Americans blank Swiss
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2384412
SASKATOON -- Team USA improved its record to 2-0 after blanking Switzerland 3-0 Sunday afternoon at the IIHF world junior hockey championship before an announced crowd of 12,853 at Credit Union Centre.
The United States broke a 0-0 first-period deadlock on a power-play goal by Chris Kreider at 5:57 of the second period, then added a pair of insurance goals by Matt Donovan and AJ Jenks in the third.
The Americans peppered 49 shots at Benjamin Conz, who was named his team's player of the game after making 46 saves.
Jack Campbell stopped all 22 shots he faced, including 14 in the opening frame, for the shutout.
"The Swiss have a good hockey team and their goaltender made some good saves, as did Jack Campbell," said USA coach Dean Blais. "They're going to win a few games here. We just stuck with our game plan and eventually wore them down. They're playing four ‘D' and three lines, while we were playing four lines and six ‘D' - eventually, it's going to catch up with you."
Kreider was player of the game for the United States.
Switzerland, which is 0-1 in the tournament, plays Canada on Monday.
"We had a good start, but we have to score," said 17-year-old Swiss forward Nino Niederreiter, a member of the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks and highly touted future NHL prospect. "You can't win without any goals."
Wikipedia seems to have a nice breakdown of the world jr. brackets & results...
Link
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2384412
SASKATOON -- Team USA improved its record to 2-0 after blanking Switzerland 3-0 Sunday afternoon at the IIHF world junior hockey championship before an announced crowd of 12,853 at Credit Union Centre.
The United States broke a 0-0 first-period deadlock on a power-play goal by Chris Kreider at 5:57 of the second period, then added a pair of insurance goals by Matt Donovan and AJ Jenks in the third.
The Americans peppered 49 shots at Benjamin Conz, who was named his team's player of the game after making 46 saves.
Jack Campbell stopped all 22 shots he faced, including 14 in the opening frame, for the shutout.
"The Swiss have a good hockey team and their goaltender made some good saves, as did Jack Campbell," said USA coach Dean Blais. "They're going to win a few games here. We just stuck with our game plan and eventually wore them down. They're playing four ‘D' and three lines, while we were playing four lines and six ‘D' - eventually, it's going to catch up with you."
Kreider was player of the game for the United States.
Switzerland, which is 0-1 in the tournament, plays Canada on Monday.
"We had a good start, but we have to score," said 17-year-old Swiss forward Nino Niederreiter, a member of the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks and highly touted future NHL prospect. "You can't win without any goals."
Wikipedia seems to have a nice breakdown of the world jr. brackets & results...
Link
