All four Colorado Avalanche prospects at the 2020 World Juniors were in action on Thursday. However, only one had a statement game, while the other three faded more into the background.
It was an exciting day of games nonetheless. Russia was upset by the Czech Republic, Canada and USA had another classic rivalry showdown, and Sweden needed overtime to dispatch Finland and extend their preliminary round undefeated streak to 49 straight games (dating back to Boxing Day of 2007).
If you’re interested in a more general recap of what happened in every game, I’m doing daily recaps for the tournament at Raw Charge.