Vernon Vipers forward Brett Stapley and Canada West fell 2-1 to theUnited States in the preliminary-round finale Tuesday at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge.
This is posted on the Hockey Canada website:
U.S. EDGES WEST IN THRILLER TO CLOSE PRELIMS AT WJAC
JASON LA ROSE
TRURO, N.S. – Jack Dugan poked in a loose puck with 32.7 seconds remaining, giving the United States a narrow 2-1 win over Canada West in the preliminary-round finale Tuesday at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge.
The win means the U.S. will face Switzerland in the first quarter-final Wednesday (3:30 p.m. AT), followed by West meeting East in an all-Canadian medal round match-up (7:30 p.m. AT).
With overtime looming, Dugan found the puck laying in the crease after a shot from Paul Cotter had squeezed under the arm of Canadian goaltender Zach Rose.
The winning goal capped arguably the best game of the tournament thus far, with more than 2,500 fans at the RECC treated to an end-to-end classic between the only two teams to ever win WJAC gold that was short on offence but not on excitement.
Boxscore-Game Summary,
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/national-championships/men/world-junior-a/2017/stats/game-summary?gameid=1707
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