From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.

🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 05 January 2008

Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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