2017 WJAC: USA 5 – RUS 0 (Semifinal)

Dec 13, 2017

Tyler Madden scored a pair of goals and Jake Kucharski stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout, sending the Americans past Russia and back to the gold medal game at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge.

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