True, he did pull his goalie with three minutes left but the US had the draw in Canada's end but lost the faceoff which led to the empty netter. Down 4-2 he pulled his goalie again and the US gave up another empty netter. It might have been early on the first pulled goalie but IMO he was going for the tying goal which i dont think is giving up. Hell, Blais pulled his goalie early quite often and at times it worked and times it didn't. I dont think Blais was giving up when he pulled his goalie early.