USA White skated to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Finland in the first game of the day.

Finland maintained a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes with its goal coming at 2:48 from Joona Saarelainen off the rebound of Keikki Ruohonen’s initial shot. Team USA’s best chance came on a shorthanded breakaway from Carey Terrance (Akwesasne, N.Y.) at 13:46.

Quentin Musty (Hamburg, N.Y.) got the U.S. on the board 5:50 into the middle frame, finishing the rebound off an initial shot from Tanner Adams (Northport, N.Y.). Mac Swanson (Anchorage, Alaska) also drew an assist on the play.

Saarelainen put Finland back in the lead 2:23 later and Finland had a 2-1 advantage after 40 minutes.

Cole Hutson (Chicago, Ill.) tied things up at the 6:41 mark of the third, scoring far side off a near impossible angle from the bottom of the left circle.

James Reeder (Glenview Ill.) put home the game-winner with just 59.6 seconds to play, burying a one-timer past home from the high slot, after connecting with Hutson at the blue line.

Sam Hillebrandt (Riverview, Fla.) played the opening 28:13 in net for the U.S. and made four saves on five shots, while Carsen Musser (Sherburn, Minn.) went the rest of the way and stopped all 13 shots he saw.

GAME PHOTOS

Max Plante (Hermantown, Minn.) opened the game’s scoring 5:15 into the contest, connecting with James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y.) in the low slot. Paul Fischer (River Forest, Ill.) tallied an assist on the play as well.

Brandon Svoboda (Level Green, Pa.) made it a 2-0 game with 8:39 left in the first, burying an initial Zeev Buium (San Diego, Calif.) spin-o-rama move off a feed from Noah Powell (Northbrook, Ill.).

Brodie Ziemer (Hutchinson, Minn.) tacked on a third to the U.S. tally with 3:55 to go in the first with some nifty stick-work along the goal line, flipping the puck past Swedish goaltender Olof Glifford. Joe Willis (Elmhurst, Ill.) and Fischer earned assists on the goal.

Gabe Perreault (Hinsdale, Ill.) extended USA Blue’s lead to 4-0 with a power-play marker just before the game’s halfway mark, chipping in his own rebound. Plante and Buium collected assists.

Perreault notched the only other goal of the middle frame at 11:47 off a quick pass from Hagens in the high slot. Linemate Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass.) earned an assist as well.

Lukas Fischer (Brighton, Mich.) made it a 6-0 game with a zinger from the blue line, then Oliver Moore (Mounds View, Minn.) added a seventh with 10:08 to play.

Isac Hedqvist got Sweden on the board with 2:50 remaining, capitalizing on a scramble net front, then Jack Berglund brought the final tally to 7-2 in the final minute of play.

Trey Augustine (South Lyon, Mich.) played the first half in the U.S. net, stopping all 11 shots he faced, while Hampton Slukynsky (Warroad, Minn.) had x saves on x shots.

GAME PHOTOS

USA Blue, led by two goals from Brodie Ziemer (Hutchinson, Minn.), gained a 5-3 win over Finland in the first game of the day.

Ziemer scored the opening goal of the contest at 9:05, capitalizing on a scramble in front of the Finnish net and sneaking the puck past goaltender Veeti Louhivaara.

Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass.) doubled the U.S. lead with a power-play tally with 4:43 left in the first period, re-directing an initial shot by Gabe Perreault (Hinsdale, Ill.). Zeev Buium (San Diego, Calif.) collected an assist as well.

Just over a minute later, Ziemer made it 3-0 after he collected a perfectly placed pass off the stick of AJ Spellacy (Westlake, Ohio) and tipped the puck home. Brandon Svoboda (Level Green, Pa.) also earned an assist on the goal.

James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y.) added a fourth for USA Blue on the power play just 25 seconds into the second, collecting his own rebound and ripping it home from the slot.

Sebastian Soini got the Finns on the board at 4:56 as his shot from the point through traffic found the back of the net. Joe Willis (Elmhurst, Ill.) finished a two-on-one break with Lukas Fischer (Brighton, Mich.) for USA Blue’s fifth goal with Svoboda picking up his second assist in the game.

Jesse Nurmi was credited with Finland’s second goal near the halfway mark of the contest to cut the U.S. lead to 5-2, and 4:48 into the third, a Topias Hynninen goal off a give-and-go play with Nurmi put the visitors within striking distance. Finland had a five-minute power play and lengthy 5-on-3 advantage later in the period, but the USA Blue penalty killers stood tall.

Hampton Slukynsky (Warroad, Minn.) started in net for Team USA and stopped five of the six shots he faced in the first 28:01 of action, while Sam Hillebrandt (Riverview, Fla.) finished the game and made 13 saves on 15 shots.

GAME PHOTOS

USA White scored twice in the first 2:43 of the contest in a 2-1 win over Sweden in the second game of the day.

Just eight seconds into the game, Quentin Musty (Hamburg, N.Y.) wristed the puck into the back of the net from the right circle after Beckett Hendrickson (Minnetonka, Minn.) poked the puck free along the boards and chipped it to Musty.

Teddy Stiga (Sudbury, Mass.) made it 2-0 just 2:35 later, tipping home a shot from the center point off the stick of Aram Minnetian (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.). Colin Ralph (Maple Grove, Minn.) earned an assist on the play as well.

Victor Eklund scored Sweden's lone goal of the game 1:06 into the second period, but the U.S. held strong, including killing off Sweden power play chances in the third, to pick up the victory.

Carsen Musser (Sherburn, Minn.) played the opening 30:00 and had four saves on five shots, while Nick Kempf (Chicago, Ill.) played the rest of the way and stopped all 11 shots he faced.

GAME PHOTOS

Finland opened the scoring 1:19 into the contest as an initial shot from Kalle Kangas at the point bounced off Emil Kuusla and into the net.

Chris Pelosi (Sewell, N.J.) tied the game for Team USA 1:52 later with a one-timer from the low slot off a feed from Noah Powell (Northbrook, Ill.). Adam Kleber (Chaska, Minn.) tallied an assist as well.

Kuusla put the Finns back ahead just 44 seconds later, finishing a two-on-one rush with Jesse Nurmi.

Cole Eiserman (Newburyport, Mass.) knotted the game at 7:12, snapping home a shot from the right circle after James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y.) picked the puck off a Finnish defender’s stick at the top of the zone.

Topias Hynninen restored the Finnish lead just past the halfway mark of the middle frame with a one-timer on the doorstep to make it a 3-2 game.

Rasmus Kumpulainen put Finland up by two with a power-play tally that snuck by the right post 4:26 into the third.

The U.S. pulled goaltender Nick Kempf (Chicago, Ill.) with 4:27 left and got to within a goal with 3:01 to play when Max Plante (Hermantown, Minn.) sent a centering pass to Pelosi, who fed it back to Plante on the goal line for the finish. Nurmi’s empty-net tally with :23 left, however, sealed a 5-3 win for the visitors.

Nick Kempf (Chicago, Ill.) backed the U.S. in net, making 22 saves. Team USA outshot Finland, 42-26.

Games Continue Friday

Game action in the World Junior Summer Showcase resumes on Friday (Aug. 2) with Canada and Finland facing off at 1 p.m. ET before Team USA takes on Sweden at 4 p.m. Tickets are available online here or at the USA Hockey Arena box office. All games from the WJSS are streamed live and on-demand on USAHockeyTV.com.

HIGHLIGHTS

GAME PHOTOS

Propelled by three power-play goals, Canada skated to an 8-6 win over Finland in the first game of the day.

Finland’s Topias Hynninen opened the game’s scoring 11:55 into the game with a power-play tally, finishing a quick rebound off an initial shot by Emil Pieniniemi.

Canadian winger Andrew Cristall found the equalizer with a power-play goal of his own 3:38 later with a shot from the right dot.

Tij Iginla scored goals just eight seconds apart late in the period to give Canada a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes. A tip-in off perfect pass from Beckett Sennecke with 1:10 to play gave the Canadians a lead they would not relinquish, then a shot went five-hole off a seam pass from Dylan MacKinnon to wrap up a busy first.

Cristall netted his second of the night 3:05 into the middle frame, putting the finishing touch on a tic-tac-toe play with Vincent Collard, then Cole Beaudoin made it 5-1 with 8:58 left in the period with a wrister from the right dot.

A power-play score from Pieniniemi just over a minute later from the top of the left circle made it 5-2 heading into the final period.

Sennecke buried a one-timer on the power play 1:22 into the third, Sam Dickinson scored a power play goal of his own just 45 seconds later, then Riley Heidt scored off the rush to give the Canadians an 8-2 lead.

The Finns registered four goals in the back half of the period, including two on the power play, to account for the 8-6 final.

GAME PHOTOS

Despite outshooting Sweden by a 39-19 count, Team USA dropped a 7-5 contest to close the day’s action.

Sweden jumped out to a 3-0 lead after Leo Sahlin Wallenius snuck home a rebound off an Albert Wikman shot from the point 3:57 into the game, then Jack Berglund tipped in a quick feed from Isac Hedqvist home 1:38 later. The third came from Lucas Pettersson, who came flying off the Swedish bench and went far-side from the right dot with 5:20 left in the period.

Austin Burnevik (Blaine, Minn.) got Team USA on the board with 2:30 left in the first, going forehand backhand in the low slot off a centering feed from Chris Pelosi (Sewell, N.J.). William Whitelaw (Rosemount, Minn.) picked up an assist on the play as well.

Joey Willis (Elmhurst, Ill.) cut Sweden's lead to one with a wrister that went blocker side past Melker Thelin at the 11:01 mark of the middle frame. Jayson Shaugabay (Warroad, Minn.) and Jake Fisher (Woodbury, Minn.) collected assists.

Felix Nilsson responded on a breakaway with 6:15 to play in the period and a power-play goal from Theo Lindstein less than two minutes later made it 5-2 after 40 minutes.

Svante Sjödin scored at 6:56 of the third to stake Sweden to a 6-2 advantage.

A one-timer from Whitelaw on the power play with 11:51 left in regulation cut the Swedish lead to three. Logan Hensler (Woodbury, Minn.) and Willis tallied assists.

Shaugabay scored on a breakaway with 5:53 to play after Willis chipped the puck free at the top of the U.S. zone, then Team USA pulled Sam Hillebrandt (Riverview, Fla.) for an extra attacker and Teddy Stiga (Sudbury, Mass.) slipped the puck past Thelin in the low slot after connecting with Whitelaw on the power-play.

Victor Eklund scored into an empty net with :55 left for the 7-5 final.

Sam Hillebrandt (Riverview, Fla.) had four saves in the first 29:14 of play, while Carsen Musser (Sherburn, Minn.) went the rest of the way and had eight stops.

GAME PHOTOS

The Finns skated to a 5-3 comeback win in the first game of the day powered by a third period surge.

Sweden’s Victor Eklund opened the scoring just past the 10-minute mark of the first on the power play with a wrister from the left circle. Lucas Pettersson doubled the lead only 11 seconds into the second, finishing a feed from Otto Stenberg behind the net.

Joona Saarelainen got the Finns on the board at the 7:11 mark of the second with a power-play marker, scooping up a loose puck amidst some traffic net-front and sliding it past Marcus Gidlöf.

Wilhelm Hallquisth made it 3-1 with 8:17 left in the period, wiring the puck from the left dot. Finland’s Emil Kuusla scored off a rebound in the low slot with 3:48 to go to make it a 3-2 contest heading into the final stanza.

Emil Hemming found the equalizer 2:44 into the third, cutting through the Swedish defenders and roofing a shot past Gidlof before Jesse Kiiskinen gave the Finns their first lead, going between-the-legs on the power play with 7:27 left in the contest. An empty-net tally from Jesse Nurmi with 1:50 to play accounted for the 5-3 final.

GAME PHOTOS

Team USA took down Canada in dramatic fashion with Brodie Ziemer’s (Hutchinson, Minn.) goal in the sixth round of the shootout giving the U.S. a 5-4 victory.

Brandon Svoboda (Level Green, Pa.) broke the ice 13:35 into the game, scoring off the rush after Max Plante (Hermantown, Minn.) picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone.

AJ Spellacy (Westlake, Ohio) added a second with 1:46 left in the opening frame, converting on a patient cross-crease pass from Beckett Hendrickson (Minnetonka, Minn.) after Cole Hutson (Chicago, Ill.) forced a turnover in the neutral zone.

Berkly Catton got the Canadians on the board 1:26 into the second with a power-play goal that bounced off the post and in.

Quentin Musty (Hamburg, N.Y.) regained Team USA’s two-goal lead just over a minute later with a snipe from the right dot off a picture-perfect passing play with James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y.). Logan Hensler (Woodbury, Minn.) earned an assist as well.

Jett Luchanko scored on the power-play with 1:30 left in the middle frame, getting a stick on an initial shot by Catton for the redirect at the goal mouth to make it 3-2, then Denver Barkey tied it up 6:48 into the final frame, scoring on an odd-man rush.

With the U.S. skating with a two-man advantage, Cole Eiserman (Newburyport, Mass.) fired a rocket from the bottom of the right faceoff circle after a feed from Cole Hutson (Chicago, Ill.) to put Team USA back in the lead at 9:14.

Calum Ritchie evened the game on the power play for Canada with 7:46 left in regulation to force overtime, but neither team scored in 3-on-3 five-minute extra session and the game went to a shootout.

Each team scored once through the first five rounds -- Bradly Nadeau for Canada and Musty for the U.S. After Nadeau was foiled by U.S. netminder Hampton Slukynsky (Warroad, Minn.) in the top of the sixth round, Ziemer ended the game with a snipe that found its way inside the left post.

Slukynsky finished with 34 saves to pick up the win as the U.S. outshot Canada, 48-38.

GAME PHOTOS