Czech juniors lose to USA in semi-finals

Czech hockey players were defeated 1-4 by the defending US champions in the semifinal of the World Junior Championship in Ottawa, and will now compete for the bronze medal once again after a year. Their opponents in the bronze medal game will be Sweden, the defending silver medalists, who lost to Finland 3-4 in overtime.

Gabe Perreault gave the US team the lead in the fourth minute before 14,191 spectators, but Jakub Štancl responded by scoring his sixth goal of the tournament to level the game before the end of the first period. In the 34th minute, Cole Eiserman netted the game-winning goal on a power play. Ryan Leonard and Oliver Moore further extended the lead later in the game.