MONTREAL (AP) — The United States was eliminated from hockey’s world junior championship Friday with a 3-2 loss to Russia in the quarterfinals.
Defensemen Anthony DeAngelo and Zach Werenski scored for the Americans, who finish out of the medals for a second straight year after winning the 2013 tournament in Ufa, Russia.
Russia advances to a semifinal in Toronto against the winner of the Sweden-Finland quarterfinal.
Ivan Barbashev and Sergei Tolchinski scored on the power play for Russia. Alexander Sherov had the other goal. Igor Shestyorkin provided strong goaltending, with the Americans outshooting Russia 41-25.
The game, a weekday matinee played before a sparse crowd at Bell Centre, was marked by 14 minor penalties. The U.S. was drawn into five of them in the opening period and fell behind 2-0.
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