CALGARY, Alberta -- Mika Zibanejad scored at 10:09 of overtime to give Sweden its second world junior hockey title, 1-0 over Russia on Thursday night.
Zibanejad stole the puck from Nikita Gusev at the blue line, broke in on goalie Andrei Makarov -- who made 57 saves -- and scored on a backhander.
"He came in on the breakaway and I knew he was going to score. He told me this morning he was going to finish this game off," Sweden's Jeremy Boyce Rotevall said.
Zibanejad backed up his prediction by beating a seemingly unstoppable Makarov.
"I told [Rotevall] before the overtime, too, so it was good to get that goal," Zibanejad said. "You have to decide if you want to win this. In the morning, it was a joke, but obviously it's not a joke anymore."
Johan Gustafsson stopped 17 shots for Sweden, also the tournament winner in 1981.
"Mika Zibanejad has had a great week and he's the right guy who scores the final goal as well. It's amazing," Swedish defenseman Oscar Klefbom said. "Russia was good, but we were better. It feels amazing. It's a strong team. I love them. All of them."
In the third-place game, Mark Visentin stopped a second-period penalty shot and made 27 saves in Canada's 4-0 victory over Finland. Quinton Howden scored twice, and Tanner Pearson and Mark Scheifele added goals.
Source: http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=913c2cc598a7429fc14e135e39a8c6fd
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