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Stepan scores now. 3-2 USA

Kristo with a great chance there. Showed his speed and good hands.

Morin with a nice move to tie it. Crowd hates that.

Wow, they almost tied that in a span of 10 sec.

I highly doubt that after his "press release" earlier this year when rumors came out.

Slovaks already with a 2-0 lead due to penalties.

Kristo already nailed near the head in the first shift of the US/Slovak game. Slovakia actually hitting people, unlike Latvia in the Canada game. And now Zucker absolutely nailed someone, drawing a ton of blood. 5min major. The Canadian crowd loves it.

No one ever said that Canadian fans were that bright.

That game is finally over. 16-0 Canada

Now 13-0. Latvia is completely outmatched. Time for them to start head-hunting.

Canada not getting much competition from Latvia, as expected. They are already up 3-0 early in the 1st. The US team is going to have to fight against both the opponent and the crowd.

I worked as a bartender at the Hub for almost three years while in college. Still great burgers...

If we were going to do something similar, then we would move Blood to forward.

That's what I was thinking as well...that whole "4 seasons of eligibility in 5 years" thing. This season would essentially be like if he was sent back to the USHL for a year like Fylling.

Speaking of Frattin, I've been wondering. If he comes back next season, will he be a Jr or a Sr?

That was the best part.

I would love to see this US team beat Canada. Canada has won it 6 years in a row and their cockiness level reflects that. It would be great to have someone take them down while their home crowd watches.

The USA final roster was announced. No surprise with Kristo on it. http://usahockey.com/world_junior_champion...etailedNews=yes

Play the 09 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year as a forward? I agree with AZSioux, we need Genoway on the blueline. He's harder to defend against back there, plus he's our best dman at starting the rush up ice. IMO if you put him as a forward he loses a lot of his effectiveness. I don't like sitting Fienhage, but I don't think the answer is to move Chay up.

If you look at the below pic from the Canada exhibition win, you'll get your answer:

It will be fun watching the Canadian fans boo the USA whenever they play again. It's great to see that the NHL Network is airing a lot of games and all of the USA games.

I just watched the video highlights from the TSN webpage from the CAN/SWE exhibition game. A Canada player (the Canada team captain, BTW) elbowed a Sweden player in the face on his way to the bench...no penalty was called though. Sweden was so upset about it that they refused to shake hands after the game.

Why is Canada wearing green jerseys? Team Canada beat Sweden 6-2 in an exhibition game (a rematch of last years Gold medal game). That's quite the quote right there, coming from possibly the dirtiest player in last year's WJC.

Team USA would have had crisper passing and better special teams than any college program. It's not like Blais was running any crazy systems that the players had to get used to...I don't think you can do that with how short this tourney is. The fact of the matter is that team USA just had better overall talent. IMO I thought that UND put in a good effort considering that: 1. They were playing against the best U20 players in the nation. 2. They were without three top players. 3. They had all new lines for both the PP and PK. 4. They were playing people that don't normally see ice time. Hopefully they can get some more PP/PK practice time in the next two weeks and then come out strong for the Notre Dame tourney against Niagara.

I don't think UND looked too bad against the nations best U20 team considering that three of their best players were out. PP still looked disorganized at times aside from a U20 defensive breakdown on the Trupp PP goal (both Trupp and Malone were essentially 2 on 0 in front of the goalie). It was great to see Trupper have a great game, his backhand goal with 50sec left with a snipe to the glove side. Fienhage had a good game, laying some big hits. Aside from his misplay on the 3rd USA goal, I think he played well. It'll be a tough decision for Hakstol once Genoway comes back. I think both Eidsness and Dell played well and made some good saves. The goal that BE let in was just a great tip right in front that he had no chance on.