Comparing Day 5 Performances World juniors.
- Vanessa
- Dec 30, 2024
- 2 min read
The St. Louis Blues for last year's 2024 World Juniors came out to seven players representing five countries: the United States, the host country of Sweden, Finland, Czechia, and neighboring Slovakia. The 7 players who attended the 2024 World Juniors were Jimmy Snuggerud (US), Dalibor Dvorsky (SVK), Juraj Pekarcik (SVK), Jakub Stancl (CZE), Aleksanteri Kaskimaki (FIN), Otto Stenberg (SWE), and Theo Lindstein (SWE).
2024 Day 5 performance
The breakdown for day 5 of the event is as follows:
J. Pekarcik: No Game
D. Dvorsky: No Game
A. Kaskimaki: No Game
J. Snuggerud: No Game
T. Lindstein: No Game
O. Stenberg: No Game
J. Stancl: No Game
No prospects for the St. Louis Blues had games on day 5 for the 2024 tournament.
2025 Day 5 Performance
Regarding this year's World Juniors being held in Canada, The Blues have a record setting 9 prospects being called up to represent their home countries. Returning to the World Juniors one last time were Jakub Stancl (CZE), Dalibor Dvorsky (SVK), Juraj Pekarcik (SVK), Theo Lindstein (SWE), and Otto Stenberg (SWE). Joining them this year were newly drafted players Colin Ralph (US), Adam Jiricek (CZE), Ondrej Kos (CZE), and Adam Jecho (CZE).
The breakdown for day 5 of the event is as follows:
J. Pekarcik: 2G 2A 4P 21:33 TOI
D. Dvorsky: 2G 2A 4P 22:31 TOI
C. Ralph: No Game
T. Lindstein: No Game
O. Stenberg: No Game
J. Stancl: No Game
A. Jiricek: No Game
O. Kos: No Game
A. Jecho: No Game
Slovakia was the only team with Blues prospects playing on day 5, so Dvorsky and Pekarcik made sure to make up for last night's game. Dvorsky opened the scoring with Pekarcik's help with 2 goals in the first period. Pekarcik then added a 3rd goal with an assist from Dvorsky to make the game 3-0 Slovakia going into the 2nd period. Pekarcik scored again after Kazakstan scored their first, making it 4-1. Kazakstan would then 4 overtime in the 3rd on two separate short-handed goals. Finally, Pekarcik would send a Slovakian on the breakaway to put the game away.
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