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Gophers Trio Finishes World Junior Championship Run
8/19/2022 2:00:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Cooley, Faber, Knies combined for 11 points in five games
EDMONTON - The United States, defending gold medalists, ended its run for a repeat at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship Wednesday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Logan Cooley, Brock Faber and Matthew Knies all represented the University of Minnesota on Team USA and combined for 11 points in five games.
After getting out to a blazing start to the tournament, going a perfect 4-0 in the preliminary round where they outscored the opposition by a 22-4 margin, the Americans were unable to sustain the momentum into the knockout stage. Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the first period against Czechia Wednesday in the quarterfinals on a goal from Cooley, the U.S. allowed three-straight tallies before falling 4-2.
Serving as team captain, Faber scored a goal and had an assist for two points in five games. His +10 rating led the U.S. and was tied for the second-best of all participants following the quarterfinal round. Both of his points came in the win against Switzerland with his second-period goal serving as the game-winning goal.
Minnesota associate head coach Steve Miller served as an assistant coach for Team USA along with former Gophers captain Grant Potulny, who currently is the head coach at Northern Michigan.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled for Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, from Dec. 26- Jan. 5, 2022. Due to the spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship was cancelled to ensure the health and safety of all participants and moved to August 2022.
After getting out to a blazing start to the tournament, going a perfect 4-0 in the preliminary round where they outscored the opposition by a 22-4 margin, the Americans were unable to sustain the momentum into the knockout stage. Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the first period against Czechia Wednesday in the quarterfinals on a goal from Cooley, the U.S. allowed three-straight tallies before falling 4-2.
Serving as team captain, Faber scored a goal and had an assist for two points in five games. His +10 rating led the U.S. and was tied for the second-best of all participants following the quarterfinal round. Both of his points came in the win against Switzerland with his second-period goal serving as the game-winning goal.
Cooley finished fourth for the Americans totaling six points (two goals, four assists) and was third of all players at the tournament in face-off percentage as the incoming freshman won 63.5 percent of draws in the five outings. His first-period tally against Germany proved to be the game winner in the team's opening contest.He called for it.
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) August 12, 2022
He got it.
He delivered. @Brockfaber14 | #WorldJuniors 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/TiepiCdaaL
Knies added three points, all on assists, and was a +3 playing in all five games. After not recording a point in the first two games, he found his rhythm and closed the event with a point in each of his final three games played.Skill + Speed @MattCoronato with a beautiful setup for Logan Cooley! #WorldJuniors 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/lIIb9HgFYL
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) August 10, 2022
The United States picked up wins over Germany (5-1), Switzerland (7-1) and Austria (7-0) before closing the preliminary round with a 3-2 victory against Sweden.Matthew Knies grew seven inches when he was playing in the USHL and had to learn how to use his size and strength in his game.
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) August 11, 2022
Now, @usahockey coach Nate Leaman says "he's a heck of a player."@jonmorosi | @matthew_knies | #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/IQR8GFyaEK
Minnesota associate head coach Steve Miller served as an assistant coach for Team USA along with former Gophers captain Grant Potulny, who currently is the head coach at Northern Michigan.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled for Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, from Dec. 26- Jan. 5, 2022. Due to the spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship was cancelled to ensure the health and safety of all participants and moved to August 2022.
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