Third gold for Czechia! U18 edged Slovakia

The scoring of the federal derby for gold was opened by Jakub Mikula, who was undefended in the slot and scored top-shelf. The tournament's star Marek Daníček took care of the second goal for the Czechs as he slipped between two defenders, making it 2-0. Shortly after, Ján Šatka got into a solo breakaway, which he finished to narrow the margin to one goal again. But Czechia doubled the lead once again as Štěpán Palán fired a long-ranger. The Slovaks answered almost immediately, it only took Mário Polák 69 seconds to tap in a rebound, making the end of the game very dramatic. However, that was all scoring-wise as brilliantly playing Koudela saved every Slovak shot, securing a 3-2 win and the third gold for Czechia at this year's World Juniors!