Fog Blog World Jr.s Hockey Log:

A SAULT GREYHOUND PLAYER FIGURES IN ON THE LATE CANADA GOAL TO WIN GOLD AGAINST SWEDEN IN THE WORLD JUNIORS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT!.....CANADA 3 – SWEDEN 1 // GOLD MEDAL GAMETyler Steenbergen (Swift Current Broncos) redirected a Conor Timmins (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) point feed with 1:40 left in the third period to lift Canada to gold at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.The 3-1 win over Sweden before an energetic crowd of 17,544 featured a 35-save performance from Player of the Game Carter Hart (Everett Silvertips) as Canada returns to the top of the podium three years after winning gold at the 2015 World Juniors in Toronto.Steenbergen’s game winner gave every Canadian forward a goal in the tournament, one that the Arizona Coyotes prospect scored at the perfect time.“Guys were giving me grief all tournament for not scoring but I’m sure they’re pretty happy right now,” Steenbergen told TSN post-game. “It’s an unbelievable group of guys and there’s nothing like the feeling of winning gold.”Team captain Dillon Dube (Kelowna Rockets) opened the scoring 1:49 into the second period with assists from leading scorer Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia Sting) and Sam Steel (Regina Pats) while Ottawa Senators prospect Alex Formenton (London Knights) put the game on ice with an empty netter inside the final two minutes of regulation.Sweden outshot Canada 36-28 as Tim Soderlund provided the lone goal in the loss shorthanded with 6:53 left in the second.