US Tops Czechia, 6-1, Advancing To Gold Medal Game

Farmer scored the primary of six unanswered targets for Team USA 10:26 into the primary interval to knot the sport at 1-1. Farmer swept in a rebound off Travis Dodson‘s (Deming, NM) preliminary shot. With the purpose, Farmer set a brand new single-tournament targets and factors document.

The US prolonged its lead within the center body by placing two targets previous Czech netminder Patrik Sedlacek in 19 seconds to open a 3-1 lead heading into the ultimate body. After a shot from Farmer went large, David Eustace(Stoneham, Mass.) backhanded the rebound on the web, bouncing the puck off Sedlacek’s glove for the second purpose of the sport, earlier than Eustace arrange Farmer with a cross-ice cross as he lifted the puck excessive for the third rating of the sport.

Josh Pauls (Green Brook, NJ) opened the scoring early within the third interval, beating the goaltender on a low shot despatched in from the slot for the fourth tally of the sport.

Farmer added his third of the sport with 7:08 remaining within the third. With the groups every enjoying 4 a aspect, Farmer obtained the puck up by the blue line, slicing by way of the protection earlier than tapping within the purpose round an outstretched goaltender.

Team USA’s closing purpose of the sport got here off a power-play rating from Noah Grove (Frederick, Md.) with 6:11 remaining within the closing body. Grove obtained the puck on the faceoff dot from Brody Roybal (Northlake, Ill.) goes to his forehand earlier than snaking a shot proper contained in the submit to offer the US a commanding 6-1 victory.

Griffin LaMarre (Haverhill, Mass.) made 4 saves in web.

NOTES: The US outshot Czechia, 41-5…Team USA was 1-3 on the ability play, whereas Czechia was 1-1.