far in the tournament is no one else than Toronto Legion’s top goaltending prospect, Jaxx Hextall, who made it possible for his team to win their three games, despite getting outshot by a combined 141 shots to their mere 102. By allowing only 7 goals in 141 shots, he maintained a crazy .950 save percentage.

 

 

Team United States

(2-1-0-1, 8 points)

 

Following a sim where they split games against Team World, Team United States continued to walk through the tournament guns blazing. As per tradition, they once again played against the same team twice, this time beating Team Europe twice by scores of 5-2 and 6-5 in a shootout game. Thomas Landry II led the team - and all skaters in the tournaments - with 4 goals on this day, giving a total 5 goals and 3 assists over the first half of the round-robin. The star of the team, however, both in this sim and the one before that, is the one feeding Landry on most of his goals, playmaker Jaxon Walker, who has totalled 4 goals and a WJC-leading 7 assists in 2 simulations.

 

 

Team Europe

(1-1-2-2, 7 points)

 

And now, the other side of this tough back-to-back with Team USA. Team Europe was atop the rankings after a day - mainly because they played more games than any other team - but they’ve been trending downwards since. They actually played thrice in this simulation, losing twice to the United States and once in a shootout to Team World. One of the team’s rays of hope is phenom winger Mikko Lahtinen, who scored the tournament sole hat trick after 11 games played in a 4-point performance against the Americans. Milos Slavik and Will Clarke provided some support for the Finnish winger, scoring respectively 4 and 3 points in 3 games yesterday.

 

 

Team World

(1-1-0-2, 5 points)

 

Team World followed on their strong 1-win, 1-loss first day with another similar day, only this time the win didn’t come in regulation. Nicolas Fomba proved once again that he has the untapped potential of a future VHL star, keeping a .952 save percentage through the two games, while Edwin THE Encarnacion and Andrej Petrovic both scored three points. The redeeming factor for Team World, however, is that they played their 4 games against the tournament’s top 3 teams at this point of the tournament, leaving them with one last game against Canada, another one against Europe and two against the winning-less Team Asia.

 

 

Team Asia

(0-0-2-2, 2 points)

 

Despite what the rankings suggest, Team Asia actually had two great games in yesterday’s simulation. They lost 4-3 twice to top-ranked Canada, including once in overtime to gain a single point in the standings. They even managed to outshoot their opponents on both occasions, but their offence wasn’t able to outscore Canada’s weapons. Kyl Oferson scored his 2nd and 3rd of the tournament, Derek Eriksson notched his 1st and added 2 assists and both Uhtred and Leon Gutzwiler supported the stars with 2 points during the two losses, but it wasn’t enough to overcome both Bennett Dahl’s sub-900 save percentage performances.

 

 

Good luck to all tomorrow!

     

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VSN Writer McWolf

 

Edited February 14, 2020 by McWolf

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