On Day 3 of NWJC, USA Blue fell to Sweden 4-3. Montreal prospect Sebastian Collberg tallied twice and assisted on another goal for the victorious Swedes. Sabres’ 2013 fifth round pick (130th overall) Gustav Possler assisted on both of Collberg’s markers. He was named the game’s second star behind Collberg with goalie Marcus Hogberg (Sens ’13 Rd 3) earning third star with 23 saves.

Columbus 2013 first rounder Alexander Wennberg added a goal and assist. 2014 Draft Eligible Lucas Wallmark, Daniel Zaar (CBJ ’12 Rd 6) and Christian Djoos each had assists. Djoos is the son of former Ranger defenseman Par Djoos. The Capitals selected him in the seventh round last year. Like his Dad, he plays defense. In ’12-13 for Brynas IF Gavle of the Swedish Elite League (SEL), he posted two goals and six assists with 38 penalty minutes over 47 games. Interestingly enough, Dad played for them before getting recalled by Detroit in 1990-91. He was traded with Joe Kocur to the Rangers for Kevin Miller, Jim Cummins and Dennis Vial on March 5, 1991. After spending parts of two seasons on Broadway, the elder Djoos returned home and spent the majority of his career with Brynas IF. He coaches IF Sundsvall of the Swedish Allsvenakan.

The goal scorers for Team USA Blue were Tampa Bay 2013 second round pick Adam Erne  and Avs’ D prospect Will Butcher who tallied twice including his second that cut it to 4-3 late. Devil prospect Stefan Matteau set up Butcher’s first goal that put USA Blue on the board. They trailed 3-0 in the second before cutting the deficit to one. Erne scored with less than a minute to go in the stanza. Washington prospect Connor Carrick and Butcher added helpers. Butcher had a three-point day and Carrick continued to play well.

In the third, the teams exchanged goals. Wennberg restored a two-goal lead halfway through before Butcher made it interesting on a feed from Vincent Hinostroza (Hawks ’12 Rd 6) with 2:17 remaining. Anaheim prospect Nic Kerdiles also registered a helper. Yesterday, he set up Anthony DeAngelo (Sarnia Sting).

Thatcher Demko (Boston College) allowed three goals on 23 shots and Flyer goalie prospect Anthony Stolarz stopped seven of eight.

Matteau Hurt: During the second period, Stefan Matteau suffered an injury after taking a hit to the head from Swedish blueliner Anton Lindholm. He didn’t return. We’ll update his status. Lindholm was assessed a five-minute charging major and game misconduct.

USA Blue has played two games losing both. Here are player stats. It’s three pages and includes Finland and Sweden. At last check, USA White is comfortably in front of Finland 5-0. It’s been a good day for Isles’ prospect Taylor Cammarata. The ’13 third rounder has a goal and two assists so far. Nashville prospect Zach Stepan, Montreal 2013 first rounder Michael McCarron, Connor Clifton (Yotes ’13 Rd 5) and Ian McCoshen (Panthers ’13 Rd 2) have also tallied. Devils’ ’13 second round pick Steve Santini has an assist. We’ll have more later.