It was a light day on day three of the 2019 U20 World Juniors. Only two games were on the schedule, both of them featured a Sabres prospect. Matej Pekar was in action for the Czech Republic and Mattias Samuelsson for Team USA.
Day Three Game Recaps
Final: Russia 2, Czech Republic 1
Russia Goal Scorers: Artyom Galimov and Nikolai Kovalenko (Avalanche)
Czech Republic Goal Scorers: Jachym Kondelik (Predators)
USA (1-0-0) vs Kazakhstan (0-1-0) | Group B
Final: USA 8, Kazakhstan 2
USA Goal Scorers: Joel Farabee (3) (Flyers), Oliver Wahlstrom (Islanders), Sasha Chmelevski (Sharks), Ryan Poehling (Canadiens), Tyler Madden (Canucks), and Josh Norris (Senators)
Kazakhstan Goal Scorers: Andrei Buyalski and Dmitri Mitenkov
Sabres Prospects Update
Pekar played 11:14 for the Czech’s and recorded one shot.