🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 30 July 2025

The fourth day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated the U.S. 6-3.

The event serves as an evaluation for athletes seeking to make their respective national teams for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, set for 26 December 2025 through 05 January 2026 in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Jack Berglund opened the scoring with 8:34 to play in the first frame, as he batted home a bouncing puck after a centering pass from Liam Danielsson. Leo Sahlin Wallenius extended Sweden’s lead to two with 2:59 left in the period on a shot from the top of the right faceoff circle.

The U.S. got on the board 3:22 into the second stanza, as Cullen Potter found the back of the net on the power play after a cross-ice pass from Ryker Lee. Sweden responded with a power-play goal of its own 1:57 later off the stick of Berglund.

Will Horcoff made it a 3-2 game as he tapped in a rebound chance following a shot from Lee to give the U.S. its second power-play tally of the game with 3:20 to play in the period.

Eric Nilson scored following a cross-crease feed from Sahlin Wallenius 1:17 after Team USA’s second goal to take a 4-2 advantage into the third.

James Hagens cut the deficit to one with his team’s third power-play goal of the game just 1:46 into the third period, as he beat Swedish netminder Herman Liv on a wraparound shot.

Sweden regained the two-goal lead 7:24 into the frame as Valter Lindberg powered a rebound chance home, while Linus Eriksson scored an empty-net goal to account for the 6-3 final.

U.S. goaltender Nick Kempf finished the game with 33 saves, while Liv finished with 24 saves. Finland outshot Team USA 39-27.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:44 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Rombach, slashing
05:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Eliasson, roughing
08:58 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Kvasnicka, hooking
11:26 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Berglund (Danielsson, Sahlin Wallenius)
11:42 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Berglund, roughing
11:42 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Hagens, roughing
12:05 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Eliasson, roughing
17:01 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Sahlin Wallenius (W. Björck)
17:37 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Vansaghi, roughing double minor
17:37 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Boumedienne, roughing
17:37 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Zellers, bench minor
20:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Zellers, roughing
20:00 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Nilson, roughing
20:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Hagens, roughing

2nd Period
21:19 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, holding
21:52 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Öhrqvist, interference
23:22 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Potter (Lee, Kvasnicka)
24:29 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stiga, tripping
24:29 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Berglund, roughing
24:29 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Spellacy, roughing
24:29 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Magnusson, roughing
24:29 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Vansaghi, roughing
25:19 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Berglund (Johansson)
28:21 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sahlin Wallenius, holding
29:36 – 🇺🇸 PEN – McKinney, interference
36:09 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sahlin Wallenius, hooking
36:40 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Horcoff (Lee, Potter)
37:57 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Nilson (Sahlin Wallenius, Eriksson)
39:53 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Freij, holding

3rd Period
41:02 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Pettersson, cross checking
41:44 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Hagens (Ziemer, Osburn)
47:24 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Lindberg (Nordlund, Zetterberg)
48:45 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Pettersson, tripping
53:06 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Spellacy, interference
59:09 – 🇸🇪 EN GOAL – Pettersson (Ekberg, Nilsson)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇸🇪 Liv (24-27)
L: 🇺🇸 Kempf (33-38)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇸🇪 14+14+11 = 39
🇺🇸 9+3+15 = 27

ROSTERS
🇸🇪 Goaltenders: Love Härenstam, Herman Liv. Defence: Sascha Boumedienne, Gabriel Eliasson, Alfons Freij, Victor Johansson, Carl-Otto Magnusson, Leo Sahlin Wallenius, Felix Öhrqvist. Forwards: Jack Berglund, Viggo Björck, Wilson Björck, Liam Danielsson, Filip Ekberg, Linus Eriksson, Eddie Genborg, Valter Lindberg, Eric Nilson, Viggo Nordlund, Lucas Pettersson, Ivar Stenberg, Alexander Zetterberg.
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Kamryn Hendrickson, Nicholas Kempf. Defence: Blake Fiddler, Tanner Henricks, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Dakoda Rhéaume-Mullen, Jacob Rombach, Will Skahan. Forwards: Cole Eiserman, James Hagens, William Horcoff, Jacob Kvasnicka, Ryker Lee, Cole McKinney, Mason Moe, Cullen Potter, A.J. Spellacy, Teddy Stiga, Shane Vansaghi, William Zellers, Brodie Ziemer.

Article Credit: USA Hockey
Photo Credit: USA Hockey – IIHF – HHOF – IOC