Posted at 7:55 a.m., Saturday, January 5, 2008
Hockey: Russia tops United States in U20 worlds
Associated Press
PARDUBICE, Czech Republic — Nikita Filatov scored twice to help Russia defeat the United States 4-2 today for the bronze medal at the under-20 World Ice Hockey Championship.Later Saturday, defending champion Canada plays Sweden in the final.
Russia took an early 4-0 lead behind goals by Alexei Cherepanov, Evgeni Kurbatov and Filatov.
Rhett Rakhshani had the first goal for the Unites States midway through the second half and Jordan Schroeder added a power-play goal with 6:21 remaining.
The Americans beat Russia 3-2 in the preliminaries last week.
The U.S. won the event in 2004 and Russia was a finalist the last three years.
