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CHASKA, Minn.  Sergio Garcia is one of the most experienced players heading into the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National, San Diego Padres  and he's ready to let his play do the talking in one of his favorite events."Everyone knows how much I love the Ryder Cup," Garcia said Tuesday. "It's great to be back here in another Ryder Cup team for Europe, and it's going to be a great week. It's not going to be easy, but we can't wait to start."Garcia, 36, has a glimmering 18-9-5 Ryder Cuprecord, but he's heard all the chatter about America a sembling "the best team ever created" with their "special task force" and he wanted to make sure everyone knew where the tournament will be won.MORE: "Obviously everyone has  you know what they say, opinions  we all have one," he said. "Everyone's allowed to have their own opinion, but at the Johnny Manziel Jersey  end of the day, you don't win Ryder Cups with your mouth."Of course, Garcia was alluding to NBC broadcaster and former PGA Tour star Johnny Miller saying this European team might be the weakest team in years. Needle s to say, Garcia didn't agree."Well, Johnny says a lot of things," he said Cory Spangenberg Jersey . "Obviously he's not always going to say the right thing."Even though Europe has won three straight Ryder Cups, it is viewed as an underdogaway from home and having six rookies on its squad. Garcia understands the U.S. does, in fact, have a quality team, and Europe needs to be focused."I think the most important thing is knowing that it's not a done deal," Garcia said. "Even though we are on a good run, it's going to be tough, and we tried to tell them all that, all the rookies, that you have to fight hard."There's a common perception that the Europeans have more team camaraderie thanthe Team USA Eric Hosmer Jersey . Garcia agreed with the notion, and pointed to a po sible explanation.MORE: "I think probably it has to do with the European Tour," he said. "I think that our Tour is a lot closer between players. When you come on the European Tour, you share rooms with players and stuff like that. That doesn't really happen on the U.S. Tour."Don't  Brad Hand Jersey get me wrong, I think the PGA Tour is a great tour, but it's a little bit le s personal than the European Tour is."Garcia enjoyed a succe sful spell partnered with Rory McIlroy two years ago, and the two are expected to see time together again. Either way, Garcia knows he will be comfortable with his partner.

Will Nick Bosa Jersey  Wilcox carded the first hole-in-one in 14 years at the par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgra s on Friday during The Players Championship.With the hole playing 137 yards, Wilcox hit a knock-down wedge that landed about 10 feet short Laken Tomlinson Jersey  of the pin and rolled into the middle of the cup. Wilcox, a 29-year-old Alabama Garrett Celek Jersey  native, leaped in celebration as the crowd went wild.We have history! makes the first hole-in-one  Patrick Willis Jersey on the 17th hole in 14 years.  THE PLAYERS (@THEPLAYERSChamp) Miguel Angel Jimenez was the most recent to ace the island green par-3. He did it in 2002.The hole Kyle Juszczyk Jersey -in-one moved Wilcox from 3 under, and teetering on the cut line, to 5 under and only six shots back.

Beforefootball seasonkicks  Chase Utley Jersey off, Nick Saban took a day to do somecharitable work.The Alabamacoachand his wife, Terry, held the ninth annual Nick's Kids luncheon atBryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday afternoon. While givingback to the community, the pair also met and posed with children for photos.MORE: | This day is the happiest day of the year for me, Saban said, .The Nick's Kids Foundation, named after Saban's father,will donate $480,000 to 130 non-profit organizationsthis year. In total, Nick's Kidshasdonated nearly $5 million to more than 250 organizations  Mark Lowe Jersey since Saban arrived at Alabama in 2007.The foundationalso provides first generation scholarships.It also is very special to me because its the one way that my father who probably had the greatest impact of anybody on me his legacy is sort of remembered because Nicks Kids is all about my dad, who always said, No man stands as tall as when he stoops to help child,'" Saban said.So Nicks Kids really represents his  Joc Pederson Jersey legacy and what he was all about and what he tried to do. And Terry and I have just worked really hard to extend that through the years and are proud of what weve been able to do.Following hisbrief speech, Sabanthanked his players,some of whom showed up at the luncheonto sign autographs,for their positive attitudes oversummer and leading into fall camp, which begins Thursday afternoon.This has been one of  Fernando Valenzuela Jersey the best group of players that weve ever had to work with, Saban said. We havent had a lot of i sues this summer. Theyre very dedicated in what they want to try to do. That doesnt mean were going to win a lot of games, but I certainly do think this is a special group. And this has been the best  Rich Hill Jersey group that weve had to work with in a long time, in terms of their character, their attitude, their willingne s to help other people, which is what this organization is all about.

The NHLreleased a comprehensive 21-page memo Monday detailing the next phase of what will hopefully lead to the resumptionof the 2019-20 season  and a Stanley Cup champion being crowned  sometime this summer. TuesdayGary Bettman went on network television andannounced that the regular season has officially concludedand they'll now focuson Blank Jersey  the return to play format that couldsee 24-teams potentially hit the ice during summer months.First on the docket is Phase 2 of the NHL's four-tired plan, which is expected tobegin in early June, and will seethe majority of players stepping back on the ice for the first time in three months. While some time off once the offseason occurs is normal, due to the ma sive wear and tear an 82-game regular season plus playoffshas on the body,it's usually not this long.In reality, this is probably the longest most players have been off skates since their youth hockey days.MORE:"You come home for the first month and you take a month off," Devils goalie Mackenzie Blackwood said before learning his season has concluded andthat his team could now be away from competitive games for a total of 7-9months."Not saying, I do nothing, but I stretch and do a little bit of yoga but no working out, no skating. ... So for a month you come home and you just stretch and kind of chill out, and then after that, you get the gym se sions going again, you get back to work there and thenstart skating a little bit and then you ramp it up."This year kind of throws a wrench in that because I don't know when the end date is or any date so I'm trying to stay around ... up the middle."Since the pause went into effectMarch 12, players have been stuck in a sort oflimbo. Should they look at this timeas an offseason? Limited to in-home workouts that include yoga, rollerblading around town andstick-handling with their dogs, and with no dates on the calendar to focus on, the ability  Alan Trammell Jersey to maintain thathigh level of conditioning has also been tough.Some players, like the Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford, havebeen looking at thistime frame like an offseason where he wakes up, has coffee, completes 30-40 minutes of stretching followed by strength and conditioning for another hour or so. The only difference isthere hasn't been an on-ice component."We're such creatures of habit," said veteran netminder Cory Schneider."You doyour offseason training,youknow when topeak, you know when to push yourself and then you also know when to taper and maybe pull off the gas a little bit terms of weight training and get into your skating.""It's been tough because you don't want to fully detach from the mindset of being in the season or really like just sit on the couch and relax. You want to keep your mind and your body sharp," Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko noted. "Obviously, we can't be on the ice, but there's something to be said about kind of letting everything go after the season and letting your mind and body rejuvenate a little bit. So, it's been kind of a weirdmidpoint."Demko's goalie partner,Jacob Markstrom, traveled back to Sweden after a few weeks in Vancouver spent rehabbing his surgically repaired kneeand like other Europeans, has been able to skate. While itgives them an edge skill-wise as they Spencer Turnbull Jersey 've been able to maintain conditioning, it also gives them a (no pun intended)leg-up inregards to injury prevention.MORE: "It's probably going to be widely understood that these athletes are not going to be in peak athletic condition,that they are going to be a little bit deconditionedin terms of certain muscles," Dr. Michael Alaia, an orthopedic surgeon at NYU Langone's Sports Health, explained to Sporting News. "Perhaps their physiologic reserve might be deconditioned as well because they haven't had acce s to the appropriate athletic facilities. So, I might certainly expect to see a slight uptick in injury patterns once the players return to full play because they're going to want to go 100 percent."I think the lower extremity muscle groups, particularly the adductors, the groin, hamstrings. Groin injuries are extremely common in hockey players and they're more often in times where the players are not in peak physiologic condition," he said, adding in that he expects the injuries to occur early on in the return to play timeframe."Strength andconditioning and Nick Castellanos Jersey  the ability to maintain a certain exercise reserve is very important and as players are towards the tail end of their games or practices, when their muscles start to get weaker as the body starts to feel fatigued, that's certainly going to be where these players are going to be at a higher risk. So, not only are they increasing their risk because the muscle groups might not have as much strength as they usually do but their exercise reserve is not going to be as up to par as it usually is as well."Goaltenders are in a whole other category in regards to injury prevention due to their side-to-side motions, butterflies, etc. and couple that with the fact most haven't seen rubber in months; they'll need time to get back into game shape. The Leafs' Tyson Barrie mentioned on a call with reporters last week that players need to "get the legs back under" them and he, along with teammate Alexander Kerfoot, said they'd be comfortable with a month's worth of skates.National Hockey League Player's A sociation's executive director Donald Fehr told NBCSN's Mike Tirico on Tuesday that there were "differentopinions" regarding the length of training camp (Phase 3) based on skating time in Phase 2."It's kind of a hard question to answer because I don't think I've ever experienced being off the ice for two months," Clifford said when asked by Sporting News regarding how long he would need to feel comfortable playing in games."I think I'dhave a better idea after my first week of that little mini-training camp. But, you know, I don't think it's gonna take as long as most people are going to think. It's just more a matter of preventing injury for Lance Parrish Jersey  guys and we don't want any soft ti sue or hamstring injuries that are gonna, you know put guys out for next season."Therein lies the crux and why Phase 2 will probably stretch on a bit, as hinted at by Bettman on Tuesday when he stated that it'll start in early June and the next phase won't beginning until mid-July. Regardle s of the length of time, hockey is inching closer and closer to a return to games and we may see the coldest sport turn into summer hockey sooner rather than later.

STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford and  Raul Mondesi Jersey BYU have agreed to play a four-game series beginning in 2020.Stanford will host the first two games of the series in Melky Cabrera Jersey  2020 and 2022. BYU will host the next two in 2023 and 2025.The schools have met just twice previously. Stanford  Ryan Goins Jersey beat BYU 18- Justin Grimm Jersey 14 in Provo in 2003 and 37-10 in 2004 at Stanford Stadium.Stanford also is traveling to the Beehive State this Kelvin Herrera Jersey  week. The fifth-ranked Cardinal play at Utah in a Pac-12 Conference game Saturday.

The NHL trade deadline is officially over.The list of dizzying moves separated the contenders from pretenders and brought some clarity heading into the home stretch.While some teams that landed major players in order to make a playoff push, just as many teams left us scratching our heads.Now that the dust has settled, we're here to help make sense of all. Here are Sporting News' winners and losers of the 2022 NHL trade deadline.MORE:Winner: Maple LeafsThe Maple Leafs needed to improve on defense at the deadline if they really wanted to contend for a Cup. General manager Kyle Dubas did just that, acquiring veteran Mark Giordano from the Kraken.Dubas didn't want to use his first- Matt Harvey Jersey round pick in a trade and with Giordano wanting to go to Toronto, Dubas was able to acquire him, along with forward Colin Blackwell, for two seconds and a third.The fact that they didn't trade for a goaltender isn't as big of a deal as some Maple Leafs fans may think. It's still a concern for now with rookie Erik Kallgren the de facto starter with Jack Campbell sidelined and Petr Mrzaek sent down to the AHL. But if Campbell can return from injury and be better than the goaltender the Maple Leafs saw the last three months, Toronto will be in good shape.MORE:Loser: StarsIt's always tough to navigate the deadline when a team is right on the cusp on a playoff spot. Do you sell and admit defeat? Or buy and make an honest postseason push?The Stars elected to do nothing.In a vacuum, perhaps that would be fine except for the fact that general manager Jim Nill e sentially sent two different me sages by not making a move. They didn't acquire any major piece, so it doesn't appear as though they are a team that doesn't think they can make a serious run in the postseason. Which makes sense, considering a first-round matchup with the Avalanche or Flames likely looms ahead if they sneak in as a Wild Card.But while they stood pat, the Stars also failed to move John Klingberg, who requested a trade earlier in the season and does not appear to be re-signing this offseason. He would have been a great trade chip, with a number of teams interested in the right-handed defenseman. Instead, Dallas elected to hold onto him for the rest of the year.So which is it, Nill? Why keep Klingberg for the rest of the season while not making any other moves to make the club better?Winner: KrakenRon Francis had a BUSY deadline, shipping off six players and in return, gaining back 10 draftpicks in total.  Joe Morgan Jersey He didn't get another first-round pick, mi sing out on that opportunity in the Giordano deal, but did get a higher than expected return on others, like Jeremy Lauzon going to the Predators for a second.As a result, the Kraken now have 34 picks spanning over the next three drafts. That's huge for the club, especially with the 2023 draft expected to be one of the deepest ones in recent years.It's a team that needed to hit on order to start building its roster, well, all over again. Francis mi sed with the expansion draft and free agency last summer. But he sold off every single pending free agent the team had, with Jared McCann being the exception after signing an extension.By acquiring all the draft picks, Francis has set up this team to build through the draft for the next three seasons.Loser: DevilsNew Jersey sits at the bottom of the Atlantic Division, second-to-last in the Eastern Conference and in no position to sniff the postseason. While they did not have a ton of goods to sell, there was the potential for moves to be made.Instead, general manager Tom Fitzgerald kept all his cards, failing to make an impactful move. There was the opportunity to trade away P.K. Subban (UFA), Pavel Zacha (RFA) or even MacKenzie Blackwood, who had gained interest as a goaltending solution for a contender.But the trio  Trevor Bauer Jersey remain as members of the Devils with the deadline pa sed by. Doing something is better than nothing when you're one of the worst teams in the league. Fitzgerald mi stepped and the Devils walked away with no additional future a sets.Winner: PanthersGeneral manager Bill Zito fully embraced the "win-now" mantra, going all-in by acquiring Claude Giroux from the Flyers and Ben Chiarot from the Canadiens.Chiarot addre sed a need on the defense's left side and it could not have come at a better time, with Aaron Ekblad going down for the rest of the regular season with a leg injury. Chiarot cannot produce the same on offense as Ekblad, but the hole left on the blue line isn't as bad.Florida already had arguably the deepest forward group in the league. There is no doubt they are now after adding Giroux. He wanted to go to Florida to win his first Stanley Cup and with his addition, there is a good chance that comes true.The best team in the Eastern Conference just got even better. The Panthers are going to be a handful for defenses to contain.MORE:Loser: OilersThe Oilers plan at the deadline should have been simple trade for a goaltender. Mike Smith can't stay healthy and Mikko Koskinen simply isn't cutting it.General manager Ken Holland is once electing to triple down on the duo he currently has in net, as the Oilers did not acquire a goaltender. It's a baffling move considering the Oilers give up 3.16 goals per game, ranking 21st in the league. Only the Brandon Finnegan Jersey  Wild are averaging more goals per game among teams currently in a playoff spot, and they just added Marc-Andre Fleury.I like the additions of Brett Kulak and Derrick Bra sard to help give some depth throughout the lineup, but it's been the same story for a number of seasons now. Edmonton is wasting away the prime years of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl because the team can't keep the puck out of their own net.Winner: DucksPat Verbeek had a number of notable pending free agents that he tried to sign to an extension. He didn't ink any of these players, but he made the smart move to instead pivot towards trading these players and help the Ducks with their rebuild.He sent off Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson, Rickard Rakell and Nic Deslauriers, all pending free agents. In return, the club stocked up with a first-round pick, four second-round picks, a third-round pick, NHLers Zach Aston-Reese and Dominik Simon, in addition prospects Urho Vaakanainen, Drew Helleson and Calle Clang.Anaheim's plummet over the last few months from a playoff position  Tony Perez Jersey certainly helped Verbeek formulate his deadline strategy and it should pay off. The Ducks weren't in a position to win this season and were better off gaining prospects and draft capital than try and keep the band together for one more push this season.MORE:Loser: BluesThe Blues seemed to be a team that was making calls in regards to every notable name, yet the best they came up with was Nick Leddy.Leddy's a fine defenseman to add, but St. Louis really needed to improve their left side on

1. I dont want to get on a soapbox, but Lets stop dancing around the gaping sinkhole weve avoided all these years, suck it up and talk harsh reality.If you dont want schools fining players for poor behavior, you better be ready to stomach more off-field ills of the game  because its only getting worse with no deterrent.MORE: | | Im not going to give up on a guy because he made a mistake, Alabama coach Nick Saban Lewis Brinson Jersey  said earlier this summer. Its just not that simple.It never has been, and thats the critical point every player not only understands, but feeds on.Its not that simple for coaches to suspend or dismi s or bench players with behavior problems, because it impacts their ability to win, which impacts their ability to keep a job. Like it or not, thats basic cause and effect.Meanwhile, over the last five years, there have been 918 reported arrests in FBS . More disturbing: 52 percent of Power 5 teams have had at least 10 player arrests in the last five years, and the last four college football national champions (Ohio State, FSU, Alabama, Auburn) are among the top 26 teams in the sports with the most arrests over that span.Clearly, theres a correlation with bad eggs and good teams.So Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer decided he wanted to fine players for everything from a dirty dorm room to mi sing cla s, if for no other reason, because the concepts of accountability and responsibility and structure might just lead to doing the right thing on and off the field. Pollyanna, I know.Then Twitter got wind of it and the mean coach who was taking money from the innocent players had to watch his athletic director kneecap him by declaring all fines null and void. The players arent employees, you know.Oh really?What Kyle Barraclough Jersey  exactly do you call someone who cant qualify under freshman eligibility standards for typical students, but because of his unique ability to play a sport, receives a paid scholarship and a cost of attendance stipend (many also receive Pell Grant money) to attend a university? Is that some magnanimous gift from institutions of higher learning?No, its a tradeoff: you play football and help us make millions in television dollars, we give you a scholarship and allow you to go to school and play college football despite academic shortcomings  ANDtrain you for the NFL, which has never drafted a player who hasnt played at any level of college football.We can debate the thought proce s of how much players should be paid, but until the courts figure out a number (more on that later), its you need us as badly as we need you.Yes, its disgusting  but its our disgusting.Now look how absolutely shallow that players arent employees narrative looks. Now look how absolutely shortsighted the idea of preventing coaches fining players for behavior problems looks.There will absolutely be coaches who overstep and fine as a way of holding power over players. The world is full of self-absorbed jerks.Most coaches, though, arent going to randomly take money from players because its in the best interest  Blank Jersey of all involved that everything run smoothly.And understand this: maybe, just maybe, these fines  which arent really fines because the money is available at the end of the semester  actually help players realize the value of making smart decisions off the field.Imagine that, doing the right thing instead of doing the very least to get through three years of school uninjured with the ability to leave early, hoping to get invited to the NFL Combine, hoping to get drafted and hoping to become one of the le s than 5 percent of college players who actually make it in the NFL.For the league average of four piddly years.But lets not worry about setting up young men to succeed beyond football, lets all whine about coaches who make millions fining players who make nothing.The biggest problem with guys these days is nothing is looked at from 30,000 feet, says Texas coach Charlie Strong. They cant see life down the road away from the game. They see whats right in front of their face, and nothing else. Thats not just dangerous, its reckle s.Instead of looking at the idea of fining players as another way of coaches controlling players who arent employees, maybe we can see the bigger picture. The one from 30,000 feet.The one where king antitrust attorney Jeffrey Ke sler eventually does  Sergio Romo Jersey what every other attorney has done in court vs. the NCAA and meticulously shreds the concept of amateurism, thus opening the door for players to collectively bargain for half of the billions in television money. When that day comes, when players truly are employees, watch how quickly those in higher academia change the rules.There wont be a need for fines; the mandate from university presidents and board of trustee members will be, in the words of Nick Saban, simple: zero tolerance.One mistake, and the days of getting paid to play  and getting a free education despite not qualifying under the same academic standards as typical freshmen, and getting the free training and coaching to be one of the 5 percent who advance to the NFL  will be over.Nothing could be more simple than that.2. Hiring, 101For the life of me, I cant figure out why any athletic director would look at the resumes of Tim Beckman and, say, Dan Hawkins, and decide, yeah, Ill take the P.E. Coach..3. To QB or not QBThe game has changed and the position has evolved and the quarterback has never been more important in college football.But at what cost?MORE: | | While college football spread offenses are increasingly run through the quarterback  with everything depending on his ability to run dual-threat offenses  the NFL continues to play crawl ball.This, of course, begs this question: are college quarterbacks really being prepared for the NFL  or their college teams?Of the 32 projected starters this season in the NFL, only four  Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick, Alex Smith and Marcus Mariota  were dual-threat quarterbacks who ran spread offenses in college.Its absolutely a concern, says  Starlin Castro Jersey one AFC scout. Youve got a generation of kids who are running dual-threat systems since before high school and have never taken a snap under center. Theyve never turned their back to the defense on play action, and turned around and had to read (coverages) after everything has changed in a blink.In the last 10 years of the NFL Draft, there have been seven true dual-threat quarterbacks selected in the first round. The only starter is Newton, Mariota is projected to start and the other five are either backups (Johnny Manziel, Robert Griffin III), desperately hanging on (Tim Tebow) or out of the league (Vince Young, Jake Locker).Choose programs/systems wisely, young quarterbacks.4. The goods on GolsonEverett Golson will start FSU's opener. (Getty Images)Like J

The Canadiens'West Coast road trip from Hell ended mercifullyFridaywith a normally even-keeled Carey Price turning into a poster boy for the mockery, squaring up hisgoal post and taking a Major League-worthyhack to split his stick in two.The mood is uneasy in Montreal, to put it mildly.POWER RANKINGS: A 1-6-1 record  the franchise's worst eight-game start to a seasonsince 1941-42  will  Erick Fedde Jersey do that, and frustration was the cliche of choice in the Habs' locker room following the 6-2 lo s to the Ducks, their seventh in a row to a cap a three-game California trip on which they were outscored 16-5."It's very high, not going to lie," Canadiens coach Claude  Joe Blanton Jersey Julien said. "But at the same time, as frustrated as I am, I'm the one who's got to find some solutions here and turn things around. So I'll have to stay the course here and find that solution."Good luck. Howie Kendrick Jersey  Nothing can go right for the Habsright now.Not only are theystruggling to stop the bleeding while Julien , the offense isn't doing Price and Co. any favors with a putrid 12 goals  leading to a goal differential of minus-21. On Friday, the Habsfell into a 3-0 first-period hole, then came out in the second and peppered Ducks goalie John Gibson with 30 shots on goal, a Montrealrecord for a single period. Gibson stopped 28 of them, also setting a Ducks franchise mark, and still the Habstrailed.Any progre s Montreal made in the second came undone during a 97-second stretch in the third period, when Brandon Montour,Derek Grant andChris Wagner all beat Price to give the Ducks their 6-2 lead and eventual victory, despite the Habs finishing  Victor Robles Jersey with 51 shots themselves.Wagner'sgoal, the last of the night with7: Koda Glover Jersey 35gone in the third, was the one that set the mild-mannered netminder over the edge."I don't know a human on earth that wouldn't be frustrated at this point," , whose early .881 save percentage through seven appearancesis about 40 points below his career average. "I think the biggest thing right now is to move on once we leave this rink."

As the old saying goes,"What's old is new again," and in 2021, what's new was the result.Like Monday's first World Junior Championship semifinal, whichsaw Canada beatRu sia for a spot in the gold-medal game, the United States and Finland have a history. Two years ago, the Finns bested the Americans in the gold-medal gamewhen now-Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko netted the go-ahead goal with 1:26 on the clock. Last year, Finland pitched a shutout to send the Americans home in the quarterfinals anddash theirhopes of a fifth straight year with a medal.But now it's 2021 andthe Americans have broken through. With just 1:16 on the clock  and a smidge over two minutes after the Finns tied the game after trailing 3-1 entering the final frame Arthur Kaliyev made it a party in the USA with what became the game-winning goal in a 4-3 victory."Obviously  Yovani Gallardo Jersey that was probably the craziest period of hockey I've ever played in," said John Farinacci, who scored the United States' second goal. "They're a really good team and we let them getback in the game a little bit with those two goals, but, you know, obviously Kaliyev and Alex Turcotte, who had the first a sist made a great play at the end there togive us the lead and ultimately the win.""I saw himwide open, which usually is never really an option because everyone knows how good of a goal scorer he is," Turcotte said as he described setting up the game-winner. "My eyes lit up and just ripped it to himand he had an unbelievable shot."Kaliyev was one of eight players from last year's U.S. squad to return (Bobby Brink, Cole Caufield, Spencer Knight, Alex Turcotte, Dustin Wolf, Cam York and Trevor Zegras are the others). Before the game, head coach Nate Leaman said he thought this group "might have a chip their shoulder."Well, seven of the eight (Wolf was the backup goalie) played key roles, including Turcotte, who had a  Zach Davies Jersey goal and the primary apple on Kaliyev's winner; and Zegras and Caufield, who had the helpers on Matthew Boldy's goal that gave the U.S. a 3-1 lead. With his apple, Zegras is now tied for second on USA Hockey's World Juniors all-time lists for a sists in a single tournament (10, with Derek Stepan and Phil Ke sel); points in a single tournament (16, withJeremy Roenick) and points in a career (25, withRoenick).Zegras also is tied atop the 2021 scoring leaderboard withCanada's Dylan Cozens at 16."He's very worthy of being the player that's leading the tournament in points. He's earned them," Leaman said postgame. "I think he works hard. I think tomorrow I'm very aware that Canada's going to try to bump him and take him out of his game, but I think he's mature enough to stay in that."In between the pipes was Knight, who was one of three U.S. goaliesin 2019and maybe had a little extra motivation. He was solid, stopping 33 of 36 shots, allowinggoals to Kasper Simontaival (two) and Roni Hirvonen. Simontaival's first goal was off a pretty pa sing play on the power play that would have been difficult for even the most veteran of netminders to stop and his second was after being left alone by the U.S. defense. With his sixth career win in the World Juniors on Monday night, Knight is now tied with Brian Boucher and Mike Dunham for fourth on USA Hockey's all-time wins list."It was a good game. A lot of momentum swings, great junior hockey, great tournament," said Leaman. "Finland'sknocked USA out of the tournament the past few years. It was a hump we had to get over and really proud of the guys."The U.S. will now face off against its North Americanrival for the gold."We know that they're the team to beat in this tournament," Leaman said. "We know everything's been written about them from Day 1.We know that this is one of their best teams all time.We're going togo. We want to challenge. Wewant the opportunity."Sporting News hadall the action as the United States nabbedaspot in the gold-medal game against the Canadians.(All times Eastern) USA vs. Finland score, highlights from 2021 Hernan Perez Jersey  World Juniors semifinalsThird period: USA 4, Finland 311:55 p.m.   13.3 seconds left. Finns win the draw but it goes out of the zone.11:55 p.m.   Finns call a timeout.11:54 p.m  Matthew Boldy with a big-time block on Ville Heinola who fires off a rocket from the point.11:54 p.m.   No goalie for Finland and the clearing attempt almost goes in.11:52 p.m.  GOAL  . It's an Arty Party! With just 1:16 left on the clock, Arthur Kaliyev gets the puck in the high slot, pivots and scores.  USA leads 4-3. THIS GAME IS INSANE  USA TAKES THE LEAD  TSN (@TSN_Sports) 11:46 p.m.  PP GOAL.  Roni Hirvonen bangs at the puck on the doorstep and knocks it in.  Game tied at 3-3. 11:45 p.m.   Henry Thrun trying to clear but it goes into the stands. Finland gets a power play. Big moment in this game.11:38 p.m.   Ville Heinola with a good chance but Spencer Knight eats it up.11:35 p.m   The high-energy line of Brink, Farinacci and Berard come close right after giving up the goal.11:34 p.m.  GOAL.   Jim Gantner Jersey Kasper Simontaival gets his second of the game as he sneaks in and is open for the goal.  USA leads 3-2.  Finland comes within 1...can they do it again?  TSN (@TSN_Sports) 11:32 p.m.   Off a quick transition, the U.S. has a 3-on-1 but Slaggert hits the outside of the net.11:31 p.m.   Just over 11 minutes left and Bobby Brink gets a good look and then so go the Finns.11:29 p.m.   Big kill for the Americans. Finland didn't really get any looks.11:26 p.m.   Cole Caufield tries to chip it but instead chips it above the gla s and will sit for two. Nate Leaman not happy as he knows Finland's power play is good.11:22 p.m.   Big scramble in front of Spencer Knight but he's on top of things as his defense helps out to get the final clear. Finland getting some looks early.11:19 p.m.   Final frame. Two-goal game. Cole Caufield gets a good chance le s than 15 seconds in.Second period: USA 3, Finland 111:00 p.m.   Americans control play for most of the final two minutes and well after but can't add another.10:56 p.m.  PP GOAL.  Cole Caufield quickly to Trevor Zegras in the high slot and puts in on the stick of Matthew Boldy for the redirect goal.  USA leads 3-1. That tip was CRISP   TSN (@TSN_Sports) 10:54 p.m.  Burch Smith Jersey   Finland takes a double-minor just seconds after the goal and the Americans, who have the best power play in the tournament (Finns No. 2) will go to work.10:53 p.m.  GOAL.  Finns completely lose track of John Farinacci and he sneaks behind the defense, breaks in and scores.  USA leads 2-1. That pa s was on a ROPE

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