Brady
Tkachuk scored a third-period goal and again in the shootout while Jake
Oettinger held Canada at bay in the shootout as Team USA claimed a 4-3 win in
the first-ever outdoor game in the World Junior Championships. Former Terrier
Kieffer Bellows also scored in regulation—with an assist from Oettinger—and in
the shootout.
For
Oettinger, who was rostered on last year’s gold-medal U.S. squad but saw no
game action, it was his first on-ice appearance in this year’s WJCs. He made 19
saves in the game at New Era Field in Buffalo, played with snow falling
throughout the contest.
Canada
scored twice on first period power plays before Bellows got the U.S. on the
board late in the second. But after Oettinger turned aside a breakaway,
Canada’s Boris Katchouk’s long wrister eluded a screened Oettinger to restore
the two-goal lead.
Six
minutes into the third period, Team U.S.A. cut the lead in half and 34 seconds
later, Tkachuk got inside position on his Terrier teammate and Canadian defenseman Dante
Fabbro to bang home Casey Mittelstadt’s pass from behind the net.
After a scoreless overtime, Bellows and Tkachuk converted on Team USA’s first two shootout attempts and Oettinger did the rest, denying four Canadian attempts.A great ending to a historic game at @newerafield. #USAWJC 🇺🇸— USA Hockey (@usahockey) December 30, 2017
Recap: https://t.co/4bBqbKoBX7 pic.twitter.com/tMmVIqy1on
Brady Tkachuk with a slick shootout goal and awesome celebration outdoors pic.twitter.com/czpsF2mScZ— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) December 29, 2017
The
preliminary round for Group A concludes
on Sunday with Team U.S.A. skating against Kasper Kotkansalo and Finland, while
Canada will face Denmark. Finland meets Slovakia today.
●
USA Hockey recap
and photo gallery ;
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NHL.com recap
and video highlights
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Post-game
comments (including Tkachuk, Oettinger)
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USA Today recap
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College Hockey News recap
Looking
back
Jack Eichel’s 14th and 15th goals erased a 3-1 New Jersey
lead and the Sabres went on to defeat the Devils, 4-3 in overtime.
●
NHL.com recap
and video highlights
Danny
O’Regan scored his seventh goal in AHL San Jose’s 6-5 OT win against
Stockton.
Sahir
Gill scored his 10th goal in AHL Rochester’s 2-0 win against
Toronto.
Women’s
Team
Terriers
close out the year with a pair of games against Princeton at historic Hobey
Baker Rink. Today’s game begins at 3
p.m. and the New Year’s Eve contest starts at 1 p.m. With a pair of wins, BU
(7-9-3) can even its record. BU will be without leading scorers Victoria Bach
and Rebecca Leslie who are skating with Team Canada at the 2018 Nations Cup in
Germany, beginning on Wednesday.
●
GoTerriers.com preview,
Game
Notes, Live Stats,
BU GameDay
● Ivy League Network live stream