Posted on 05/14/2015 11:48:28 AM PDT by Altenkrug
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- Ben Smith (Avon, Conn./San Jose Sharks) and Charlie Coyle (East Weymouth, Mass./Minnesota Wild) scored goals :57 seconds apart midway through the second period and Jake Gardiner (Minnetonka, Minn./Toronto Maple Leafs) added an insurance goal in the third period to help the U.S. Men’s National Team defeat Switzerland, 3-1, in quarterfinal play here today at 2015 IIHF Men’s World Championship.
The U.S. will move to Prague tomorrow and will play the winner of the Russia/Sweden quarterfinal in semifinal action on Saturday (May 16). The game time will be determined after all quarterfinals games are complete. NOTES: Team USA has won seven of its eight games in the world championship. No U.S. team has ever won eight games in a single world championship. With today’s victory, the 2015 U.S. Men’s National team ties the 2013 (bronze medal) and 1939 (silver medal) for most wins in a single world championship … Connor Hellebuyck has had exactly 21 saves in each of the last four games … Defensemen John Moore was named the U.S. Player of the Game … The U.S. outshot Switzerland 24-22.
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Does it really make sense to hold the World Championships during the middle of the Stanley Cup playoffs, when a good number of the best players aren’t available?
When would you suggest holding the World Championships in hockey -- around the Fourth of July? Does it really make sense to schedule such a long NHL season that the Stanley Cup playoffs end in June?
It's a annual event. Players who have played 2 or 3 rounds in the playoffs wouldn't go anyway.
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