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IMO the goaltending has been the achilles heel for the US in recent years of the WJC. They need a really strong team to compete with the Canucks, and with subpar goaltending it just isn't possible.

Well, technically, he may never be an engineer, but he is already an (RPI) Engineer.

Yeah, he got the POTG for the Slovaks.

US wins 7-3 Kristo with 1g/1a and had plenty of other chances. BSU has a recruit on the Slovak roster.

Blais has Kristo running the point on the PP as well...

US scores again off a nice pass from Kristo. 2 pts for Danny now. 7-3 US

Schroeder pounces on a loose puck in front. 6-3

Agreed. Kristo, Stepan, and D'Amigo have really stood out to me. The US appears to have great team speed (which we also saw against UND), but I still think Canada has them beat on fundamentals (at this point).

KRISTO scores! 5-3 US

The US needs to work on their PK. 4-3 US

Donovan PPG, 4-2 now. Momentum: US

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.