From the TSN Web site (where else?) www.tsn.ca/broadcastbooth/intlhockey/intlhock.html Ted Donato of the Boston Bruins scored twice as United States held on to beat defending champions the Czech Republic 4-3 and jump back into medal contention at the ice hockey world championships on Monday. Leading 4-1 entering the final period, the Americans sat back and allowed the Czechs to strike two goals in the opening three minutes, Vladimir Vujtek and Jiri Dopita scoring 48 seconds apart. Following the second goal, U.S. coach Jeff Jackson immediately called a time-out to calm his troops. It seemed to have the desired effect and the Americans were finally able to celebrate a crucial win. Although it was only the first game of the medal round, it was a must win for the U.S., who were the only one of six teams not to carry over any points from the round-robin. ``This lets us back into the race,'' said Jackson. ``We needed this win to get back into the mix, now everyone is so close.'' Boston Bruins defenceman Bob Beers had the only goal of the first period, stabbing Donald Barshear's pass past Roman Cechmanek to give the Americans the 1-0 lead. In the second, Donato and Chris Marinucci put the U.S. 3-0 up before Vujtek finally got the Czechs on the scorebord. Donato, collected his second of the period and what proved to be the game winner, 56 seconds later, when he blasted a slap shot between Cechmanek's pads to restore the Americans' three-goal advantage. === Once again, the only source of a USA triumph is from our brothers to the North. Go Deep. Joe HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.