Russia will play for gold at the world junior hockey championship.
Ivan Morozov scored his second goal of the game at 3:24 of overtime Saturday to lead his country to a 5-4 victory over Sweden in the semifinals.
"It's just unbelievable," said Sokolov, who plays for the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. "We played together since and we never won anything.Canada, which was embarrassed 6-0 by Russia in the preliminary round, and defending champions Finland played the other semifinal later Saturday at Ostravar Arena. The gold- and bronze-medal games go Sunday.
Morozov won it after blowing past Sandin, who barely left the ice in the 3-on-3 extra period, as the Swedes were changing before firing his second of the tournament under Alnefelt's arm."Too bad I couldn't help the team a little bit more," said the frustrated Toronto Maple Leafs prospect, who tossed his helmet aside after being named his country's player of the game. "I'll take on me a little bit, but it is what it is.
Russia tied it on a power play at 3:04 when Morozov took a pass from Vancouver Canucks prospect Vasili Podkolzin and beat Alnefelt through the pads. Alnefelt then made a horrendous mistake on a botched clearing attempt that fell right on the stick of Sokolov, and he scored from a tight angle with the netminder desperately trying to scramble back into his crease at 12:05.
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