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U.S. National Junior Team Toppled by Canada, 2-1, in 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship

By USAHockey.com, 12/30/12, 8:15AM EST

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Jacob Trouba scores goal in loss, final preliminary round game slated for Dec. 31

UFA, Russia – The U.S. National Junior Team was tripped up by Canada, 2-1, here tonight at Ufa Arena in the preliminary round of the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. With the loss, the U.S. falls to 1-0-0-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) within tournament play.

"We had our opportunities to tie or win the game," said Phil Housley, head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team. "We have to eliminate our mistakes, and that includes penalties. Thankfully, our penalty killers stayed composed and were great tonight. In net, John Gibson certainly kept us in the game. Now, we have to regroup and get ready for Slovakia tomorrow."

Canada began the scoring at 7:13 of the first period and added another before the opening frame was completed to take two-goal lead.

Despite a four-minute power play early in the second stanza and quality scoring chances by Cole Bardreau (Fairpoint, N.Y./Cornell Univ.) and Alex Galchenyuk (Milwaukee, Wis./Sarnia Stings), Team USA was unable to find the back of the net.

In the final frame, Jacob Trouba (Rochester, Mich./Univ. of Mich.) pulled the U.S. within one. After John Gibson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Kitchener Rangers) stopped a Canadian shot, Trouba jumped into the U.S. rush going the other way. Mike Reilly (Chanhassen, Minn./Univ. of Minn.) fed Galchenyuk who then found Trouba cutting through the right faceoff circle. Trouba shot the puck over Malcolm Subban's left pad and into the net. Despite a late power play opportunity, Team USA was unable to find the equalizer.

Each goalie received his team's respective Player of the Game award. Gibson stopped 30 shots for the U.S., while Subban turned aside 36 shots for Canada.

Team USA concludes preliminary round play against Slovakia on Monday (Dec. 31) in Ufa, Russia. A victory would advance the U.S. into the playoff round as the No. 3 seed in Group B. Game time is 4:00 p.m. local time (5:00 a.m. ET) with NHL Network (DirectTV 215, Dish 403) broadcasting live and NHL.com streaming live.



NOTES: John Gibson was named Team USA's Player of the Game ... For the most thorough coverage of Team USA at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship, click here ... NHL Network is broadcasting all Team USA games live and re-airing them in prime time each night. NHL.com is also streaming all games live ... Phil Housley (South St. Paul, Minn.), head boy's ice hockey coach at Stillwater (Minn.) High School, is the head coach of the 2013 U.S. National Junior Team. He is assisted by Mark Osiecki (Columbus, Ohio), head men's ice hockey coach at Ohio State University, Grant Potulny (Minneapolis, Minn.), assistant men's ice hockey coach at the University of Minnesota and David Lassonde (Denver, Colo.), assistant men's ice hockey coach at the University of Denver ... Jim Johannson (Colorado Springs, Colo.), USA Hockey's assistant executive director of hockey operations, is serving as the general manager of Team USA for the fourth consecutive year. Tim Taylor (Guilford, Conn.) is the director of player personnel ... Use the hashtag #USAWJC to join the conversation on Twitter.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring By Period

Team 1 2 3 Total
USA 0 0 1 1
CAN 2 0 0 2

 

 

First Period – Scoring: 1, CAN, Nugent-Hopkins (Huberdeau, Schiefele), 7:13; 2, CAN, Strome (Ritchie, Camara), 14:44. Penalties: USA, Barber (slashing), 11:15; CAN, Strome (slashing), 18:19.

Second Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: CAN, Reinhart (high sticking), 6:52; USA, Jones (slashing), 12:11.

Third Period – Scoring: 3, USA, Trouba (Galchenyuk, Reilly), 11:02 (pp). Penalties: CAN, Subban (tripping), 7:35; CAN, Strome (delaying the game), 9:52; USA, McCabe (checking to the head), 12:06; USA, McCabe (misconduct), 12:06; USA, Biggs (goaltender interference), 13:30; USA, Hartman (checking to the head), 15:50; USA, Hartman (misconduct), 15:50; USA, Trouba (interference), 15:50; USA, Trocheck (cross-checking), 16:25; CAN, Huberdeau (slashing), 16:26; CAN, Nugent-Hopkins (boarding), 18:23.

Shots by Period
1
2
3
Total
USA 10 15 12 37
CAN 11 8 13 32
         
Goaltender (SV/SH) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Gibson, 58:58 9/11 8/8 13/13 30/32
CAN, Subban, 60:00 10/10 15/15 11/12 36/37

 








Power Play: USA 1-5; CAN, 0-4
Penalties: USA 7-34; CAN, 6-14