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Team USA hockey remained undefeated last night in the World Junior Tournament in Ottawa, shutting out Kazakhstan 12-0!  10 players had multi-point efforts, with forward Aaron Palushaj leading all players with 2 goals and 2 assists.  Local Buffalonian and good friend of mine, Tom Mccollum, earned the shutout for team USA, turning away all 10 shots he faced.  Kazakhstan, behind their goalie Andrei Yankov, kept the game close, until the floodgates were opened with 3 minutes left in the 1st period, at which point, the US never turned back.  Kazakhstan has been shutout in each of its 3 contests so far, and their only bright spot has been their goaltender Yankov.  He has faced an enormous amount of shots in this tournament and ended up making 49 saves on 61 shots last night.  Tonight will be the Marquee matchup of the tournament, as the US will face undefeated Canada.  It will be interesting to see if the US can contain the likes of John Tavares, Cody Hodgson and the rest of the Canadian boys.  One thing is certain, tonight’s game will be one of the best you will see in the tournament, so tune in on TSN, the NHL Network, or some online stream of the game, it will not disappoint before you go out and enjoy the coming of the New Year.

-Sabs Hockey Nut

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