Ducks at the WJCs, Day 5.
Team USA vaulted into the semifinal round of the World Junior championships in Buffalo with a 2-1 win over Switzerland.
Whittier native and Detroit Red Wings prospect Mitch Callahan scored the game-winning goal midway through the second period, while forwards and Ducks prospects Emerson Etem (Long Beach) and Kyle Palmieri were held without a point.
The U.S. will play the winner of the quarterfinal matchup between Canada and Switzerland on Monday at 4:30 p.m. Canada lost, 6-5 in overtime to Sweden earlier Friday.
Defenseman Sami Vatanen, a fourth-round pick in 2009, had an assist in Sweden's 6-0 win over Slovakia. Finland takes on the winner of Sunday's Sweden-Russia contest earlier Monday. Igor Bobkov, a third-round Ducks draft pick in 2009, didn't play in Russia's 8-3 win over the Czech Republic.
Whittier native and Detroit Red Wings prospect Mitch Callahan scored the game-winning goal midway through the second period, while forwards and Ducks prospects Emerson Etem (Long Beach) and Kyle Palmieri were held without a point.
The U.S. will play the winner of the quarterfinal matchup between Canada and Switzerland on Monday at 4:30 p.m. Canada lost, 6-5 in overtime to Sweden earlier Friday.
Defenseman Sami Vatanen, a fourth-round pick in 2009, had an assist in Sweden's 6-0 win over Slovakia. Finland takes on the winner of Sunday's Sweden-Russia contest earlier Monday. Igor Bobkov, a third-round Ducks draft pick in 2009, didn't play in Russia's 8-3 win over the Czech Republic.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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