LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- The U.S. turned up their level of play in the second period, turning what was expected to be a close game against the defending World Junior Championship gold medalists into a rout.
Vincent Trocheck and Alex Galchenyuk scored 21 seconds apart in the first two minutes of the period to make it 4-1. Trocheck, a Florida Panthers product, drove to the net to bang in a loose puck at 1:31. Then Galchenyuk, the third pick of the 2012 NHL Draft, got a gift when Sweden goalie Niklas Lundstrom stopped his shot under his pads. But when he stood up, the puck trickled over the goal line at 1:52.
They cranked up the pressure minutes later, scoring a pair of goals 24 seconds apart.
Shayne Gostisbehere, a Philadelphia Flyers' 2012 draft pick, scored his second power-play goal of the game when he wired a shot from the right circle short-side past Lundstrom at 6:19 to make it 5-1, and then Anaheim Ducks prospect Nicolas Kerdiles scored at 6:43 to make it 6-1.
Tyler Biggs made it 7-1 with a nice give-and-go goal with John Gaudreau at 15:16 of the period, and then J.T. Miller scored a power-play goal at 18:28 to make it 8-1.
Back with more when the game ends.
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