Lucas Raymond will have to settle for a bronze medal at best as the World Championship enters its final day.
The Detroit Red Wings forward and his fellow Swedes were unable to counter the United States on Saturday, May 24, losing 6-2 in the first semifinal of the 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation event. The game was on home turf, too, at Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
That bumps Sweden to the bronze medal game, which will also be held at Avcii Arena at 9:20 a.m. Sunday, May 25 (NHL Network). Wings defenseman Erik Gustafsson is also part of the Swedish team. The Swedes will play Denmark, which lost, 7-0, to Switzerland in the second semifinal — two days after scoring a huge upset when the Danes bounced Canada in the quarterfinals.
The Americans were up 4-0 on Sweden after two periods.
The U.S. moves on to the gold medal game against Switzerland, set for 2:20 p.m. Sunday (NHL Network). Team USA hasn’t won gold at Worlds in a non-Olympic year since 1933.
The semifinal outing was a disappointing end for Sweden, and came two days after Raymond scored twice to lift his team past Nordic neighbor Finland in the quarterfinals. That round also spelled the end for Wings forward Marco Kasper, whose Austrians were routed by the Swiss.
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