There wasn’t much at stake on Monday at the World Junior Tournament in Edmonton. Sweden was the only team in action that is considered a contender for the gold medal. Yet, the two games that took place were pretty entertaining. Sweden won easily, but watching Austria play a disciplined defensive game for the entire 60 minutes and force their opponents to work hard to score their four goals (two of them on the power play) was enjoyable.
Also, Sweden plays such a smooth game that they are always fun to watch. For example - look at this feed from Simon Holmstrom and the shot from Noel Gunler:
Absolute poetry on ice.