{"id":137803,"date":"2022-12-26T19:34:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T01:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=137803"},"modified":"2022-12-30T07:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:29:55","slug":"united-states-opens-2023-world-juniors-with-5-2-victory-over-latvia-as-behrens-savage-each-post-goal-assist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2022\/12\/26\/united-states-opens-2023-world-juniors-with-5-2-victory-over-latvia-as-behrens-savage-each-post-goal-assist\/","title":{"rendered":"United States opens 2023 World Juniors with 5-2 victory over Latvia as Behrens, Savage each post goal, assist"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_137804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137804\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622-696x531.jpg 696w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/us_wjc_122622-551x420.jpg 551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Snuggerud celebrates his second-period goal against Latvia Monday afternoon in Moncton, N.B. (photo: Chris Tanouye\/IIHF).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sean Behrens (Denver) and Red Savage (Miami) each had a goal and an assist and Dylan Duke (Michigan) added two assists as the U.S. National Junior Team skated to a 5-2 victory over Latvia Monday at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, N.B., in its opening game of the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA will continue preliminary round play in the World Juniors on Wednesday against Slovakia. Opening faceoff is set for 5 p.m. local time\/4 p.m. EST at the Avenir Centre and the game can be seen live on NHL Network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good to get a win,\u201d said Rand Pecknold (Quinnipiac), head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team, in a statement. \u201cWe did what we needed to in the third period, and we\u2019ll work on some things at practice tomorrow as we get ready for Slovakia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Snuggerud (Minnesota), Behrens (U.S. player of the game), Savage, Chaz Lucius (Minnesota alum) and Team USA captain Luke Hughes (Michigan) all scored in the game as the U.S. outshot Latvia 46-17.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Augustine (Michigan State commit) made 15 saves to earn the win in the U.S. net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Behrens (Denver) and Red Savage (Miami) each had a goal and an assist and Dylan Duke (Michigan) added two assists as the U.S. National Junior Team skated to a 5-2 victory over Latvia Monday at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, N.B., in its opening game of the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship. 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