{"id":74275,"date":"2016-12-26T22:14:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T04:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=74275"},"modified":"2016-12-26T22:14:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T04:14:36","slug":"bus-clayton-keller-pots-a-pair-as-u-s-starts-world-juniors-with-big-win-over-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2016\/12\/26\/bus-clayton-keller-pots-a-pair-as-u-s-starts-world-juniors-with-big-win-over-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Keller pots a pair as U.S. starts World Juniors with big win over Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clayton Keller (Boston University) netted two goals and 10 other players registered a point as the U.S. National Junior Team defeated Latvia 6-1 in its opening game of the 2017 World Junior Championship Monday afternoon at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>[scg_html_wjc2017]The U.S. has now won its last 10 opening games of the World Juniors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We got better as the game went on,&#8221; said Team USA coach Bob Motzko (St. Cloud State) in a statement. &#8220;You could tell there were some nerves in the first period, but after the guys settled in, we found our style of play and got the job done. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll learn from this as we get ready for the next one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Colin White (Boston College) tallied a goal and an assist, while Patrick Harper (BU), Jordan Greenway (BU) and Jeremy Bracco (Kitchener Rangers, formerly of BC) posted one goal each. 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