{"id":30868,"date":"2009-12-26T17:57:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T23:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/12\/26\/college-line-sparks-us-in-world-juniors-opener\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:49","slug":"college-line-sparks-us-in-world-juniors-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/12\/26\/college-line-sparks-us-in-world-juniors-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"College Line Sparks U.S. in World Juniors Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"
The line of collegians Derek Stepan, Jerry D’Amigo and Danny Kristo combined for three goals and a plus-12 rating as the United States rallied for a 7-3 victory over Slovakia Saturday in its opening game of the World Junior Championship.<\/p>\n
Despite outshooting Slovakia 46-20, the Americans had to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the first period. They did so with a goal by defenseman John Carlson in the first period and four more scores in a dominating second period.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Morin, Wisconsin’s Stepan, Denver’s Matt Donovan and North Dakota’s Kristo scored in the second as the Americans turned a 2-1 deficit into a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n
Minnesota’s Jordan Schroeder and Rensselaer’s D’Amigo scored in the third period.<\/p>\n
St. Cloud State’s Mike Lee overcame a shaky start — the Slovaks scored two power-play goals in the first period — to make 17 saves.<\/p>\n
“I was happy with our resiliancy after falling behind early,” U.S. coach Dean Blais said. “We created a lot of scoring chances and showed a lot of poise after those two quick goals.”<\/p>\n
The Americans play Switzerland at 4 p.m. Eastern on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Morning skates: US and Slovakia<\/p>\n
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