{"id":67934,"date":"2016-01-04T18:23:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T00:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=67934"},"modified":"2016-01-04T19:05:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T01:05:44","slug":"united-states-falls-to-russia-in-world-junior-semifinals-will-play-sweden-for-bronze-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2016\/01\/04\/united-states-falls-to-russia-in-world-junior-semifinals-will-play-sweden-for-bronze-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"United States falls to Russia in World Junior semifinals, will play Sweden for bronze medal"},"content":{"rendered":"
The U.S. National Junior Team suffered a 2-1 defeat Monday against Russia in the semifinals of the IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki.<\/p>\n
[scg_html_wjc2016]Christian Dvorak staked the U.S. to a 1-0 lead in the first period and Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves in the Team USA crease.<\/p>\n
“We battled to the end,” said U.S. coach Ron Wilson in a news release. “We hit a couple of posts that kept us from extending our lead and I think if one goes in, that changes the outcome of the game. Fortunately, the tournament isn’t over and there’s still a medal at stake. Our team will be ready to make our country proud.”<\/p>\n
Dvorak was named the U.S. Player of the Game.<\/p>\n
Team USA will face Sweden in the bronze medal game at 9 a.m. EDT on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The U.S. National Junior Team suffered a 2-1 defeat Monday against Russia in the semifinals of the IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki. [scg_html_wjc2016]Christian Dvorak staked the U.S. to a 1-0 lead in the first period and Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves in the Team USA crease. “We battled to the end,” said U.S. coach […]<\/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