PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Games wrapped on day two of the 2026 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament from USA Hockey Arena as Czechia opened its tournament play with a 6-2 decision over Sweden, while Team USA added its second win in as many games with a 7-3 win over Finland.

Czechia put itself up a trio of goals at 8:43 off a chance from Petr Hornig, but Olle Willén and Sweden responded 1:12 later with a power-play tally to make it 4-2. The two-goal deficit was short lived for Sweden as Patrik Polacek sped through the slot, made a move around a Swedish defender and slid it across the goal line. Czechia tallied once more to take its first game of the tournament, 6-2.

Krystof Stepanek finished with 17 saves to pick up Czechia first tournament win, improving its record to 1-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L), while Markus Broden had 18 in the Swedish net, along with two saves in 5:05 of ice time from Fabian Salasca Naas, as Team Sweden fell to a 1-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record in tournament play.

The U.S. continued on its scoring in the middle period as Rocco Pelosi found the stat sheet after he buried a backhand power-play goal at 13:23. Special teams came up once again as Finnegan Sears found twine at 17:10 while skating 5-on-3.

Finland budged into Team USA's lead as Luukas Haapala found the scoresheet to make it 6-2. Olli Kylmälä made it a three-goal game at 13:03 of the third, on the power play, after he finished off a one-timer from atop the faceoff circle. Barch capped off his three-point night with a goal at 19:05 as the U.S. won, 7-3.

Nate Chizik finished with 23 saves to pick up the win, improving Team USA's record to 2-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L), while Heikkinen had 27 in the Finnish net, and Team Finland fell to a 0-0-0-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record in tournament play.