Team USA vs Germany at World Juniors
By Troy Baker
Team USA routed a hapless Germany team 8 – 0 to start their opening round play. The Americans seemed unstoppable with this test before facing much tougher favorites.
Scoring Summary
1st Period | ||
| Time | Team | Player (Assists) |
|---|---|---|
| 0:19 | USA | Sean Kuraly (Riley Barber, Alex Galchenyuk) |
| 8:30 | USA | Jacob Trouba (Blake Pietila) |
| 9:54 | USA | Alex Galchenyuk (Riley Barber, Sean Kuraly) |
2nd Period | ||
| Time | Team | Player (Assists) |
| 0:14 | USA | Riley Barber (Alex Galchenyuk) |
| 6:33 | USA | Shayne Gostisbehere (Seth Jones, Rocco Grimaldi) |
| 7:55 | USA | Ryan Hartman (Blake Pietila, Cole Bardreau) |
3rd Period | ||
| Time | Team | Player (Assists) |
| 8:36 | USA | JT Miller |
| 10:32 | USA | Seth Jones |
Team USA is in a tough division which includes Russia and defending champs Canada. After going 1-1 in pre-play it was a nice start for the scrappy club who seems to be very hot at goaltender.
Locally we have a representative, Connor Murphy from the Phoenix Coyotes. Alex Galchenyuk appears to be the leader of this squad as well as Gibson who is a stud in net.