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Montreal Canadiens: Jacob de La Rose is a win away from gold

As the world hockey championship ends in 2018, Jacob de La Rose has one player from Montreal Canadiens who stands for the gold medal.

Yesterday at the World Hockey Championship in 2018 was an expected and unexpected result. Jacob de La Rose and the team of Sweden finished with the US team, beating them 6-0 to go to the game of the gold medal. Not surprisingly, Sweden won, and the gate differential showed how strong the team is. After that, fans of Montreal Canadiens, no doubt, saw at least one of their players in the final.

What took a lot by surprise was the result of the Canadian-Swiss game. The Swiss scored several timely goals and had a starry gate. Leonardo Genoni stood on his head, because his team stopped 43 of 45 shots. This disappointed Canada, which entered this game as a favorite, despite Switzerland's success in Round Robin.


Sweden should take a lesson from Canada; they can not easily take the Swiss. It was a mixture of raw offensive strength and quality protection that had them as the top team of the tournament. The team proved that they can win with all the strengths, including the shortened, which makes them a dangerous group.

Center Habs de La Rose continued to improve their game in defense of Sweden. The young center looks confident and free to play their game, which brought him the best.

He came out of yesterday's victory with the help of opening the gates of Sweden. It was nice to go between de la Rosa and Philippe Forsberg, who sent a long blow to Keith Kincaid. The American goalkeeper had problems with his settlement, and a pair of chased checks from De La Rose saw a trickle behind him. Victor Arvidsson was entitled to touch him at the end of the goal line to give Sweden 1-0.

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