Sunday, December 27, 2015

US trips Canada; JFK scores in Sweden's romp; Eichel shines vs. Bruins



World Junior Championships
Team USA scored three times in the third period to pull away from Canada for a 4-2 win.  It was the first preliminary round game for both teams. None of the four Terriers (three current, one future) registered points. Brandon Fortunato and Charlie McAvoy were both +1, while 2016 recruit Chad Krys was -1. Brandon Hickey, skating for Team Canada was -1.
● USA Hockey recap
● IIHF box score
● CBS Eye on Sports analysis
● SB Nation analysis

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson scored a goal on a great individual effort as Sweden thumped Switzerland, 8-3.
● IIHF recap and box score
WTBU Sports report 
● Let’sGoBruins.com recap and video

► Team USA takes on Sweden on Monday with puck drop set for 9 AM ET. NHL Network will air the game live.

Looking back
Jack Eichel recorded an NHL career-best night with four points—two goals and two assists—as Buffalo doubled up the Bruins, 6-3 in the All American and Hobey Baker Award winner’s first visit to TD Garden since last season.  Both goals came in the third period: the first on a deflection off a defender’s skate and the second on a 150 foot shot into the empty net when Boston pulled its goalie. Eichel, who earned first-star honors, now has 20 points (11G, 9A) in 35 games.
●NHL.com recap and video
● WEEI.com recap
● Boston.com report
● Buffalo News: Eichel returns to TD Garden

Looking ahead
2018 recruit Jake Wise scored a pair of goals for Central Catholic, but the Raiders fell in overtime, 4-3, to Pope Paul in the Pete Frates Classic in North Andover.
Wise, who scored 16 goals and 26 assists as a freshman to earn SB Nation’s Massachusetts High School Rookie of the Year honors, is one of the top US skaters among ’00 birthdates. He’s expected to join the NTDP U17s next season and was a guest of USA Hockey at Agganis Arena earlier this year when the U18s played BU.
● ESPN.com recap





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