Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place.
Czech Republic vs. Austria
Yesterday brought us the last day of action in the preliminary round, and we kicked things off with a matchup between Austria and the Czech Republic. The Czech team was looking to rebound well from a tough loss to the United States in their last game, and they did well to do just that. The first period was a relatively quiet one—no scoring and just one power play for the Czechs to work with, but they pretty thoroughly dominated possession throughout, so by the time the second period hit, we had the feeling that they were bound to find the back of the net with one of their chances sooner rather than later.