Here are the standings after six games of the world junior hockey
championships.  Although Canada has clinched the gold medal, the bronze
and silver are still up for grabs when the final games are played Wednesday.
 
Monday's scores:
Canada 8 Russia 5
Sweden 3 Finland 3
Ukraine 3 USA 2  (comments below)
Czech Rep. 14  Germany 1
 
Standings:
 
                W    L    T    F    A    P
Canada          6    0    0   45   19   12
Sweden          4    1    1   32   17    9
Russia          4    2    0   30   22    8
Finland         3    2    1   27   20    7
Czech Rep.      3    3    0   38   19    6
USA             2    4    0   21   28    4
Ukraine         1    5    0   10   36    2
Germany         0    6    0   11   53    0
 
        In case someone thinks my comments on the US team effort and lack
of pride were extreme I submit this quote from Jason Bonsignore of the US
team who was responding to a question about why the US did not win
against the Ukraine, "It's just hard to swallow when you lose a game like
this one.  It's a game we should have won.  It's hard to come up with one
specific answer but, since we lost to Canada, it seems like some of the
guys have given up.  That's not the right attitude to have."
 
Here is the box score for the US game, should anyone be masochistic
enough to peruse the info:
 
FIRST PERIOD
1. US Wilson (Bonsignore) 1:12
2. Ukraine Yankovitch (Kuzminsky) 13:16
3. US Wilson (Bonsignore) 19:03
Penalties: Langenbrunner US (tripping) 4:13; Battaglia US (boarding)
9:53; LaFleur US (holding) 11:57; Kharchenko UK interference [Journal
omits time]; Didkovsky UK (interference) 19:56
 
SECOND PERIOD
4. Ukraine Lazarenko 1:35 (sh)
Penalties: Quint US (roughing) 4:11; Yankovitch Uk (interference) 12:06;
Tompkins US (cross checking) 15:00
 
THIRD PERIOD
5. Ukraine Lazarenko 19:47
Penalties: Bernatsky Uk (cross checking) 5:56; Grier US (elbowing) 9:02;
LaFleur US (tripping) 11:17; Didkovsky Uk (high sticking) 11:46;
Yankovitch Uk (interference) 14:07; Mitchell US (cross checking) 16:56;
Wilson US (roughing) 20:00
 
Shots
US         14   8   12    34
Ukraine     6   9    8    23
 
Goalies: Karpenko and Grahame
 
Arthur Berman [log in to unmask]
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