๐บ๐ธ United Statesย 3-2ย Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, 02 August 2017
Three different U.S. players scored and both Logan Brown and Casey Mittelstadt had multi-point games for the second-straight night as Team USA earned a 3-2 victory over Sweden here today at the World Junior Summer Showcase.
“Tonight we saw a different kind of fight in our players,” said Bob Motzko, head coach of the 2018 U.S. National Junior Team. “Having talent and skill is one thing, but having the will to grind out a win is an intangible our staff was excited to see. We’ll enjoy tomorrow off and get ready for two great games to close out the Showcase.”
The U.S. returns to action Friday when it takes on Finland.
Sweden opened the scoring with 3:53 remaining in the opening frame when Lias Andersson snuck a wrist shot past Keith Petruzzelli from the top right circle.
Team USA evened the score 5:16 into the second stanza when Riley Tufte fired a snap shot by Swedenโs goaltender Filip Larsson. The play started when Mittelstadt sent the puck down low to Brown, who found Tufte alone in front of the net for the tying goal.
Kailer Yamamoto gave the U.S. its first lead of the game when he found a rebound off an initial shot from Brown and one-timed it in at the 10:11 mark. Sweden netted the equalizer 2:18 later when Andersson tallied his second goal of the game.
With 5:50 remaining in the period, Quinn Hughes scored on a long-ranged wrist shot from the blue line to give the U.S. a 3-2 lead while on the power play.
Petruzzelli stopped 15 of 16 shots he faced in 30:11 of action before Dylan St. Cyr made 21 saves in relief.
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:13 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Farrance, tripping
16:07 – ๐ธ๐ชย GOAL – Andersson (Gustafsson)
2nd Period
22:30 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Harper, hooking
25:16 – ๐บ๐ธย GOAL – Tufte (Brown, Mittelstadt)
30:11 – ๐บ๐ธย GOAL – Yamamoto (Kemp, Farrance)
30:53 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Greenway, interference
32:29 – ๐ธ๐ชย PP GOAL – Andersson (Karlstrรถm)
32:51 – ๐ธ๐ชย PEN – Hรถgberg, slashing
34:10 – ๐บ๐ธย PP GOAL – Hughes (Bellows, Mittelstadt)
37:05 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Greenway, cross checking
3rd Period
44:44 – ๐ธ๐ชย PEN – Lindstrรถm, holding
49:19 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Greenway, tripping
51:17 – ๐ธ๐ชย PEN – Moverare, tripping
GOALTENDERS
W: ๐บ๐ธย Petruzzelli (15-16), St. Cyr (21-22)
L:ย ๐ธ๐ชย Larsson (19-22)
SHOTS ON GOAL
๐บ๐ธ 3+12+7 = 22
๐ธ๐ช 14+9+15 = 38
ROSTERS
๐บ๐ธ Goaltenders: Keith Petruzzelli, Dylan St. Cyr. Defence: David Farrance, J.D. Greenway, Quinn Hughes, Phil Kemp, Luke Martin, Andrew Peeke, Dylan Samberg. Forwards: Jack Badini, Kieffer Bellows, Logan Brown, Sasha Chmelevski, Logan Cockerill, Trent Frederic, Max Gerlach, Tim Gettinger, Patrick Harper, Casey Mittelstadt, Josh Norris, Riley Tufte, Kailer Yamamoto.
๐ธ๐ช Goaltenders: Filip Gustavsson, Filip Larsson. Defence: Linus Hรถgberg, Timothy Liljegren, Gustav Lindstrรถm, Jacob Moverare, Jesper Sellgren, Filip Westerlund. Forwards: Lias Andersson, Jesper Boqvist, Marcus Davidsson, Glenn Gustafsson, Rickard Hugg, Axel Jonsson-Fjรคllby, Fredrik Karlstrรถm, Elias Pettersson, Tim Sรถderlund, Oskar Steen, Tim Wahlgren.
๐บ๐ธ UNITED STATES (C) | vs. | SWEDEN ๐ธ๐ช |
current champion (since 05 Jan 2017) |
Last Title | 04 Jan 2017 |
34 | All-Time Wins |
92 |
8 wins | Head-To-Head (+ 2 ties) |
6 wins |
First IHLC Meeting (USA vs. SWE) ๐ธ๐ช SWE 5-5 USA ๐บ๐ธ โ 28 Dec 1979 โ WJC โ Vantaa ๐ซ๐ฎ |
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Previous IHLC Meeting (USA vs. SWE) ๐ธ๐ชย SWE 1-0 USA ๐บ๐ธ โ 28 Dec 2015 โ WJC โ Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ |
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Last IHLC Game ๐บ๐ธย USA 5-4 CAN ๐จ๐ฆ (SO) โ 05 Jan 2017 โ WJC โ Montrรฉal ๐จ๐ฆย ๐ |
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Next IHLC Game ๐บ๐ธย USA 4-3 FIN ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 04 Aug 2017 โ WJS โ Plymouth ๐บ๐ธ |
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