{"id":2551,"date":"2017-12-29T18:10:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2017-12-29T18:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:10:40","slug":"world-juniors-slovakia-beats-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/world-juniors-slovakia-beats-u-s","title":{"rendered":"World juniors: Slovakia Beats U.S"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SlovakiaThe 2018 World Juniors<\/a><\/strong> are underway and are proving to see some upsets as Slovakia were victorious thanks to Samuel Bucek<\/strong> scoring a goal unassisted goal with only 2:08 left in the third period. The two other Slovakian goals were scored by Filip Krivoski giving them a 3-2 win over the U.S.A.\u00a0 Roman Durny, the Slovakian goaltender performed well in his debut as a junior making 43 saves.<\/p>\n

Team U.S.A<\/a><\/strong> players Brady Tkachuk and Casey Mittlestadt were responsible for the U.S\u2019s two goals. The U.S had been successful in their previous nine IIHL<\/a><\/strong> games prior to Thursday\u2019s game, and expectations were high that the winning streak would continue. That World Junior\u2019s winning streak began during the Bronze medal game in 2016<\/strong> and continued until last year\u2019s Gold medal win in Toronto, Canada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Slovakia\u2019s Bucek’s at the top of his game<\/h2>\n

Slovakia doesn\u2019t have a great track record against the U.S with only seeing success four times in the 18 games they played against each other. Prior to winning against the U.S in the quarterfinals in 2009, Slovakia had been unsuccessful for six straight games.<\/p>\n

Samuel Bucek has been the teams shining star with the efforts made in scoring the tiebreaking goal in Thursday\u2019s game. He succeeded in outmanoeuvring three of the U.S\u2019s defenders<\/strong> and then came around the net to put it past the goal crease.<\/p>\n

NHL<\/strong><\/p>\n