{"id":61310,"date":"2014-12-26T21:04:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T03:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=61310"},"modified":"2014-12-26T23:14:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T05:14:54","slug":"united-states-tops-finland-in-shootout-to-open-world-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2014\/12\/26\/united-states-tops-finland-in-shootout-to-open-world-juniors\/","title":{"rendered":"United States tops Finland in shootout to open World Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>MONTREAL<\/b> &#8212; For the ninth time in the last 10 years, the United States opened the IIHF World Junior Championship with a win, beating Finland 2-1 in a shootout Friday at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Chase De Leo scored the decisive goal in the shootout and Thatcher Demko (Boston College) stopped 28 of 29 shots to lift the Americans.<\/p>\n<p>[scg_html_wjc2015] &#8220;That&#8217;s a very good team we just beat,&#8221; said Team USA coach Mark Osiecki in a news release. &#8220;I give our guys a lot of credit. They played hard and I thought we got better as the game went on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finland opened the scoring just 1:22 into the game when the puck deflected off the skate of a U.S. player past Demko at the side of the net. The goal was credited to Mikko Rantanen.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA evened the game on the power play at 13:54 of the first period. U.S. captain Jack Eichel (Boston University) made a nice play from behind the net, passing it off the end wall to himself and then backhanding a pass out front to a wide-open Alex Tuch (Boston College), who made no mistake in beating Finland goalie Ville Husso.<\/p>\n<p>In the shootout, Eichel put the U.S. ahead in the first round only to have Arturi Lehkonen even it on the next shot. After a scoreless second round, De Leo beat Husso between the pads and then Demko made a glove save on Kasperi Kapenen to secure the win.<\/p>\n<p>Defenseman Will Butcher (Denver) was named the U.S. Player of the Game.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA is back in action on Sunday (Dec. 28) against Germany at 8 p.m. EST at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL &#8212; For the ninth time in the last 10 years, the United States opened the IIHF World Junior Championship with a win, beating Finland 2-1 in a shootout Friday at the Bell Centre. 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