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 Czech Independence Day, we feature Czechia’s second ever, and second consecutive, World Junior Championship title, going a perfect 7-0 in the tournament in Russia to win the 2001 World Junior crown.

🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow 🇷🇺
Friday, 05 January 2001

The Czech Republic maintained its stranglehold on international hockey supremacy yesterday and, in case anyone is wondering, yes the Czechs do think they are better than everyone else.
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