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Koivunen powers Finland past Austria 7-1 at world junior hockey championship

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Ville Koivunen scored twice and added an assist as Finland routed Austria 7-1 on Monday at the world junior hockey championship.

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Finland’s Ville Koivunen (24) scores a goal on Austria’s goalie Sebastian Wraneschitz (30) during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

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Brad Lambert had a goal and two assists for Finland (2-0), while Kalle Vaisanen, Samuel Helenius, Kasper Simontaival, and Topi Niemela rounded out the attack.

Goalie Juha Jatkola made eight saves for the win.

Martin Urbanek was the lone scorer for Austria (0-1), while Sebastian Wraneschitz stopped 41 shots in net.

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Germany wins 2-1 over Czechia

At Edmonton, Alexander Blank scored his second goal of the game in overtime as Germany defeated Czechia 2-1.

Czech Republic’s Ivan Ivan (16) looks on as Germany’s Alexander Blank (24) celebrates a goal during overtime IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Monday, December 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Blank scored at 1:20 of the extra frame to give the Germans (1-1) their first win of the tournament.

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Blank opened the scoring at 24:29 of the second period, but Jan Mysak tied it just over 10 minutes later.

Florian Bugl made 39 saves for Germany.

Jan Bednar stopped 30 shots for Czechia (0-2), which picked up its first point of the tournament despite the loss.

Russia wins 4-2 over Switzerland

In Red Deer, Alta., Russia took on Switzerland and Sweden faced Slovakia.

Danila Yurov had a goal and an assist as Russia downed Switzerland.

Pavel Tyutnev scored the winning goal late in the first period as Russia (1-1) jumped out to an early 3-0 lead.

Dmitri Zlodeyev and Matvei Michkov also scored for Russia.

Attilio Biasca and Fabian Ritzmann scored for Switzerland (0-1).

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Yegor Guskov made 16 saves for Russia, while Kevin Pasche stopped 28 shots for Switzerland.

Sweden blanked Slovakia 3-0.

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