The Detroit News
Detroit Red Wings prospect Jan Bednar made 28 saves for Czechia in a 4-3 shootout loss against Finland (2-0) at the world junior hockey championships on Thursday afternoon at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
Bednar, a 6-foot-4, 200 pound goalie who was drafted in the fourth round of the 2020 NHL Draft, has allowed three power-play goals with a 1-1 record in the tournament.
"The shootout is just a lottery," Czechia forward and 2022 first-round draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres Jiri Kulich told iihf.com. "Maybe in a soccer match we would have won.