{"id":55176,"date":"2013-12-28T11:02:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T17:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=55176"},"modified":"2013-12-28T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T17:02:25","slug":"boston-university-connections-help-u-s-past-slovakia-at-world-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2013\/12\/28\/boston-university-connections-help-u-s-past-slovakia-at-world-juniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University connections help U.S. past Slovakia at World Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"
Boston University’s Matt Grzelcyk and Ryan Hartman each had a goal and an assist, and six U.S. players scored in a 6-3 victory over Slovakia on Saturday at the World Junior Championship in Malmo, Sweden.<\/p>\n
[scg_html_wjc2014]Terriers recruit Jack Eichel, BU’s Dan O’Regan, Stefan Matteau and Miami’s Riley Barber also scored for the Americans, who improved to 2-0 in pool play.<\/p>\n
The U.S. built a 3-0 lead on power-play goals by Eichel and O’Regan in the first period and Hartman 4:22 into the second.<\/p>\n
But Slovakia responded with two power-play goals of their own — by Milan Kolena and Martin Reway — before the end of the second.<\/p>\n
The Americans, however, scored three even-strength goals in the third period to pull away.<\/p>\n
Providence’s Jon Gillies made 27 saves for the U.S., which plays Germany on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boston University’s Matt Grzelcyk and Ryan Hartman each had a goal and an assist, and six U.S. players scored in a 6-3 victory over Slovakia on Saturday at the World Junior Championship in Malmo, Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"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