Sweden picks up bronze at world junior ringette championship

Helsinki, Finland – January 4, 2015 – After forcing the best two-out-of-three bronze medal series to three games, Sweden beat the USA 4-2 to pick up the bronze in the President’s Pool at the world ringette championships in Helsinki today.

Canada’s junior team picked up the gold medal yesterday when they downed Finland’s junior team 10-9 in overtime. Finland’s senior team claimed gold in the Sam Jacks series after downing Canada 13-0. The Canadian senior team goes home with silver.

Results from the event can be found here: http://www.wrc2015.fi/en/Results.html

Statistics from the event can be found here: http://www.wrc2015.fi/en/Statistics.html

Photos from the event can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ringettecanada/albums/72157662377786442

Archives of all games at the event can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/RingetteTV

About Ringette

Ringette is a Canadian sport that was invented in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario by the late Sam Jacks. There are currently nearly 30,000 players on nearly 2,000 teams across Canada, with over 1,500 officials and nearly 8000 coaches. Internationally, it is played in more than a half a dozen other countries around the world. Ringette has been designated a Heritage Sport by Sport Canada and as part of the Sport for Life movement, ringette is well advanced at adapting Sport Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development model. For more information, please refer to the Ringette Canada Web site at www.ringette.ca.

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