IIHF U20 WJHC/Spengler Cup Day 3 GDT
by Bruce Peter on Dec 28, 2010 12:40 PM EST
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Four games at the World Juniors, plus the final day of group action at the Spengler Cup highlight today's international hockey ticket. Stick around here for commentary and start times.
IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship
Switzerland (1-0-0-0) 
vs. Finland 
(0-0-1-0), 12:30 PM EST at HSBC Arena in Buffalo
Big game going forward for both teams. A win would keep the Swiss out of the relegation rounds for certain, and likely in a spot to claim a top 2 finish in the group. If Finland still wants to finish second here, they'll need to make a statement and win this after a tough OT loss to the Americans. Game is being broadcast on MTV3 out of Finland.
Canada (1-0-0-0) 
vs. Czech Republic 
(1-0-0-0), 4:00 PM EST at HSBC Arena in Buffalo
Canada is definitely sitting pretty after that strong third period against Russia. The Czechs had to fight a little harder than maybe they thought against Norway last night, so this is a very quick turnaround, and to top it off, they had to travel in from Niagara last night to go to this game in Buffalo. There are a ton of TV broadcasts for this one, led by TSN out of Canada, CESKE out of the Czech Republic, NTV+ out of Russia, and Eurosport has it as well.
Russia (0-0-0-1) 
vs. Sweden 
(1-0-0-0), 7:00 PM EST at Dwyer Arena in Niagara
This promises to be a heck of a game, and it'll only be seen by 2100 fans in the tiny Dwyer Arena. Russia is in need of a win, as no one likes to start 0-2, even if it is against the top two teams in the group. Sweden will put Robin Lehner in goal for the first time. The game is being broadcast in Sweden on SVT, on NTV+ from Russia, and is also being picked up by TSN in Canada, with a second crew calling the game.
USA (0-1-0-0) 
vs. Slovakia 
(0-1-0-0), 8:00 PM EST at HSBC Arena in Buffalo
Both teams are coming off tough opening wins in overtime, but with a day's rest for the Americans, don't expect this to be too tight of a battle. How much rubber can Dominik Riecicky be expected to face after being bombarded yesterday against the Germans? This game will be on NHL Network in the USA, SLOVAK Television in Slovakia, and apparently NTV+ is putting the game on as well in Russia, not sure how they intend to cover it with the Russia/Sweden game going on at the same time.
Spengler Cup
SKA St. Petersburg 4, Sparta Prague 1
This early game has already taken place. The KHL stars have advanced straight to the semifinals, making the Group Torriani standings settled with: 1. SKA; 2. Geneve-Servette; and 3. Sparta Prague. Quarterfinals go tomorrow, so it's a quick turnaround for Sparta who will have played three games in three days, and now need to play five in five in order to win the tournament. They will play the loser of the HC Davos/Team Canada game in the later game tomorrow, while Geneve-Servette and Spartak Moscow play the early quarterfinal.
HC Davos vs. Team Canada, 1:15 PM EST
This is the final group stage game, and will be broadcast on TSN2 in Canada as well as Eurosport2 in Europe. This is always a hot ticket in Davos, featuring the two permanent fixtures of the Spengler Cup. The winner gets a bye into the semifinals, the loser plays Sparta Prague tomorrow night.
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Good luck finding the SUI/FIN game online from what I can tell. And I think the Finnish pay site for the game is only good for Finnish IP addresses. At least it’s no good in Canada.
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1-0 FIN after 1
Joonas Nattinen scores with 19 seconds remaining to give Finland the lead.
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Assists to Rajala and Jokipakka. Shots were 18-5 for Finland.
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Goal was a deflection.
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2nd period underway now. About 45 minutes until start of Spengler Cup game.
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2-0 FIN
Jaakko Turtiainen (4:37 of 2nd).
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Jokipakka and Donskoi with the helpers. Two assists for Jokipakka.
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Shots are 23-6 at the halfway point of this game. Finland doesn’t take too kindly to challengers.
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Score still 2-0 Finland, shots 25-9 after 40 minutes.
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TSN2 is not broadcasting this live. Stupid TSN.
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Gotta ask Adam… you have an almost classic Czech name (Adam Novak) but I’m guessing you are Swedish?
3-0 Finland… good for them as their Junior Program has also been getting hammered… that game with the Slovaks will probably be for 2nd place… mind you, whoever you get out of Group A is a bad draw – pick your poison.
I think Finland has just had a tough run. They aren’t losing players to other countries or anything of that nature. In fact, they attract players from smaller countries to their program.
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3-0 Finland
Teemu Pulkkinen from Erik Haula.
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4-0
Julius Juntilla
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Tuomoinen and Donskoi get the assists.
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1-0 Davos after 1
Sorry for anyone who comes here during the World Jrs who is waiting until later to watch the Spengler Cup game.
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4-0 FIN over SUI
That’s the final. Shots were 38-15 for Finns.
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1-1 in Davos
Yannick Lehoux on the power play early in the second.
2-1 Davos
Taticek keeps on a 2 on 1, beats Deslauriers.
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3-1 Davos
Jaroslav Bednar on a breakaway. Bad line change.
BTW, random announcer: it’s Bed-nash.
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3 delay of games in a row against Davos. That’s brutal.
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And they give Kwitakowski an interference call just out of sympathy for Davos. lol
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3-2
Roche on the 4 on 3 PP.
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3-2 Davos
Canada takes advantage of all that empty space in the slot.
I need to go for a walk here before the WJC game. Desperately need fresh air.
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With that sweater, HCD’s coach looks more like the team’s math professor.
by despisethesun on Dec 28, 2010 4:11 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
1-0 CZE
Roy misread that one. Czechs with the lead 49 seconds in.
Brayden Schenn ties Canada – Czech Republic 1-1 while Martin Frk is in the box. Five-hole. Buy, Novotny is going to want that one back.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 4:36 PM EST reply actions
Jaden Schwartz makes it 2-1 on a BAD penalty call against the Czechs.
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Play is almost entirely in the Czech end in the first period.
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The Czechs need more terrible Ryan Ellis giveaways in the neutral zone to get back into this one.
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I’m sure that won’t be a problem.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Jaden Schwartz injury watch is in full effect.
And now Calvin de Haan is taken hard into the boards, hurt his knee. Nice hit by Hlinka.
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Uh-oh… bad news… Schwartz looks like he can barely walk.
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by Cam Collingwood on Dec 28, 2010 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
He’s definitely pulling the “it’s merely a flesh wound” routine, though.
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Czechs playing some offense now that they’re down a goal.
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Brayden Schenn on a line with Curtis Hamilton. I want to see that in the WHL at the end of this tournament.
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Kassian levels Senkerik. Shoulder to the chest, didn’t hit the head by the looks of the replay. And it looks like refs aren’t calling anything. Senkerik still down.
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Nevermind, it’s a 5 minute major and a game.
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weak call… tough loss as Kassian’s been a force.
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by Cam Collingwood on Dec 28, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed. Don’t think anyone would have minded if it was a 2+10 hit to head penalty, but 5+game on a phantom call is quite bad.
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So what was the penalty? I missed it as I had to do real work, came back to find a guy on the ice and the camera on Kassian’s face a lot. (Sound is muted.)
by despisethesun on Dec 28, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
Five minutes for a hit to the head by hitting a guy in the chest with your shoulder, plus a game because the Czech was unlucky.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
The IIHF, like every league in the world that isn’t the NHL, means business about dangerous plays like that. There’s no room in the game for hits like that.
You mean marginal interference? Man, I hope everybody gets thrown out of the game for that now!
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
I’m whining. But I’m right.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t know if you noticed, but a player was removed from the ice ON A STRETCHER. Your ‘woe is Canada’ attitude right now is enraging.
Okay, so would you like me to preface everything I say with “injuries are sad” when I talk about anything for the next hour? Feel free to take that as read.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
Way to miss the point entirely. The issue isn’t whether or not you feign sympathy; it’s that this is just a kid’s game. No player should have to worry about being removed from the ice on a stretcher.
So what are you saying? What’s your point? Obviously I’m missing it. Right now, I’m reading “players should be thrown out of the game for unlucky hits that cause injury, because that will eliminate bad luck and if you question this then you want teenagers to be paralyzed.”
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
Hitting a player high, as was clearly the case here, is dangerous and stupid. I’m more than willing to have a discussion about it if you’re able to stop making assumptions and being patronising.
So you think it was a head shot? I agree that head shots are bad, but I don’t think that was a head shot.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
He hit the player high when his head was down, which dramatically increases his vulnerability. Kassian very clearly had enough time to let up (if you watch the replay, Kassian had him lined up for seconds, while the Czech player was clearly not even looking at Kassian). We hear a lot of rambling about ‘respect’ in hockey; players ought to practice what they preach and be accountable for dangerous actions.
I disagree that Senkerik’s head was down: he was looking well away from Kassian until the last moment when Senkerik realized what was going on and tried to turn his head away from it, though, so it might amount to the same thing.
We’re moving alarmingly close to ruling out all open-ice hits, though. Kassian hit Senkerik “high”, i.e. at shoulder height, agreed? That’s the most natural place to make a shoulder check, though. It’s not a deliberate jump-up-and-get-him hit like a clear head shot or an elbow.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
Well, Bobby Mac got the microscope out and just tweeted that it looks like shoulder hit Senkerik’s chin. It was quite a close call.
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There’s a great link to the replay video here.
This is what I’ve noticed:
1) It’s inconclusive whether Kassian hit Senkerik on the chin, or Senkerik turned his head away when he saw the hit coming.
2) If Kassian did hit Senkerik on the chin, it was obviously only a glancing blow. Why? Because Senkerik doesn’t fall in the direction of Kassian’s shoulder. Kassian’s shoulder is moving along Senkerik’s body, but Senkerik falls backwards.
3) Meanwhile, when Kassian hits Senkerik, his arm and body “explode” out into Senkerik’s midsection: basically, he’s trying to put his full body force into the hit. That’s the direction Senkerik falls in.
One man’s opinion.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
Bobby Mac is saying it’s more late hit anyways. Which is probably true. Fifteen years ago, you were allowed something like 3 seconds after puck was gone to make a hit, now you’re allowed half a second.
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Agreed on late hit. Absolutely, and said so at the time (though only on Copper & Blue, I think). Not a match penalty for a late hit, but Kassian should have gone to the box for interference.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
There are 5 minute majors for interference, too.
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That play didn’t deserve one, though. It was one steamboat. Not that late.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, 5 for interference is for things like Wisniewski on Seabrook.
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The WHL doesn’t penalize those hits, either.
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Louis Leblanc scores shorthanded. Nice pass by Schenn.
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The Czech Junior teams just love attacking the shooter on 2 on 1’s and leaving the pass wide open… they did this a lot last year. I imagine that’ll seal the game for Canada as momentum will be massive now!
Czechs only hope was to score on that PP. Maybe twice.
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Honojsek is about all the Czechs have that can compete with the Canadians. Man, what moves he put on the Canadian D just before the SHG.
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4-1
Ryan Ellis on a delayed penalty. That delayed penalty was bizarre. Not sure if the Czechs or Canada should’ve gotten that one.
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Schenn with 4 pts
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by Cam Collingwood on Dec 28, 2010 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
Been some bumping of the goalies here on both sides.
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Yep. Straka has had one noticeable shift. Frk got a penalty. Haven’t seen Culek at all.
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Culek might still be. lol
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5-1
Eakin from Cizikas. End 2nd period, already. This one is about to get ugly.
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Schenn almost got another one.
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Frk gets the gate for spearing Gudbranson.
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The ol’ blade to the… to the blade.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:03 PM EST up reply actions
Nice dive, Brayden.
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Bah, that’s not a penalty. As a former goalie, I refuse to believe I’m not allowed to do that.
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6-1
Tyson Barrie on the two man advantage. Still a 5 on 3 as Novotony’s slash penalty kicks in.
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7-1
Cowen follows up on the ensuing 5 on 3.
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You guys have a goalie? I haven’t seen any saves for a while. I thought you just had a slashing machine in goal for some reason.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
I admit he’s getting killed… not sure if it his fault though, we are really fucken terrible.. but that slashing call was garbage… total dive by Foligno.
Feel free to just start making Nagano references. You deserve it.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
Geez, there’s still 9:42 left.
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Yay, some love for Saskatoon minor hockey.
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This game has it all… now, the Mexican wave!
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by Cam Collingwood on Dec 28, 2010 6:17 PM EST reply actions
Number of times I’ve had to remind myself “right, this is IIHF, they have no-touch icing”: way too many.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:18 PM EST reply actions
Hmm, they aren’t yelling ‘Eh, Oh, Canada Go’ for some reason.
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nice… saving that for the medal round, I assume.
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by Cam Collingwood on Dec 28, 2010 6:20 PM EST up reply actions
Uh-oh. Here comes the comeback.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:24 PM EST reply actions
7-2 CAN over CZE
That’s the final. That’s about the score I expected. A lot more interesting with the injuries and game misconducts, though.
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RUS/SWE next
And apparently Bobkov is not starting for Russia.
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I can’t imagine why not.
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by Benjamin Massey on Dec 28, 2010 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
Well, according to Elite Prospects, Dmitri Shikin has played all of one game this year, and didn’t play at all last year. Gotta love the availability of Russian stats.
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ewwww… interesting.
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by Cam Collingwood on Dec 28, 2010 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
RUS/SWE
Game on!
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Huge rebounds off of Shikin so far.
First penalty coming to Sweden, some pushing after the whistle there. Looks like the ‘feeling out’ stage is done.
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Russia gets called in the scrum. Now 4 on 4.
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Ugh, Calle Jarnkrok is already ridiculously well versed defensively. He’s a ready made Red Wing.
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1-0 SWE
Anton Lander finds another gear, gets away from the defender and roofs a backhander.
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2-0 SWE
Jesper Faust from Calle Jarnkrok off a neutral zone turnover.
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Sweden’s all over the puck, challenging every inch of ice.
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Russia finally showing some jam. Lehner takes a penalty after the whistle somehow.
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Kitsyn still looks like a heck of a player, but Russia’s PP looks worse than it did against Canada.
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Man, can Urychev launch ’em. Still 2-0, though.
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USA/SVK about to start
Time to watch two games at once.
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1-0 USA
Palmieri opens the scoring less than 5 minutes in.
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Jerry D'Amigo
Gets hit by a headshot. Not sure by which Slovak player. Very slow to get up. On ice for a while.
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Peter Hrasko got him.
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2-0 USA
Palmieri again, on the 5 minute PP after the Hrasko headshot.
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3-0 USA
Coyle in tight goes top shelf, from… Palmieri.
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2-0 SWE
Five mutes left. Russians can’t solve the Swedish collapsing defence and a strong performance from Lehner.
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4-1 USA
Tomas Jurco gets one for Slovakia. Missed the 4th USA goal.
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Chris Brown with the Yankee goal.
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2-0 SWE over RUS
Very good performance from Sweden, but this should NOT have been a shutout. Russia had some rotten luck.
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5-1 USA
Drew Shore quickly responds.
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6-1 after 2
OK, I’m packing it in.
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