TORONTO – Jordan Greenway (Canton, N.Y./Boston University) notched a goal and two assists and Joseph Woll (St. Louis, Mo./Boston College) made 25 saves to lead the U.S. National Junior Team past Canada, 3-1, here today at Air Canada Centre in its final preliminary-round game of the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.
“This was a tough road game to play and I’m proud of every one of these guys for the effort they gave to get the win,” said Bob Motzko (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud State University), head coach of the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team. “We’ve been happy with our team for a while now, but tonight we overcame adversity and played with a lot of fire. We haven’t won anything yet, though. We’ll enjoy this tonight, but starting tomorrow it’s time to turn our attention to the playoff round.”
With the victory, Team USA (4-0-0-0) finishes atop its preliminary round group for the first time since 2011 and advances to the quarterfinal round on Monday (Jan. 2) against the fourth seed from Group A. The game will be televised live on NHL Network and the start time will be officially announced later tonight.
For the complete game recap, click here.
Team USA Schedule
2017 IIHF World Junior Championship
Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result Round Location
Wed., Dec. 21 Switzerland W, 4-3 Pre-Tournament Oshawa, Ont.
Fri., Dec. 23 Czech Republic W, 4-0 Pre-Tournament Oshawa, Ont.
Mon., Dec. 26 Latvia W, 6-1 Preliminary Toronto, Ont.
Wed., Dec. 28 Slovakia W, 5-2 Preliminary Toronto, Ont.
Thurs., Dec. 29 Russia W, 3-2 Preliminary Toronto, Ont.
Sat., Dec. 31 Canada W, 3-1 Preliminary Toronto, Ont.
Mon., Jan. 2 TBD TBD Quarterfinals TBD
Wed., Jan. 4 TBD TBD Semifinals Montreal, Que.
Thurs., Jan. 5 TBD 3:30 p.m. Bronze-Medal Game Montreal, Que.
TBD 8:00 p.m. Gold-Medal Game Montreal, Que.
NOTES: Ryan Lindgren was named U.S. Player of the Game … Team USA was outshot by Canada, 26-20, while finishing 2-for-5 on the power play and 5-for-6 on the penalty kill … For full game stats, click here … At the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship, the U.S. competed in Group B alongside Canada, Latvia, Russia and Slovakia. All U.S. games will be broadcast live on NHL Network … For complete coverage of Team USA at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship, click here … Use the hashtag #USAWJC on Twitter to join the conversation about the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team.
