It wasn’t close and the excitement died pretty quickly.
The junior crowns cleaned up Austria via a crushing victory in the JVM opener.
The end result? 11–0.
Isak Rosén, a regular in Rochester in the AHL, gave Sweden the lead after 13 minutes played. Shortly afterwards, Linköping player Filip Bystedt made it 2-0.
— We come out pretty hard and dare to play. We are playing better and better and showing that we are doing this together. Now we will continue to work for each other and put a few more pucks in, says Rosén in SVT after the first period.
And of course Isak Rosén was right.
There were a couple more pucks.
Because in the second period there was a pure overrun where the Junior crowns scored a total of six goals.
Next, Germany awaits on Tuesday for the Junior crowns.
After 40 minutes it was 8-0 after Filip Bystedt, Milton Oscarson, Calle Odelius and Simon Robertsson, among others, entered the score sheet.
— It’s great fun when things go well. We’re just trying to play our game and that’s fine. I have always thought that I want to develop. It’s really fun to play the way we do. We score goals and the goal shooting works, says Milton Oscarson in SVT.
In the third and final period, Sweden continued to pour on and was able to win in the end with a whopping 11-0!
Already tomorrow, Tuesday, the Junior crowns play their second group stage match. Then Germany awaits. Puck drop 19.30.
— I am happy that we are winning. Now we’re off to a good start, then we’ll go home and load up for Germany, says national team captain Magnus Hävelid in SVT and then analyzes the match:
— We move the puck very well and work for each other. We send good signals when we get the puck back after losing it. It was fun out there.