Team USA and Team Canada squared off in a highly anticipated gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championship on Tuesday night and the game between the two hockey powers didn’t disappoint at all.
Well, it did disappoint if you were rooting for Canada because USA scored a goal in the first period and a goal in the second period and then held on to win the game and the gold medal, 2-0, in Edmonton.
It was a stunning win for the US, as Canada had rolled through the tournament and was the favorite going into the final.
US opened the scoring in the first with this goal from Alex Turcotte:
Alex Turcotte gives the USA the lead pic.twitter.com/VlTiTmL6ur
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) January 6, 2021
Trevor Zegras, who was named the tournament MVP, made it 2-0 with this one:
.@tzegras11 delivers goal #2 for @usahockey! pic.twitter.com/K8vYn5ZdtH
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) January 6, 2021
The perfect start to a period!#USAJWC | #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/gzjUWWuS5o
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) January 6, 2021
And then after a scoreless third, the celebration was on:
"Red, white, blue and GOLD!"
The final seconds of @usahockey's #WorldJuniors win! pic.twitter.com/NUkn14Xuti
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) January 6, 2021
Awesome.