LA Kings Prospects Shine at IIHF World Junior Championship

Five LA Kings prospects took the ice on Monday night at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton, looking to advance to the final championship game.

In a yet another dominant performance, the Kings 2020 first-round draft pick Quinton Byfield and Team Canada ousted the Russians 5-0 in the first semifinal.
With the victory, Team Canada heads into the gold medal game having outscored their opponents 41-4 in the tournament through six games. Monday night's game between the rivals was their 28th meeting in the last 28 years. Canada's win expanded their lead in the series to 15-12-1.
Team Canada now heads into the gold medal game looking to be the first back-to-back gold medalist since 2009.
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The second semifinal game between the Americans and Finland had Kings prospects filling the stat sheet, with all four players recording a point. In the action-packed battle, Alex Turcotte netted the game's first goal, assisted from Arthur Kaliyev and Brock Faber.

After building a 3-1 lead going into the third period, team USA couldn't hold the lead as Simontieval and the Finland battled back to tie the contest with just 3:43 to go in regulation.
But Team USA and the Arty Party, a.k.a Kaliyev, tallied the game-winning goal from the slot off of a pass from Turcotte putting the Americans past the Fins in the night's second semifinal.

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Five Kings prospects will be competing in tonight's Canada-USA gold-medal game in Edmonton. Representing the Kings:
Team USA
Team Canada:
You can watch the game tonight, January 5 starting at 6:30 pm on NHL Network and TSN.