United States 5-2 Canada 
World Junior Championship Group Round
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg 
Thursday, December 31, 1998

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:19 –  PEN – Tselios, cross checking
06:42 –  PEN – Ward, boarding
14:46 –  GOAL – Gionta
17:02 –  PEN – Mara, holding

2nd Period
22:34 –  PEN – Pandolfo, roughing
22:34 –  PEN – Ward, roughing
23:42 –  GOAL – Mair
24:14 –  PEN – Gionta, hooking
26:23 –  GOAL – Murphy (Gionta, Gomez)
26:44 –  PEN – Tkaczuk, hooking
28:03 –  PP GOAL – Heisten (Gomez, Mara)
30:33 –  GOAL – Gionta (Murphy, Gomez)
36:39 –  PEN – Pandolfo, interference
37:21 –  PP GOAL – Tkaczuk (A. Ference, Calder)

3rd Period
40:54 –  PEN – Fata, elbowing
41:15 –  PP GOAL – Gomez (Mara, Blackburn)
46:26 –  PEN – Regehr, unsportsmanlike conduct
46:26 –  PEN – Jillson, unsportsmanlike conduct
51:36 –  PEN – Legwand, cross checking major
51:36 –  PEN – Mair, high sticking major
52:36 –  PEN – Tselios, roughing
52:36 –  PEN – Ward, charging
53:55 –  PEN – Doman, hooking

GOALTENDERS
W:  Blackburn (36-38)
L:  Luongo (28-33)

SHOTS ON GOAL
13+12+8 = 33
 11+19+8 = 38

ROSTERS
Goaltenders: Joe Blackburn, Chris Madden. Defence: Doug Janik, Jeff Jillson, Jordan Leopold, Paul Mara, Chris St. Croix, David Tanabe, Nikos Tselios. Forwards: Dan Carlson, Tim Connolly, Matt Doman, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Adam Hall, Barrett Heisten, Andy Hilbert, David Legwand, Justin Morrison, Ryan Murphy, Mike Pandolfo, Mike Vigilante.
Goaltenders: Brian Finley, Roberto Luongo. Defence: Bryan Allen, Brian Campbell, Andrew Ference, Brad Ference, Robyn Regehr, Brad Stuart, Mike Van Ryn. Forwards: Blair Betts, Tyler Bouck, Kyle Calder, Jason Chimera, Harold Druken, Rico Fata, Simon Gagné, Brad Leeb, Adam Mair, Kent McDonell, Brenden Morrow, Chris Nielsen, Matt Pettinger, Daniel Tkacuk, Jason Ward.

UNITED STATES	vs.	CANADA (C)
new champion (previous 12/26/1998)	Last Title	reign ends (since 12/28/1998)
5	All-Time Wins	39
2 wins	Head-To-Head (+ 1 tie)	5 wins
First IHLC Meeting (USA vs. CAN)  CAN 5-2 USA  – 12/29/1985 – WJC – Hamilton
Previous IHLC Meeting (USA vs. CAN)  CAN 2-0 USA  – 01/04/1997 – WJC – Geneva
Last IHLC Game  CAN 2-0 CZE  – 12/30/1998 – WJC – Winnipeg
Next IHLC Game  USA 5-4 SUI  – 01/03/1999 – WJC – Portage la Prairie