{"id":30563,"date":"2009-04-29T22:29:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T03:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/04\/29\/swedens-thirdperiod-rally-ot-winner-stop-us\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:27","slug":"swedens-thirdperiod-rally-ot-winner-stop-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2009\/04\/29\/swedens-thirdperiod-rally-ot-winner-stop-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden’s Third-Period Rally, OT Winner Stop U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
Kristian Huselius scored 1:59 into overtime, capping a Sweden rally from a 5-2 deficit for a 6-5 victory over the United States at the World Championships on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The point for a regulation tie was enough to clinch the top spot in Group C for the Americans, who play France on Friday in the qualification round opener.<\/p>\n
The United States outshot Sweden 44-28, but Sweden got the only three shots of overtime.<\/p>\n
After former Michigan State defenseman John-Michael Liles scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal to tie the game in the second period, the Americans reeled off three more goals to open up a lead.<\/p>\n
Former Boston College forward Ryan Shannon scored on another 5-on-3 late in the second period and added an even-strength goal in third for a 4-2 lead.<\/p>\n
Jack Johnson, a former Michigan defenseman, made it 5-2 with 11:40 remaining in the third period.<\/p>\n
The Americans couldn’t hold the lead, however.<\/p>\n
“We took our foot off the gas down the stretch and that cost us,” U.S. coach Ron Wilson said. “This is a game we’ll learn from as the tournament moves on. We did win our group and I’m proud of our guys for doing that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kristian Huselius scored 1:59 into overtime, capping a Sweden rally from a 5-2 deficit for a 6-5 victory over the United States at the World Championships on Wednesday. The point for a regulation tie was enough to clinch the top spot in Group C for the Americans, who play France on Friday in the qualification […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n