Breaking News: US Juniors upset Canadians in gold medal game!
By: Turner Sports Desk
So you're playing the biggest hockey game of your young life in an arena packed with opposing fans. Oh, by the way the entire country of Canada is watching and rooting for their boys. Such was the case of the David like US Junior Hockey team as they sucker punched Goliath; the overwhelmingly favored Canadians and won the World Junior Championship. There will be a lot of crying in the beers tonight from our friends to the north.
The Canadians battled back from a 5-3 deficit late in the third period to force overtime. The US team had already lost to the Canadians a couple of times after holding leads so things looked pretty bleak heading into overtime. It was the terrific shot of the Washington Capitals prized prospect, John Carlson on a two on one break that silenced the entire country of Canada in the blink of an eye. The Canadians won 5 straight World Junior Championships coming into this gold medal game. The US Team had also given up several leads in losing to the dominant Canadians. Canada's junior hockey dominance ended tonight thanks to a gutsy effort by the Americans in an unfriendly arena.