U20 World Championship. Group stage without single loss

In the last game of round robin, Russians got the better of team Slovakia. Traktor’s Nikita Zhuldikov played in the first D pair but was unable to get any points this time around.

RUSSIA vs. SLOVAKIA – 2:1 (1:0, 1:1, 0:0)
Goals: Lauta (Mikulovich, Provorov), 16 (1:0); Rykov, 30 (2:0); Jaros (Sukel), 36 (2:1).

U20 Team Russia
Georgiyev;
Rykov – Zhuldikov, Korhskov – Kraskovsky – Polunin;
Mikulovich – Provorov, Svechnikov – Kamenev – Lazarev;
Sergeyev – Sharipzyanov, Kaprizov – Svetlakov – Kuzmenko;
Boikov – Voronkov, Lauta – Fazleyev – Dergachyov.

U20 World Championship
December 26, 2015 to January 5, 2016, Finland
Tournament schedule and results

Group А
Canada
Sweden
USA
Denmark
Switzerland

Group В
Russia
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Finland
Belarus

Round robin

December 26
Czech Republic vs. Russia – 1:2 SO
Switzerland vs. Sweden – 3:8
Finland vs. Belarus – 6:0
USA vs. Canada – 4:2

December 27
Belarus vs. Slovakia – 2:4
Denmark vs. Switzerland – 2:1

December 28
Slovakia vs. Czech Republic – 0:2
Sweden vs. USA – 1:0
Russia vs. Finland – 6:4
Canada vs. Denmark – 6:1

December 29
Belarus vs. Russia – 1:4
Switzerland vs. Canada – 2:3 SO

December 30
Czech Republic vs. Belarus – 5:3
Sweden vs. Denmark – 5:0
Slovakia vs. Finland– 3:8
USA vs. Switzerland – 10:1

December 31
Russia vs. Slovakia – 2:1
Denmark vs. USA – 1:4
Finland vs. Czech Republic – 5:4
Canada vs. Sweden – 2:5

Playoff round

January 2

Relegation

15:00*. Switzerland vs. Belarus

Quarterfinals
17:00. Russia vs. Denmark
19:00. Sweden vs. Slovakia
21:00. Finland vs. Canada
23:00. USA vs. Czech Republic

January 3

Relegation

15:00. Belarus vs. Switzerland

January 4
19:00. Semifinal
21:00. Semifinal

January 5
15:00. Relegation
19:00. Bronze medal game
23:30. Final

* Chelyabinsk time