🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Exhibition Game
Canada Life Place, London 🇨🇦
Saturday, 20 December 2025

Jack Berglund scored twice in the third period, including a short-handed marker 43 seconds into the frame, as Sweden rallied to beat Canada 4-2 in a pre-World Junior Hockey Championship contest on Saturday night.

Canada, with second-period goals from Tij Iginla and Braeden Cootes, took a 2-1 lead into the third period at Canada Life Place.

Victor Eklund and Ivar Stenberg also scored for Sweden, who were outshot 25-16. Jack Ivankovic was in goal for Canada, while Love Härenstam played net for Sweden.

Sweden had lost 2-1 to Canada on Wednesday in an exhibition contest at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

Canada went 0-for-5 on the power play Saturday, while Sweden was 0-for-2.

Canada’s final pre-tourney test is scheduled for Tuesday when the squad faces Denmark in Mankato, Minnesota. Canada’s first game in the world junior tournament is Boxing Day against Czechia in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:08 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Misa, slashing
04:32 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Nilson, roughing
15:58 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Misa, diving
15:58 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Krantz, holding
17:58 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Eklund
17:58 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Eklund, high sticking

2nd Period
22:38 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Iginla (Hage, Carels)
25:36 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hage, cross checking
30:07 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Cootes (Brunicke, Martin)
39:03 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Freij, holding

3rd Period
40:43 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Berglund
41:42 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Håkansson, roughing
48:57 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Stenberg (Björck, Genborg)
53:51 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Boumedienne, tripping
58:39 – 🇸🇪 EN GOAL – Berglund

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇸🇪 Härenstam (23-25)
L: 🇨🇦 Ivankovic (12-15)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇸🇪 8+2+6 = 16
🇨🇦 5+10+10 = 25

ROSTERS
🇸🇪 Goaltenders: Måns Goos, Love Härenstam. Defence: Sascha Boumedienne, Felix Carell, Alfons Freij, Viggo Gustafsson, William Håkansson, Leo Sahlin Wallenius, Felix Öhrqvist. Forwards: Jack Berglund, Viggo Björck, Liam Danielsson, Victor Eklund, Linus Eriksson, Anton Frondell, Eddie Genborg, Milton Gästrin, Casper Juustovaara, Loke Krantz, Valter Lindberg, Eric Nilson, Ivar Stenberg.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Jack Ivankovic, Joshua Ravensbergen. Defence: Kashawn Aitcheson, Harrison Brunicke, Carson Carels, Ben Danford, Ethan MacKenzie, Zayne Parekh, Cameron Reid. Forwards: Cole Beaudoin, Braeden Cootes, Caleb Desnoyers, Liam Greentree, Michael Hage, Tij Iginla, Jett Luchanko, Brady Martin, Porter Martone, Gavin McKenna, Michael Misa, Sam O’Reilly, Cole Reschny.

Article Credit: TSN
Photo Credit: The Toronto Star – IIHF – HHOF – IOC