Isak Rosen scored the game-winner for Sweden in a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic to take the bronze medal at the world junior men's hockey championship Saturday in Edmonton.
After Sweden's Fabian Lysell scored at 14:22 in the first period, Michael Gut pulled the Czechs even with a power-play goal at 13:30 of the second.
But Rosen restored Sweden's lead less than two minutes later and Linus Sojodin added an insurance goal with four minutes remaining in the game.
Sweden finished third in the tournament for the second time in three years after the same result in 2020 in the Czech Republic The Czechs' last medal was bronze in 2005.
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