Michal Jakubec, take a bow!
The forward, who stepped up to the Dukla Trencin first team this season, broke the deadlock in a tense U18 Men’s World Championship semi-final to send Slovakia to its first gold-medal game since 2003.
His effort, 17 seconds before the end of the middle frame, was enough to halt Latvia’s fairytale run, while at the other end his team-mates produced a huge defensive effort in the third to deny any hint of a fight back…
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