The Moose Jaw Times Herald - Sports - Hockey

Article

Print
Send to a friend
Comment (0)

Czech beat Americans 3-2 in a shootout in pre-competition game in Moose Jaw

IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship

Published on December 22nd, 2009; Published on December 22nd, 2009
Matthew Gourlie Times-Herald

Topics :: Civic Centre , United States , Czech Republic , Czech Republic , Moose Jaw , U.S.

Michal Hlinka scored the only goal in the shootout as the Czech Republic beat the United States 3-2 in IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-competition play at the Civic Centre.

Czech goalie Jakub Sedlacek made 42 saves in regulation and turned away all three shots in the shootout.

Hlinka scored in regulation to put the Czechs ahead 2-1, while Tomas Kubalik had a goal and an assist for the Czechs. Robert Kousal added a pair of assists.

Chris Kreider and Ryan Bourque replied for the Americans.

Jack Campbell stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced for the U.S. and saved his best for last. He was pulled immediately after stopping Stepan Novotny of the Swift Current Broncos on a penalty shot after Novotny was hauled down on a short-handed breakaway.

Mike Lee played the second half of the game in goal for the Americans and stopped 30 shots.

The game drew 2,821 fans at the Civic Centre.

Number of views : 971
Rate
Top of the page

Submit a Comment

This form is NOT used for emailing the article to a friend. Please use the "Email to a friend" link at the top of the page for that purpose.

The Moose Jaw Times Herald is not responsible for posted comments. Please be polite and confine your comments to the subject of the posted story. If you have an account, please sign on to it..

Your name* Email* (we keep all emails private) Comment*

Agreement

We ask that users remain courteous. You may not post insulting, discriminatory or inappropriate content, which may be removed at our discretion. We are not responsible for user content and opinions. Use of this site as well as content submission & ownership are governed by our Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy.

Member organizations should be non-profit in nature, and promote legal activities. Any organization found promoting illegal activities or commercial products or services will be deleted from the site.

I agree with these conditions.

Enter the following code