{"id":33888,"date":"2010-12-26T21:47:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T03:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=33888"},"modified":"2010-12-27T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T15:12:12","slug":"bjugstads-ot-winner-gives-u-s-win-in-world-juniors-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2010\/12\/26\/bjugstads-ot-winner-gives-u-s-win-in-world-juniors-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Bjugstad’s OT winner gives U.S. win in World Juniors opener"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minnesota freshman Nick Bjugstad scored the overtime winner Sunday night to give the United States a 3-2 win over Finland in both team’s opening game at the World Junior Championship at HSBC Arena.<\/p>\n
Minnesota-Duluth freshman Justin Faulk and Denver freshman Jason Zucker also scored for Team USA, while goaltender Jack Campbell finished with 32 saves.<\/p>\n
On the game-winner, Bjugstad’s shot from the top of the circle squirted through Finland goalie Joni Ortio’s legs at 3:08 of the extra session.<\/p>\n
Ortio, named player of the game for Finland, made 27 saves. Campbell was the U.S. player of the game.<\/p>\n
Joonas Nattinen and Iiro Pakarinen scored for Finland.<\/p>\n
Team USA is next in action Tuesday night at 8 p.m. EST at HSBC Arena against Slovakia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minnesota freshman Nick Bjugstad scored the overtime winner Sunday night to give the United States a 3-2 win over Finland in both team’s opening game at the World Junior Championship at HSBC Arena. Minnesota-Duluth freshman Justin Faulk and Denver freshman Jason Zucker also scored for Team USA, while goaltender Jack Campbell finished with 32 saves. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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