🇸🇪 Sweden 8-4 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Friday, 01 August 2025

The penultimate day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated Canada, 8-4.

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.

Eric Nilson opened the scoring 6:21 into the first, as he corralled a pass from Alexander Zetterberg and wristed a shot from the slot home to give Sweden an early lead.

Lucas Petterson extended Sweden’s lead 0:51 later, poking a rebound past Canadian goaltender Evan Gardner after a shot from Felix Öhrqvist.

Canada struck back with 3:04 to play in the frame, as Cole Reschny found the back of the net on a sharp-angle shot that beat Swedish netminder Love Härenstam.

Eddie Genborg regained the two-goal lead for Sweden 2:18 into the second, as he deflected a shot from the point off the stick of Sascha Boumedienne home. Liam Danielsson added a fourth Swedish goal 1:26 later, capitalizing on a breakaway.

Sweden brought the score to 5-1 with 10:43 left in the period, as Victor Johansson ripped a shot past Gardner from the left faceoff circle.

Brady Martin cut Canada’s deficit to three with 2:09 left in the middle frame, as he beat Härenstam with a short-side wrister from the right circle. Nilson added his second of the game with :56 remaining to give Sweden a 6-2 advantage heading into the third.

Melvin Fernström scored 5:34 into the third on a wrister from the left circle to extended Sweden’s lead to five. Canada’s Cayden Lindstrom responded 0:46 later, scoring on a quick shot from just outside the crease.

Wilson Björck added a goal for Sweden with 5:53 remaining, while Michael Hage scored for Canada with 0:31 left on a shot from the slot to account for the 8-4 final.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:21 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Nilson (Zetterberg, Nordlund)
07:12 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Pettersson (Öhrqvist, Berglund)
12:05 – 🇨🇦 PEN – O’Brien, tripping
16:56 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Reschny (Kindel, Boisvert)
19:53 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Smith, cross checking

2nd Period
22:18 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Genborg (Boumedienne, W. Björck)
24:44 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Danielsson (Berglund, Sahlin Wallenius)
29:17 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Johansson (Berglund)
37:51 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Martin (Parascak)
39:04 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Nilson (Genborg, Sahlin Wallenius)

3rd Period
42:30 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Magnusson, slashing
44:44 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Aitcheson, interference
45:34 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Fernström (Lindberg, Danielsson)
46:12 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Lindstrom (Spence)
54:07 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – W. Björck
59:28 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Hage (Boisvert)
59:46 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Öhrqvist, roughing
59:46 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Parascak, roughing

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇸🇪 Härenstam (21-25)
L: 🇨🇦 Gardner (18-24), Ravensbergen (8-10)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇸🇪 12+12+10 = 34
🇨🇦 8+8+9 = 25

ROSTERS
🇸🇪 Goaltenders: Carl Axelsson, Love Härenstam. 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, Melvin Fernström, Eddie Genborg, Valter Lindberg, Eric Nilson, Viggo Nordlund, Lucas Pettersson, Ivar Stenberg, Alexander Zetterberg.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Evan Gardner, Joshua Ravensbergen. Defence: Kashawn Aitcheson, Ben Danford, Charlie Elick, Spencer Gill, Owen Protz, Cameron Reid, Tarin Smith. Forwards: Sacha Boisvert, Justin Carbonneau, Michael Hage, Ollie Josephson, Ben Kindel, Cayden Lindstrom, Brady Martin, Jake O’Brien, Terik Parascak, Cole Reschny, Ryder Ritchie, Malcolm Spence, Marek Vanacker.

Article Credit: USA Hockey
Photo Credit: Center Ice View – IIHF – HHOF – IOC