Edmonton: It takes a lot of sacrifice to make it all the way to the championship round and that’s what USA and Canada did and they’ll be playing for the gold medal of the 2021 World Junior championships on Tuesday night from Rogers Place in Edmonton.
USA would make the gold medal game by taking out Finland wow Canada took down Russia.
Coming into this tournament Canada was The perennial favorites to win this as they were to defending Champions while the United States were the unknowns and heavy underdogs to win the gold.
USA would come out and stun Canada in the first period by scoring 1st by Alex Turcotte
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This was the first time that Canada has trailed in this entire tournament
Early in the 2nd period, USA would add to the lead on goal from Trevor Zegras
The final seconds as USA would take down Canada 2-0 to win the gold medal.
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The Philadelphia Flyers will be coming home with two players with gold medals Bobby Brink and Cam York.
This is now the fifth time that the United States has won the gold medal at the World Junior championships.
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