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Canada White beats Russia 6-2 to win under-17 World Hockey Challenge
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Owen Tippett scored three times and Ian Scott made 21 saves as Canada White downed Russia 6-2 on Saturday to win the under-17 World Hockey Challenge.
Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Matthew Struthers and Gabe Vilardi also scored for Canada White while Ian Mitchell tacked on two assists.
Ivan Chekhovich and Andrei Svechnikov supplied the offence for Russia, which got a 25-save outing from Maxim Zhukov.
Canada White went 2 for 5 on the power play while Russia failed to score on four chances with the man advantage.
Earlier, Fabian Zetterlund had a pair of goals as Sweden blanked Canada Red 3-0 in the third-place game.
Erik Brannstrom also found the back of the net for Sweden as Arvid Soderblom turned away 29 shots for the shutout.
Michael DiPietro kicked out 17-of-20 shots for Canada Red.
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