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U.S. Defeats Canada, 5-1; Sweden Tops Finland in SO

By USAHockey.com, 08/06/16, 6:45PM EDT

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Final games of 2016 National Junior Evaluation Camp Conclude

Tyler Parsons (Chesterfield, Mich.) made 35 saves and Clayton Keller (Swansea, Ill.) added a goal and an assist as the United States defeated Canada, 5-1, here tonight to close the 2016 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan.

Joel Eriksson-Ek scored the decisive shootout winning goal as Sweden topped Finland, 3-2, in the day's earlier tilt.

Scroll below for full recaps



RECAP: United States 5, Canada 1

The United States struck first just 2:19 into the game when Jack Roslovic (Columbus, Ohio) scored off a pass from Christian Fischer (Chicago, Ill.). The play started when Fischer collected the puck behind Canada’s goal, curled around the right side of the net and backhanded a pass through the crease that found Roslovic below the left face-off dot for the one-timer goal.

Jordan Greenway (Potsdam, N.Y.) extended Team USA’s lead to 2-0 when he tapped in a pass from Kieffer Bellows (Edina, Minn.) with 1:12 remaining in the period. As Team USA’s power play expired, Brock Boeser (Burnsville, Minn.) sent a cross-ice fed to the right point where Keller whipped a pass down to Bellows at the right face-off dot who one-timed it to Greenway alone in front for the tap-in goal.

Parsons was called upon early for the United States as he finished the opening frame with 22 saves to keep the score, 2-0.

After Bellows hit the crossbar early in the second period, Logan Brown (St. Louis, Mo.) fired a wrist shot through a screen in front of goal to make it 3-0 for Team USA at the 5:55 mark.

In the final period, Keller tallied on the power play but Nicolas Roy responded for Canada just :41 later to to make it 4-1 and end Parsons’ shutout bid with 5:11 remaining in the game. Boeser would add a tally in the final minute to bring the final to 5-1. 

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RECAP: SWEDEN 3, FINLAND 2

David Bernhardt registered the game’s first goal for Sweden when his wrist shot from the left face-off dot beat Finland’s Veini Vehvillainen 3:13 into the opening period. 

Finland evened the score with :36 remaining when Juuso Valimaki’s shot from the point deflected off a man in front and past Filip Gustavsson.

Julius Nattinen gave Finland a 2-1 lead just :42 into the middle stanza but Sweden capitalized 2:24 later when Lias Andersson was able to tap home his own rebound.

Both teams were unable to convert in the third period and after a scoreless five minutes of extra time, the game went to a shootout. There, Joel Eriksson-Ek netted the first and only shootout goal in the fourth round to give Sweden the victory.

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2016 National Junior Evaluation Camp Game Schedule

Date Score Recap
Sun., July 31 USA White 3, Sweden 6
USA Blue 8, Finland 1
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Mon., Aug. 1 USA Blue 6, Sweden 4
USA White 8, Finland 2
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Wed., Aug. 3 Finland 2, Canada 1 (OT)
USA 4, Sweden 3
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Fri., Aug. 5 Sweden 5, Canada 1
Finland 2, USA 1
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Sat., Aug. 6 Finland 3, Sweden 2 (SO)
USA 5, Canada 1
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