When a coach pulls a goaltender, he's hoping for one of two things -- better play in net or to shock his team into playing better.
When Dean Blais yanked Mike Lee 3:56 into the second period, he said it "broke my heart" to do it, but it was Jack Campbell who held the fort for most of the night and helped the U.S. win its second-ever World Junior Championship gold medal.
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Goalie Switch Pays Off For US As They Win Gold
Posted by IceColdNews 65 days ago (http://www.nhl.com)Eberle Comes Up Huge At WJC
Posted by cegeland 65 days ago (http://www.nhl.com)
With Canada skating with the man-advantage, Alex Pietrangelo kept the puck in the U.S. zone and found Eberle in the left circle. He beat goalie Jack Campbell high under the crossbar to draw his team within a goal at 5-4.
Moments later, Eberle did it again. Campbell stopped a Nazem Kadri shot, but the rebound went to Ryan Ellis, who slid it to Eberle for the tying goal with just 1:35 left in r Read More »
Moments later, Eberle did it again. Campbell stopped a Nazem Kadri shot, but the rebound went to Ryan Ellis, who slid it to Eberle for the tying goal with just 1:35 left in r Read More »
Canada Takes On The US For The Gold
Posted by cegeland 66 days ago (http://www.cbc.ca)
Canada will try for its sixth consecutive gold medal when it plays the United States in the final of the world junior hockey championship Tuesday night in Saskatoon (8 p.m. ET).
The bronze-medal game goes earlier, pitting Sweden against Switzerland (4 p.m. ET). Read More »
The bronze-medal game goes earlier, pitting Sweden against Switzerland (4 p.m. ET). Read More »
Canada Advances To Gold Medal Game
Posted by cegeland 67 days ago (http://www.nhl.com)
The win keeps Canada on track for an unprecedented sixth straight WJC gold medal. They'll meet the U.S., which defeated Sweden later Sunday, 5-2, on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET, NHLN-US, TSN) at the Credit Union Centre. It is Canada's ninth straight appearance in the gold-medal game
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US Advances To Gold Medal Game At World Juniors
Posted by cegeland 67 days ago (http://www.nhl.com)
Instead, they stayed the course and ended up on the right side of a 5-2 decision to advance to the gold medal game Tuesday against five-time defending champion Canada (8 p.m. ET, NHLN-US, TSN).
Jerry D'Amigo scored twice, and Tyler Johnson, John Carlson and A.J. Jenks also had goals as the U.S.
Anton Lander scored twice for Sweden. Read More »
Jerry D'Amigo scored twice, and Tyler Johnson, John Carlson and A.J. Jenks also had goals as the U.S.
Anton Lander scored twice for Sweden. Read More »
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