US defeats Canada at U-18 hockey tourney

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puck about to be dropped...Winner plays Sweden in the gold medal game.

 

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US with an early 1-0 lead (soft one past the Canada goalie)

 

[puckhead]

US with an early 1-0 lead (soft one past the Canada goalie)

I can't get used to this grey ice.
looks like bad lighting until you see the center ice circle.

 

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Canada ties it up with a nice deflection from the point. 1-1

 

[puckhead]

Canada ties it up with a nice deflection from the point. 1-1

that US player looks like he fucked himself up pretty seriously on the the back of canada's net just before that.
Unless his stick got stuck under the net. anyways, took a while for him to get back to the bench.

some big hits from these kids.
on a related note: Dumba's a fun player to watch.

 

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Boy, that a tough delay of game penalty with the low glass at the rink...

 

[Slimpikins]

Anyone have an online stream for the game?

 

[puckhead]

Anyone have an online stream for the game?

sorry bud. it's on TSN if that helps you find it.

 

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I think we're starting to see one team who played less than 24 hours ago versus a team with almost 3 days rest. Canada is hanging in though.

1-1 after 2 periods.

 

[puckhead]

Canada had better stay out of the box in the 3rd.
they were under seige for the past 4 mminutes.



mmmm... under seige

 

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2-1 US halfway through the 3rd period.

 

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How that wasn't called a 5 min major for elbowing I'll never know...

 

[puckhead]

How that wasn't called a 5 min major for elbowing I'll never know...

stunning that that hit was only 2 minutes.
in the OHL, Branch would have thrown 20 games at him.

didn't touch the puck, blindside hit, elbow extended, headshot... had all the criteria

 

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I mean IIHF refs are conditioned to lay down the law on headshots. Oh well, congrats to the US on today's 2-1 victory.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I mean IIHF refs are conditioned to lay down the law on headshots. Oh well, congrats to the US on today's 2-1 victory.

Any thoughts on D Jacob Trouba's game?

 

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Any thoughts on D Jacob Trouba's game?

He looked very solid back there, but the guy on the American D that impressed me the most was Seth Jones (son of former NBA player Popeye Jones). Great skater and a rocket of a shot.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

He looked very solid back there, but the guy on the American D that impressed me the most was Seth Jones (son of former NBA player Popeye Jones). Great skater and a rocket of a shot.

Jones probably won't beat out MacKinnon for 1st overall next year, but he's probably a lock for the top 5, if not top 3.

 

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Update on today's games:

Canada defeated Finland 5-4 in OT for the bronze (Hunter Shinkaruk with three goals including a beauty OT winner)

US blasts Sweden 7-0 for the gold.

 

[SLY]

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]