2007 IIHF World Junior Championship

Team USA Schedule | Team USA Roster | Team Canada Schedule

The 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship begins Tuesday, Dec. 26 in Mora and Leksand, Sweden, and ends with the bronze medal and gold medal games on Friday, Jan. 5.

TEAM USA SCHEDULE

Date	Matchup	Site	Time (EST)/Result
Dec. 26	Germany 2, USA 1 (ot)	Leksand	Mercel Muller scored 1:51 into overtime to give Germany a surprising win over the U.S. The U.S. outshot the Germans 38-15. Peter Mueller scored the lone U.S. goal nine minutes into the third period.
Dec. 27	Canada 6, USA 3	Mora	North Dakota's Jonathan Toews scored twice for Canada in the win. Billy Sweatt had a goal and an assist for the US, and Erik Johnson and Mike Carman also scored. Jack Skille and Taylor Chorney had assists.
Dec. 30	USA 6, Slovakia 1	Leksand	Jeff Frazee stopped 28 shots to give the U.S. its first win in pool play. Patrick Kane scored twice and added an assist for the U.S., and Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Peter Mueller, and UNH recruit James van Riemsdyk were among the goal scorers. Nathan Gerbe added three assists.
Dec. 31	USA 3, Sweden 2 (ot)	Leksand	Jack Johnson's power-play goal 3:16 into overtime sent the U.S. into the medal round of the World Junior Championship. The U.S. also got goals from Patrick Kane and Ryan Stoa, while Jeff Frazee made 28 saves.
Jan. 2	USA 6, Finland 3	Mora	The U.S. scored four power-play goals in the third period, advancing to Wednesday's semifinals with a 6-3 win against Finland. Jeff Frazee won his third straight start for the U.S., which got goals from Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Patrick Kane, Trevor Lewis, Peter Mueller, and Jack Skille. Erik Johnson and Kane also added two assists each.
Jan. 3	Canada 2, USA 1 (Shootout)	Leksand	North Dakota's Jonathan Toews' shootout goal was the difference as Canada advanced to Friday's gold-medal game with a 2-1 win against the U.S. Wednesday. Another North Dakota skater, defenseman Taylor Chorney, scored the lone U.S goal in the second period on an assist from Minnesota's Erik Johnson. Luc Bordoin scored in the third period for Canada, assisted by Kris Russell and Toews. Minnesota's Jeff Frazee made 26 saves in a losing effort.
Jan. 5	Bronze Medal Game USA 2, Sweden 1	Leksand	The United States won the bronze medal.
* Note - Selected games will be televised on NHL's Center Ice package. Audio for all games is available at www.usahockey.com.

TEAM USA ROSTER

Eight returnees from the team that finished fourth at last year's World Junior Championship highlight the 22-man U.S. roster for the 2007 WJC. The group includes four defensemen – Minnesota's Erik Johnson, Michigan's Jack Johnson, and North Dakota's Taylor Chorney and Brian Lee.

Lee is appearing in his third World Junior Championship. He was also member of the 2005 U.S. team that finished fourth in Grand Forks, N.D.

Three forwards who played for the U.S. team in Vancouver last year are back for another shot at a medal. They are Boston College's Nathan Gerbe, Wisconsin's Jack Skille, and Peter Mueller, the former Minnesota recruit who now plays for the Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips. Also returning is Minnesota goaltender Jeff Frazee, who backed up BC's Cory Schneider a year ago.

Top-ranked Minnesota is represented by five players – Frazee, Erik Johnson, and forwards Mike Carman, Kyle Okposo, and Ryan Stoa. The only other teams with more than one player on the U.S. roster are Wisconsin (Skille, Blake Geoffrion, Jamie McBain) and North Dakota (Chorney and Lee).

The complete 2007 U.S. World Junior Championship roster:

No.	Player	Pos.	Hometown (Current Team)
2	Kyle Lawson (a)	D	New Hudson, Mich. (Notre Dame)
3	Jack Johnson	D	Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan)
4	Taylor Chorney (c)	D	Hastings, Minn. (North Dakota)
5	Blake Geoffrion	F	Brentwood, Tenn. (Wisconsin)
6	Erik Johnson	D	Bloomington, Minn. (Minnesota)
8	Kyle Okposo	F	St. Paul, Minn. (Minnesota)
9	Nate Gerbe	F	Oxford, Mich. (Boston College)
11	Jim Fraser (a)	F	Port Huron, Mich. (Harvard)
12	James vanRiemsdyk	F	Middletown, N.J. (U.S. Under-18 Team)
16	Mike Carman	F	Apple Valley, Minn. (Minnesota)
17	Jamie McBain	D	Faribault, Minn. (Wisconsin)
18	Justin Abdelkader	F	Muskegon, Mich. (Michigan State)
19	Ryan Stoa	F	Bloomington, Minn. (Minnesota)
20	Jack Skille	F	Madison, Wis. (Wisconsin)
21	Bill Sweatt	F	Elburn, Ill. (Colorado College)
22	Brian Lee	D	Moorhead, Minn. (North Dakota)
23	Sean Zimmerman	D	Denver, Colo. (Spokane Chiefs)
24	Trevor Lewis	F	Murray, Utah (Owen Sound Attack)
27	Patrick Kane	F	Buffalo, N.Y. (London Knights)
30	Jeff Frazee	G	Burnsville, Minn. (Minnesota)
37	Jeff Zatkoff	G	Chesterfield, Mich. (Miami)
88	Peter Mueller	F	Bloomington, Minn. (Everett Silvertips)

TEAM CANADA SCHEDULE

Three college skaters are on Canada's roster for the 2007 World Junior Championship. They are forwards Dan Bertram (Boston College), Andrew Cogliano (Michigan), and Jonathan Toews (North Dakota). All three were members of the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the 2006 WJC in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Date	Matchup	Site	Time (EST)/Result
Dec. 26	Canada 2, Sweden 0	Leksand	Andrew Cogliano assisted on Canada's second goal.
Dec. 27	Canada 6, USA 3	Mora	Jonathan Toews scored twice, with his second goal coming on a third-period penalty shot.
Dec. 29	Canada 3, Germany 1	Leksand	Andrew Cogliano and Jonathan Toews each earned assists as Canada assured itself of a berth in the semifinals of the medal round.
Dec. 31	Canada 3, Slovakia 0	Leksand	Canada wrapped up pool play with a perfect 4-0 record by shutting out Slovakia.
Jan. 3	Canada 2, USA 1 (Shootout)	Leksand	North Dakota's Jonathan Toews' shootout goal was the difference as Canada advanced to Friday's gold-medal game with a 2-1 win against the U.S. Wednesday. Luc Bordoin scored in the third period for Canada, assisted by Kris Russell and Toews.
Jan. 5	Gold Medal Game Canada 4, Russia 2	Leksand	Canada won its third-straight gold medal in the tournament.