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Campbell blanks Canada in U.S. win
Associated Press
BOBRUISK, Belarus -- Jack Campbell stopped 30 shots to lead the U.S. to a 5-0 victory over Canada at the under-18 hockey world championships on Friday.
Bryan Rust and Jason Zucker each had two goals for the U.S. and Austin Watson added a score. The Americans improved to 2-1 in group play. They have a day off before playing host Belarus.
Calvin Pickard made 33 saves for Canada (1-2), which wraps up round-robin play against unbeaten Sweden on Sunday.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
Associated Press
BOBRUISK, Belarus -- Jack Campbell stopped 30 shots to lead the U.S. to a 5-0 victory over Canada at the under-18 hockey world championships on Friday.
Bryan Rust and Jason Zucker each had two goals for the U.S. and Austin Watson added a score. The Americans improved to 2-1 in group play. They have a day off before playing host Belarus.
Calvin Pickard made 33 saves for Canada (1-2), which wraps up round-robin play against unbeaten Sweden on Sunday.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
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I'n not following the U-18, too much going on elsewhere, and obviously I alway want Canada to win... but this might add a little context to that victory... You actually only really need to read the part in bold...
http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/72392/la_id/1.htm
CANADA SUFFERS 5-0 LOSS AT WORLD UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP
BOBRUISK, Belarus _ Canada's chances at the IIHF World U18 Championship took a serious blow with a 5-0 loss to the United States on Friday.
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American goalie Jack Campbell turned aside all 30 shots and won a duel over Canada's Calvin Pickard, who is ranked ahead of him by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau heading into the draft.
The Canadian team saw its record drop to 1-2 and now needs Belarus to upset Switzerland on Saturday to advance to the quarter-finals. Canada wraps up the round robin Sunday against Sweden.
The game against the Americans got out of control quickly after Jason Zucker scored at 5:35 on a play that Canadian coach Guy Carbonneau says should have been blown dead.
“We thought Pickard had covered the puck under himself, but the whistle didn't come,'' said Carbonneau. “From then, it seemed to go downhill. A little bit after that, we took a penalty for delaying the game and they scored on a rebound. On the next power play they scored.
“We were down 3-0 and I think we lost our composure. There was adversity and we didn't respond.''
Zucker and Bryan Rust each scored twice for the U.S. while Austin Watson added a single.
The Americans will move on to the playoff round.
“We had such a great effort tonight by every single guy in the locker-room,'' said coach Kurt Kleinendorst. “Under the circumstances, to step up and perform like that for 60 minutes says an awful lot about this team. One of our goals was that we wanted to get better every game and we're doing well with that so far.''
One advantage the U.S. enjoys over Canada is that its team plays together all year. The Canadian squad is cobbled together of guys whose major junior teams are out of the playoffs and only had one exhibition game together before the tournament started.
Carbonneau noticed a difference in the quality of the teams.
“We did a lot of good things, but not enough,'' he said. “We were trying to play individually. We turned the puck over a lot. You've got to give the U.S. credit _ they're well-structured, they play together all year.
“They played a really good game at the right time.''
Canada won this U18 tournament in 2003 and 2008 and took the silver medal in 2005. It finished fourth last year.
. I'n not following the U-18, too much going on elsewhere, and obviously I alway want Canada to win... but this might add a little context to that victory... You actually only really need to read the part in bold...
http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/72392/la_id/1.htm
CANADA SUFFERS 5-0 LOSS AT WORLD UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP
BOBRUISK, Belarus _ Canada's chances at the IIHF World U18 Championship took a serious blow with a 5-0 loss to the United States on Friday.
Photo Gallery
American goalie Jack Campbell turned aside all 30 shots and won a duel over Canada's Calvin Pickard, who is ranked ahead of him by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau heading into the draft.
The Canadian team saw its record drop to 1-2 and now needs Belarus to upset Switzerland on Saturday to advance to the quarter-finals. Canada wraps up the round robin Sunday against Sweden.
The game against the Americans got out of control quickly after Jason Zucker scored at 5:35 on a play that Canadian coach Guy Carbonneau says should have been blown dead.
“We thought Pickard had covered the puck under himself, but the whistle didn't come,'' said Carbonneau. “From then, it seemed to go downhill. A little bit after that, we took a penalty for delaying the game and they scored on a rebound. On the next power play they scored.
“We were down 3-0 and I think we lost our composure. There was adversity and we didn't respond.''
Zucker and Bryan Rust each scored twice for the U.S. while Austin Watson added a single.
The Americans will move on to the playoff round.
“We had such a great effort tonight by every single guy in the locker-room,'' said coach Kurt Kleinendorst. “Under the circumstances, to step up and perform like that for 60 minutes says an awful lot about this team. One of our goals was that we wanted to get better every game and we're doing well with that so far.''
One advantage the U.S. enjoys over Canada is that its team plays together all year. The Canadian squad is cobbled together of guys whose major junior teams are out of the playoffs and only had one exhibition game together before the tournament started.
Carbonneau noticed a difference in the quality of the teams.
“We did a lot of good things, but not enough,'' he said. “We were trying to play individually. We turned the puck over a lot. You've got to give the U.S. credit _ they're well-structured, they play together all year.
“They played a really good game at the right time.''
Canada won this U18 tournament in 2003 and 2008 and took the silver medal in 2005. It finished fourth last year.
