The second-last day of the round robin at the 2020 World Juniors had a little bit of everything. Sweden defeated Kazakhstan, Canada bounced back against Germany, Switzerland handed Slovakia its second straight lopsided loss, and the United States were nearly upset by the Czech Republic.
The IIHF announced yesterday morning that Russian forward Nikita Rtishchev had been suspended one game for his headbutt on Oliver Wahlstrom in Russia’s game against USA on Sunday.
Rtishchev will miss Russia’s final round robin game of the tournament but is eligible to return for the elimination round games.