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April 19, 2007
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TAMPERE, Finland – Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team will play Team U.S.A. on Friday in
semifinal action at the IIHF World Under-18 Men’s Hockey Championship in Finland at 11:30 a.m. ET / 8:30am
PT, with the game being shown live on TSN/RDS, Hockey Canada’s official broadcaster.
Team U.S.A. reached the semifinal with a 7-2 win over Slovakia on Thursday night in quarterfinal action,
while Team Canada earned a berth in the semifinals thanks to winning Pool A with a 3-0-1-0 record, which
included three regulation time wins and one shootout victory. This will be the 2nd time these two teams have
met as Canada beat USA in shootout, 3-2, earlier in the preliminary round of this championship.
Friday’s other semifinal game at the World Under-18 Championship, will start at 3 p.m. local time (8 a.m.
ET), featuring Sweden against Russia, which defeated Switzerland 4-3 in overtime in Thursday’s other
quarterfinal game. Sweden finished atop Pool B with a 2-1-1-0 record.
The semifinal winners will meet for gold on Sunday at 6 p.m. local time, 11 a.m. ET. The semifinal losers
will play for bronze at 2 p.m. local time, 7 a.m. ET. TSN/RDS will televise Canada’s game on Sunday. Check
local listings for more details.
SEMI-FINAL SCHEDULE
Friday, April 20th
8:00 a.m.
(ET)
SWEDEN (B1) vs. RUSSIA Tampere Hakametsa
11:30 a.m. (ET) / 8:30AM PT CANADA (A1) vs. U.S.A.
Tampere Hakametsa
LIVE ON TSN/RDS
* MEDAL GAME SCHEDULE
Sunday, April 22nd
7:00 a.m.
(ET)
Bronze medal
game Tampere
Hakametsa
11 a.m. (ET) / 8:00AM PT Gold medal
game Tampere
Hakametsa
* TSN will broadcast Canada’s medal game LIVE
Media are welcome to call Chris Jurewicz, Hockey Canada’s Coordinator of Communications, to talk to
players and staff. He can be reached in Finland at 011 358 40 856 58 16.
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