IIHF World Junior Championships 2022: How to watch USA vs. Czechia, time, TV channel, live stream

Brett Berard

USA's Brett Berard (21) celebrates a goal against Sweden during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

The IIHF World Junior Championships have reached the quarterfinal round, and the USA will face Czechia at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday, August 17 (8/17/2022) at 10:30 p.m. ET.

USA vs. Czechia, and all four quarterfinal games on Wednesday, will be broadcast on NHL Network, and can be streamed live on DirecTV Stream, fuboTV and other live TV services.

The top four teams from each group have advanced to the quarterfinal, which leaves Austria and Slovakia behind. Team USA finished first in Group B, leaving them to face the four seed from Group A, Czechia, in the quarterfinal. Czechia finished with one win, two losses and one OTL, while the USA went four straight games undefeated.

The World Junior Championships or “World Juniors” feature the top players under 20 years old from around the world. The 2022 Tournament is being hosted in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Here’s the quarterfinal schedule. All times ET on Wednesday, August 17:

  • Finland vs. Germany, 12 p.m.
  • Sweden vs. Latvia, 3:30 p.m.
  • Canada vs. Switzerland, 7 p.m.
  • USA vs. Czechia, 10:30 p.m.

All games will be broadcast on NHL Network. Cord cutters can stream the games live via free trials of DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Sling and YouTube TV.

Cable subscribers with the NHL Network channel can stream the games live for free on NHL.com.

Can I bet on the IIHF World Junior Quarterfinals?

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DraftKings has the USA as the -1100 favorite to win against Czechia, which is at +600.

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Story by The Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Harvard forward Matthew Coronato scored twice and the defending champion United States held off Sweden 3-2 on Sunday night to finish 4-0 in Group B play in the world junior hockey championship.

Brett Berard also scored for the Americans and Kaidan Mbereko made 28 saves. The U.S. will face the Czech Republic — the fourth-place team in Group A— in the quarterfinals Wednesday.

“We were moving our feet best in the third period and were really playing to our identity in that final period,” U.S. coach Nate Leaman said. “I thought we were a little tight to start the game but that’s to be expected. It’s better to get that out of the way before quarterfinals.”

Sweden (2-1) rallied in the third, with Emil Andrae cutting it to 3-1 with 9:22 to go and Ake Stakkestad making it a one-goal game on a power play with 1:45 left and goalie Jesper Wallstedt off for an extra attacker.

Sweden will play Germany (2-1) on Monday for second place in the group.

In Group A, Ralfs Bergmanis had a hat trick and Latvia beat the Czech Republic 5-2 to secure a quarterfinal spot.

Only in the field after Russia and Belarus were expelled, Latvia (1-2-1) finished third in the group — a spot ahead of the Czech Republic (1-2-1).

Earlier, Kasper Simontaival had two goals and an assist in Finland’s 9-3 victory over Slovakia. Joel Maatta also scored twice for Finland (2-1), which will face Canada (3-0) on Monday for the top spot in the group.

Slovakia finished 0-3-1.

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