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Finland celebrates juniors

Thousands gather in Helsinki, social media lights up with joy

Published 07.01.2014 12:58 GMT+1 | Author Risto Pakarinen
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Golden night and silver tears – newspapers in Finland and Sweden were full of 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship stories the day after the gold medal game.
The Finnish hockey community went crazy over Finland’s win at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship with thousands celebrating on the streets – and online.

 

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Groups for 2015 known

Host Canada, Finland, USA all start in Montreal

Published 05.01.2014 22:02 GMT+1 | Author Martin Merk
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The Air Canada Centre in Toronto and the Centre Bell in Montreal will co-host the World Juniors for two editions with the final round being held in Toronto in 2015 and in Montreal in 2017.
With the conclusion of the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship the groups for next year’s event in Toronto and Montreal are now finalized.

 

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Forsberg named MVP

Dansk, Ristolainen, Forsberg win Directorate Awards

Published 05.01.2014 21:12 GMT+1 | Author Andrew Podnieks
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MALMO, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 26: Sweden's Filip Forsberg #16 celebrates with Jacob de la Rose #9 after a first period goal against Switzerland during preliminary round action at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images)
Filip Forsberg has been named MVP of the U20s for his outstanding 2014 performance in Malmö. He is the first Swede so honoured since MVP awards began in 2004.

 

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Sweden v Finland GMG (2-3 OT) SWE-FIN G Canada v Russia BMG (1-2) CAN-RUS BMG Canada v Finland SF (1-5) CAN-FIN SF Sweden v Russia SF (2-1) SWE-RUS SF Sweden v Slovakia QF (6-0) SWE-SVK QF Canada v Switzerland QF (4-1) CAN-SUI QF Finland v Czech Rep. QF (5-3) FIN-CZE QF USA v Russia QF (3-5) USA-RUS QF Finland v Switzerland (3-4 SO) FIN-SUI
SWE-FIN G MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 5: Finland's #7 Esa Lindell scored the first goal against Sweden in just 28 seconds during gold medal action at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Francois Laplante/HHOF-IIHF Images) SWE-FIN G CAN-RUS B MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 5: Canada's #31 Zachary Fucale and #24 Matt Dumba look on as Russia's #25 Mikhail Grigorenko opened the scoring against Canada in the first period during bronze medal action at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Francois Laplante/HHOF-IIHF Images) CAN-RUS B GER-NOR Rel. MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 5: Norway's #14 Tim Robin Johnsgard is about to try a wraparound as Germany's #7 Dominik Tiffels defends during relegation round action at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Francois Laplante/HHOF-IIHF Images) GER-NOR Rel. CAN-FIN SF MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 4: A lot of Canadian flags were waved in the stands by the fans prior to semifinal round action between Canada and Finland at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Francois Laplante/HHOF-IIHF Images) CAN-FIN SF SWE-RUS SF MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 4: The stands were properly decorated prior to semifinal round game between Sweden and Russia at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Francois Laplante/HHOF-IIHF Images) SWE-RUS SF NOR-GER Rel. MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 3: Norway's #10 Ludvig Hoff and #22 Markus Soberg celebrate their team's first goal against Germany during relegation round action at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Francois Laplante/HHOF-IIHF Images) NOR-GER Rel. SWE-SVK QF MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 2: Sweden's Oscar Dansk #35 takes to the ice for quarterfinal action agains Slovakia at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images) SWE-SVK QF CAN-SUI QF MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 2: Canada's #14 Taylor Leier leaves the ice after the warmup is over prior to quarterfinal round game between Canada and Switzerland at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Francois Laplante/HHOF-IIHF Images) CAN-SUI QF FIN-CZE QF MALMO, SWEDEN - JANUARY 2: Finland's Juuse Saros #31 takes to the ice for quarterfinal action against the Czech Republic at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images) FIN-CZE QF

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