USA looks really good right now. They are keeping things to the outside defensively, using their speed on the counter attack, providing a good solid forechecking and Gibson has been absolutely solid.

I would say its more the Americans making the Canadians look bad with a solid all around performance.

If you asked me before the game i would have said it would be close for 2 periods but Canada would pull away in the third. USA is peaking at the right time though and in these small tournaments playing a lot of games in a short period of time actually benefit a team than hurt them as the momentum caries from one game to the next.

This game is far from over but USA just needs to hold course for a good result.

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G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, FW; GS, W, L, GA, GAA, SA, SV, SV%, SHO

C: Backstrom, Carter (RW), Duchene (LW)
LW: Hall, Ladd, Heatley, Fleishmann, Stalberg,
RW: Yakupov, Clarkson, Tarasenko, Briere (C), Hemsky
D: Keith, Seabrook, Voynov, Schultz, Hamilton, Siedenberg
G: Hiller, Price, Greiss, Bernier

Farm:
C: Granlund
RW: Forsberg, Toffoli
LW: Schwartz
D: Rundblad, Orlov
G: Lack, Visentin