US under-18 Sqaud playing in 4th straight Gold Medal game today
The United States under-18 hockey team plays Russia today for the opportunity to win their third straight Gold medal.
USA Hockey.com article
James vanRiemsdyk (Middletwon, N.J.) scored his second goal of the night and Josh Unice (Toledo, Ohio) stopped all three of Canada’s shootout attempts to lead the U.S. National Under-18 Team past Canada, 4-3, at the Tampere Hakameta in the semifinal round at the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship. Team USA will face Russia in the gold-medal game on Sunday (April 22) at 11 a.m. EDT.
The game is about to start. Here is how the US team has done in the championship game over the past three years:
2006 - USA 3, Finland 1
2005 - USA 5, Canada 1
2004 - Russia 3, USA 1
Matt Rust, who is a forward on the team, is a recruit for the University of Michigan hockey team.
UPDATE: the team won the Silver medal after losing to Russia 6-5 in the championship game.
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