Dream matchup in the Gold Medal game of the World Junior Championship
via Toronto Star:
But for the 2009 world junior hockey championships, having tonight’s final pit Canadian forward John Tavares against Victor Hedman of Sweden is just about the perfect script.
It’s also a rematch of last year’s final, of course, won by Canada. But the debate of Tavares versus Hedman for the No. 1 slot in next June’s NHL draft is still ongoing, and so this becomes an intriguing game within the game.
Tavares has had the flashier tournament, but Hedman’s Swedish side has been more thorough and consistent. The Swedes handled the Russians easily on New Year’s Eve, and did a nice job on Saturday of handling Slovakia, the tournament darlings.
Canada? Well, the Canadians have been involved in the two most exciting games of this competition, first against the Americans on the last day of 2008 and then in a memorable tussle with Russia on Saturday night that left Jordan Eberle forever among the ranks of clutch scorers in international hockey for Canada.
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