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USA
Sunday 29.12.2013, 15:00 • Malmö Isstadion • World Junior Championship
     
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    Players of the Game:

    USA – Hudson Fasching
    Germany – Fabio Wagner
     
    It seemed that both teams just wanted to run that final minute off the clock, as did everyone in attendance.

    As expected, the Americans are now 3-0, outscoring opponents 19-4. Up next for them is Canada on New Year's Eve. Germany is now 0-3, being outscored 24-4. To even have a hope of avoiding the relegation round, they must beat the Czech Republic tomorrow, but even that would be no guarantee.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:14
    Klein makes yet another save and covers it just as his team gets back to full strength. He's had a long game.
     
    57:14
    Frederik Tiffels is going to the box for hooking, so the USA to the power play for the 11th time in the game. They've scored 6 on the PP.
     
    54:41
    Icing USA.
     
    54:25
    Offside USA.
     
    53:46
    Goal for Team USA!
    VINCE HINOSTROZA scores the 8th goal of the game for USA. Assist: Quentin Shore.
     
    53:21
    Icing USA.
     
    53:02
    Offside USA again. Germany now at full strength.
     
    52:30
    Offside USA with :09 left in their power play. The officials now discussing about the injury to Tiffels but it doesn't seem like any penalty is coming. I didn't see what happened.
     
    52:20
    Vladislav Filin with a shorthanded slapper, blocker save Stolarz, as Germany's Fredrik Tiffels goes down in the neutral zone in pain.
     
    50:39
    And the US right back to the power play as Fabio Wagner is called for hooking.
     
    50:04
    Goal for Team USA!
    Maybe they didn't need another goal but STEVEN SANTINI provided one anyway with a nice deflection of Matt Grzelcyk's point shot. US power play now 11/17 in the tournament. Assists: Matt Grzelcyk, Nicolas Kerdiles.
     
    49:07
    Germany's Jari Neugebauer is called for hooking, so the dangerous US power play goes to work, though I'm not sure if scoring a goal is of such high priority at this stage.
     
    47:41
    High wrister from Dominik Kahun hits Stolarz in the shoulder.
     
    46:30
    Low wrister from Jack Eichel, stick save Klein.
     
    46:09
    Wrister from Jaccob Slavin, glove save Klein. Shots on goal now 41-12 USA in the game. :30 more of 4-on-4 play.
     
    44:39
    Another chance by Matteau and Klein makes another save and covers.

    We have coincidental penalties on the play to Germany's Sven Ziegler and USA's Stefan Matteau, so we'll play 4-on-4.
     
    44:02
    Now we have a race for the puck in the German zone, Klein beats Matteau to the puck with a poke-check and Matteau crashed into Klein, bowling him back into the net. There's no call on the play. Faceoff will be outside.
     
    43:30
    DiPauli slapper, another pad save by Klein. He's really done all he can today.
     
    42:45
    Klein denies Matteau from point blank.
     
    42:13
    Low slapper from Erne, kicked out by Klein.
     
    41:49
    Low wrister from Barber, pad save Klein, then the puck comes out and goes back in, offside USA.
     
    40:55
    Icing Germany.

    The Germans have actually come out hitting this third period.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    The teams are on the ice and the 3rd period will begin shortly.
     
    Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): Germany 4 (10), USA 22 (35).

    The USA scored four times on the power play that period, with the major penalty and game misconduct to German captain Leon Draisaitl in the first minute of the period especially costly. The US power play was a big story in this tournament even before this game, and it continues to amaze. They are now 5/8 today and 10/16 in the tournament.

    3rd period begins at 16:45 CET, 09:45 EST.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:47
    Klein covers a loose puck in front of his net.
     
    38:32
    Grzelcyk's shot from the point is deflected by Erne right on Klein, and finally he covers.
     
    37:37
    Santini from the point, knocked over the net by the glove of Klein
     
    37:01
    German shoot-in is deflected out of play, faceoff in the US zone.
     
    35:45
    Janik Moser with a high wrister off the shoulder of Stolarz.
     
    35:30
    Germans kill off the penalty and start up ice, the Hudson Fasching made a nice move and almost scored late in the power play but couldn't tuck it in.
     
    33:57
    Goal for Team USA!
    The number of beautiful shots in this game . . . this time MATT GRZELCYK off the crossbar and in, and they remain on the power play for another 1:22. Assists: Riley Barber, Vince Hinostroza.
     
    33:19
    Two penalties being called now against the Germans, first Maximilian Kammerer for high-sticking, then on the delay Patrick Klopper for slashing. Two-man advantage for the USA.
     
    32:06
    Puck goes into the US bench, faceoff at centre ice.
     
    31:46
    Goal for Team USA!
    WILL BARBER has all the time in the world to just wait, and then snapped it low far side on Klein just inside the post for the Americans' 9th power-play goal of the tournament. Assists: Matt Grzelcyk, Zack Stepan.
     
    30:59
    Long pass misses and the US is called for icing with 1:37 left in their power play.
     
    30:36
    US going back to the power play as Dorian Saeftel goes off for holding. They're 3/5 so far.
     
    30:22
    Icing Germany.
     
    29:25
    Now a big hit by Germany's Fabio Wagner on Matteau, as the physical play starts to pick up.
     
    29:16
    Tuomie Parker with a shot for Germany, Anthony Stolarz with the save and he hangs on. The US goalie hasn't had much to do this period.
     
    28:00
    A couple of nice saves by Patrick Klein, first he kicks out the right pad to stop Eichel's low wrister, than knocks away the rebound by Hartman. with the glove.
     
    25:51
    US 2-on-1 and Klein makes a nice glove save on a wrister from Stefan Matteau.
     
    25:11
    Hand pass against the US in the neutral zone, faceoff at the blueline. Germans back at full strength, but that major penalty was costly.
     
    24:41
    Klein covers the puck at the side of the net, and we get some pushing and shoving after the whistle. :29 left in the US power play -- they've scored twice on this major already.
     
    23:27
    Goal for Team USA!
    Not much they can do to stop it, as VINCE HINOSTROZA walks in and fires a one-time rocket over Klein's shoulder. Power play continues. Assists: Andrew Copp, Connor Carrick.
     
    22:59
    Klein covers the puck, still 2:11 left in the US power play.
     
    22:21
    Goal for Team USA!
    With a two-man advantage, you could see that coming. Eichel back to the point to WILL BUTCHER, who goes off the crossbar and in. The minor penalty is over but the major continues. Assists: Jack Eichel, Adam Erne.
     
    36:32
    Another German penalty, this one to Sven Ziegler for hooking, so the Americans have a two-man advantage.
     
    20:10
    Leon Draisatl has just hit Andrew Copp from behind into the boards and he's getting a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct. So Germany's captain and best player is done for this game and maybe more, and Germany has to kill off a five-minute penalty.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    The teams are on the ice and the second period will start momentarily.
     
    Shots on goal in the 1st period: Germany 6, USA 14.

    The Germans had an energetic start and, thanks to a couple of early power plays, it took the Americans a while to get going, but they finally did.

    2nd period starts 15:54 CET, 09:54 EST.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:52
    Offside Germany, their power play is over.
     
    19:30
    Brady Skjei with a shot long shot on goal from deep in his own zone, Klein catches it chest high and plays it.
     
    18:07
    Puck out of play in the US zone, faceoff inside with 1:37 left in the penalty.
     
    17:44
    Steven Santini of the USA is called for interference, then Ryan Hartman and Leon Draisatl exchange shoves after the whistle -- Santini getting the only penalty. Germany to the power play, they're 0/2.
     
    17:24
    And finally Patick Klein covers the puck for a stoppage.
     
    17:07
    Grzelcyk sneaks in from the point and fires a low wrister, kicked out by Klein.
     
    15:09
    Icing USA.
     
    12:39
    Intentional offside against Germany, faceoff in their own zone.
     
    12:15
    Shot by Tiffels on a German rush, blocker save Stolarz.
     
    11:56
    Goal for Team USA!
    The puck is again fed across to NICOLAS KERDILES and this time he made no mistake, going upstairs over the shoulder in the dying seconds of the power play. Assist: Vince Hinostroza.
     
    11:31
    Kerdiles with a wrister and Klein with a nice glove save, :28 left in the penalty.
     
    11:06
    Puck deflected out of play, faceoff outside the German line with :53 left in the penalty.
     
    10:50
    Butcher again from the point, this time off the end boards and out front to Eichel but Klein stops it.
     
    10:17
    Butcher with a wrister from the point, pad save Klein, and it's eventually iced.
     
    09:59
    Now the Americans are going back to the power play as Frederik Tiffels is called for slashing. The Americans got some momentum on that last power play and will try to go up by two now.
     
    08:09
    Goal for Team USA!
    They open up the scoring on a rush from their own zone, as the puck is given to HUDSON FASCHING just inside the blueline and he used a German defenceman as a screen, beating Klein five-hole. Assists: Andrew Copp, Brady Skjei.
     
    07:20
    Ian McCoshen with a hard slapper from the point, pas save Klein, then a scramble in the crease but it's finally cleared just as the Germans get back to full strength.
     
    06:25
    Hartman tries to send a pass from the boards that gets deflected away by Klein -- not sure if they'll call that a shot or not.
     
    06:10
    Germans clear, both units change.
     
    05:30
    Grzelcyk shoots wide from the point.
     
    05:17
    First penalty of the game coming to Germany, Dominik Tiffels for elbowing, so the US to the power play.

    The shots on goal to this point are 3-0 Germany.
     
    05:02
    Puck out of play in the neutral zone, faceoff outside the US line.
     
    04:50
    Ryan Hartman shoots wide from the slot ... USA still without an official shot on goal.
     
    03:50
    Americans back at full strength, play in the German zone.
     
    02:54
    One-time slapper from Draisatl, then the US ice the puck, which will finish the first penalty.
     
    02:15
    Puck worked for a shot from Dominik Tiffels from the faceoff dot, kicked out by Stolarz.
     
    01:43
    Now the US will be down two men as they're called for too many players on the ice. German 5-on-3 for 1:23.
     
    01:06
    USA's Nicolas Kerdiles with the game's first penalty for hooking, so Germany to the early power play.
     
    00:25
    Offside USA.
     
    00:20
    Parker Tuomi of Germany with an energetic start, getting the game's first shot and first hit.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    The teams are on the ice and the game will start shortly.

    Germany is designated as the home team and is wearing black uniforms with yellow and red trim, which bear a striking resemblance to the Vancouver Canucks road uniforms of the '90s.

    The USA is designated as the away team and is wearing white uniforms with navy blue and red trim, navy pants and white helmets.
     
    Starting Lineups:

    Germany: Klein (Reich) – Bender, Tiffels D., Möser, Saeftel, Botzenhardt, Wagner – Tuomie, Draisaitl, Kahun – Laub, Eisenschmid, Tiffels F. – Ziegler, Kammerer, Filin – Neugebauer, Klopper

    USA: Stolarz (Gillies) – Skjei, Carrick, Butcher, Santini, McCoshen, Grzelcyk, Slavin – Barber, Kerdiles, Stepan – Eichel, Erne, Hartman – Copp, Fasching, Matteau – Hinostroza, DiPauli, Shore

    Referees: Marcus Linde (SWE), Devon Piccott (CAN) – Joonas Saha (FIN), Rudolf Tošenovjan (CZE).
     
    Halfway through the group stage, the USA is the only team in Group A with a perfect 2-0 record, and they look to make it 3-0 against Germany, the group's only 0-2 team. The Americans have outscored their opponents 11-4, while the Germans have been outscored 16-4 in theirs.

    The US has relied on a balanced attack, with six players scoring 3 points in their first two games -- Will Butcher, Jack Eichel, Matt Grzelcyk, Ryan Hartman, Andrew Copp and Nicolas Kerdiles. Germany, meanwhile, is led by Dominik Kahun, who also has 3 points, while Leon Draisaitl and Janik Moser have 2.

    Both goalies in this game will be making their first starts of the tournament -- Anthony Stollars has watched from the bench as Jon Gillies played the first two games, while Patrick Klein came in to mop up Germany's last game after starter Martin Cupper was pulled.
     
    Welcome. This game starts at 15:00 CET local time in Malmö, 09:00 EST.

    Derek OBrien

    Goals and assists: 9. Fasching (Copp, Skjei), 12. Kerdiles (Hinostroza), 23. Butcher (Eichel, Erne), 24. Hinostroza (Copp, Carrick), 32. Barber (Grzelcyk, Stepan), 34. Grzelcyk (Barber, Hinostroza), 51. Santini (Grzelcyk, Kerdiles), 54. Hinostroza (Shore)


    Germany2: Klein (Reich) – Bender, Tiffels D., Möser, Saeftel, Botzenhardt, Wagner – Tuomie, Draisaitl, Kahun – Laub, Eisenschmid, Tiffels F. – Ziegler, Kammerer, Filin – Neugebauer, Klopper
    USA: Stolarz (Gillies) – Skjei, Carrick, Butcher, Santini, McCoshen, Grzelcyk, Slavin – Barber, Kerdiles, Stepan – Eichel, Erne, Hartman – Copp, Fasching, Matteau – Hinostroza, DiPauli, Shore

    Referees: Marcus Linde (SWE), Devon Piccott (CAN) – Joonas Saha (FIN), Rudolf Tošenovjan (CZE)