Riley Barber is in the second row, directly to the left of the cup. (Photo credit: Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images)

Washington Capitals prospect Riley Barber and Team USA upset Filip Forsberg and Christian Djoos of the defending champion Team Sweden 3-1 on Saturday to win the 2013 World Junior Championships. This is the first time that the USA has won the tournament since 2010, when some guy named John Carlson scored in sudden-death overtime.

Team USA was led in the title game by John Gibson, named best goalie of the tournament with a .955 save percentage, and Rocco Grimaldi, who scored two goals. Former Caps defenseman Phil Housley, in his first year coaching Team USA, was the victorious head coach. Assistant Grant Potulny, who scored 19 goals in 50 games during the 2007-08 season for the Hershey Bears, also won gold as an assistant coach.

Highlights are below.

None of the three Caps prospects who played in the game figured into the score sheet. Forsberg, the Caps talented 2012 first-round pick, was named to the tournament’s all-star team and finished the World Junior Championships with three goals and two assists. Djoos finished the tournament with three assists; Barber had six points (3 goals, 3 assists).

Via @romao83, since 2006, the Capitals have had a prospect on each WJC-winning team.

2006 – Sasha Pokulok, Team Canada
2007 – Karl Alzner, Team Canada
2008 – Karl Alzner (captain), Team Canada
2009 – Stefan Della-Rovere, Team Canada
2010 – John Carlson, Team USA
2011 – Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov, Team Russia
2012 – Filip Forsberg, Team Sweden
2013 – Riley Barber, Team USA

Congrats, Riley!

Unbelievable ……. Gold sure tastes good #USAWJChampions

— Riley Barber (@rileybarber94) January 5, 2013

Additional Photos

Barber shoots. (Photo credit: Richard Wolowicz)

Barber almost scores. (Photo credit: Andre Ringuette)

Barber, all the way to the left, poses with his teammates and the American flag. (Photo credit: aftonbladet.se)

The Swedes: sad. (Photo credit: aftonbladet.se)

Barber, right, with his gold medal. (Photo credit: @rileybarber94)

Housley and Potulny pose with the cup. (Photo credit: @Potulny)

Team USA sings the national anthem.

Alex Semin has been relatively quiet since joining the Russian national team for the World Championships, recording only assists in his two games played before the final gold-medal round. Semin showed up for Team Russia in a big way today, scoring twice and recording one assist to lead the team to a 6-2 win, securing their first World Championship gold medal since 2009.

Slovakia came out strong at the beginning of the game, Zdeno Chara scoring within the first two minutes to take an early lead. It didn’t take long for Russia to push back — a goal from Semin tied up the game, and Russia went on to score four more unanswered goals from Alexander Perezhogin, Alexei Tereshenko, Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin, and Semin again. Alex Ovechkin took a slashing penalty late in the third, allowing Zdeno Chara the opportunity to score again on the power play.

Ovechkin notched two assists in the win, playing on a line with Datsyuk and Semin. Evgeny Kuznetsov, who has seen his ice time dwindle since Ovechkin and Semin joined the team in Sweden, only had one shift during the game, on the fourth line.

The Russian national team won all ten of its games this year, with a combined score of 44-14. This is Team Russia’s third World Championship gold medal in five years.

The game will be re-aired on NBCSN at 9:00 PM EST.

Video of Semin’s Goals

Photos

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Semin scores. (Photo via sashastolemyheart.tumblr.com)

“We did it!” (Photo via sashastolemyheart.tumblr.com)

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Varly celebrates his first ever World Championship gold medal. (Photo via veronikacw.tumblr.com)

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Check out Ovi on the bottom right!

The Russians toss Head Coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov in the air to celebrate.

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Alex Semin and Zdeno Chara receive their player of the game awards. (Photo credit: Andre Ringuette)

Zdeno Chara wears a Pavol Demitra jersey backwards in tribute. (Photo via milanlucheck.tumblr.com)

Ilya Nikulin holds up the World Championships trophy. (Photo via russianhockeyplayers.tumblr.com)

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Ovechkin kisses the trophy. (Photo credit: championat.com)

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The Sashas carry the Russian flag around the ice. (Photo credit: championat.com)

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Team picture! (Photo credit: Andre Ringuette)

Ovi drinks champagne from the cup. (Photo credit: @hockeyreview)

Additional reporting by Ian Oland.