ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Kieffer Bellows and Brady Tkachuk scored in the shootout as the United States beat Canada 4-3 on Friday in the first outdoor game in world junior hockey championship history. Cale Makar, Dillon Dube and Boris Katchouk helped Canada (2-1) build a 3-1 lead heading into the third period. The previous record was 20,380, when Canada faced Sweden in the gold-medal game in Ottawa on Jan. 5, 2009. Makar opened scoring for Canada at the 15:47 mark of the first period, firing a low wristshot on net from the point. Perunovich worked a give-and-go play with Mittelstadt to cut Canada’s lead to 3-2 with 13:51 left to play.

Source: National Post December 29, 2017 23:43 UTC