{"id":23714,"date":"2001-01-02T13:31:40","date_gmt":"2001-01-02T19:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/01\/02\/canada-defeats-us-in-world-junior-quarters\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:10","slug":"canada-defeats-us-in-world-junior-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/01\/02\/canada-defeats-us-in-world-junior-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Defeats U.S. in World Junior Quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"
Canada defeated the United States, 2-1, in the quarterfinals of the World Junior Championships on Tuesday. After a promising 3-1-0 record in Group play, the best the U.S. can finish now is fifth.<\/p>\n
Team USA outshot Canada, 23-15, but were stymied by Philadelphia Flyers product Maxime Ouellet. Former Boston University goalie Rick DiPietro made 13 saves in the loss for the U.S.<\/p>\n
The U.S. took the lead just 3:18 into the game on a goal by Damian Surma, on a setup from Minnesota’s Jeff Taffe. But Canada tied it just over two minutes later, and it remained that way until the third period.<\/p>\n
With just 5:06 remaining, Jamie Lundmark netted the game winner for the Canadians, with assists from Wisconsin’s Dany Heatley and Michigan’s Mike Cammalleri.<\/p>\n
Canada advances to the semifinals against Finland, which defeated Slovakia, 3-1. In the other semifinal, the defending-champion Czech Republic, a 4-3 winner over Switzerland, will face Sweden, which upset Russia, 3-1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Canada defeated the United States, 2-1, in the quarterfinals of the World Junior Championships on Tuesday. After a promising 3-1-0 record in Group play, the best the U.S. can finish now is fifth. Team USA outshot Canada, 23-15, but were stymied by Philadelphia Flyers product Maxime Ouellet. Former Boston University goalie Rick DiPietro made 13 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n