Canada takes world juniors gold

Coached by Saultbie Craig Hartsburg, Team Canada beat Russia 4-2 this afternoon to win the world junior hockey championship in Leksand, Sweden.

It's the third straight U20 title for Canada.

Three of the Canadian goals came during a 2-1/2 minute scoring frenzy late in the first period.

Here's the game summary, as posted by SooToday.com live during the game:

************************** Cogliano scored Canada's first goal at 15:35 in the first period, assisted by Staal and O'Marra.

Little scored for Canada on the power play at 17:29 in the first period, assisted by Letang).

Toews scored a third Canadian goal on the power play at 18:02 in the first period. Assist by Downie.

Marchand scored Canada's fourth goal at 6:00 in the second period, assisted by Downie, Toews.

Russia's first goal was by Valentenko (power play) at 11:25 in the second period.

Second goal for Russia at 19:24 in the second period by Churilov, assisted by Loginov (power play).

No scoring in the third period.

Canada wins gold!

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