December 26th: Finland 3 - Germany 1
Leevi Meriläinen played well in his first world juniors appearance, allowing just one goal (while on the penalty kill). While the overmatched German squad didn’t challenge the Finnish netminder to the same extent some other opponents may, Meriläinen did stand tall on some big penalty kills. We’ll have to see how the Finnish staff split the workload between their exceptional goaltending tandem and what that means for Leevi. Highlights.
December 26th: Canada 6 - Czechia 3
Ridly Greig didn’t get in on the scoring in this one but he stayed out of the penalty box, won half of his faceoffs, and wasn’t on the ice for any goals against.