MONTREAL — Troy Terry scored the lone shootout goal, Tyler Parsons stopped all five shots he faced in the tiebreaker, and the United States outlasted Canada, 5-4, on Thursday night to win the world junior hockey title.

The game was decided in the five-round shootout after a scoreless 20-minute overtime period.

On Wednesday in the semifinals, Terry scored on all three of his shootout attempts to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Russia. Terry, a University of Denver forward, is an Anaheim Ducks draft pick.</s>The World Junior Hockey championship ended in dramatic fashion in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Competing for gold, Canada and USA went head-to-head in a hockey game for the ages. The Canadians would go up by two goals twice, but the Americans would come back each time to erase the deficit. 60 minutes of hockey in regulation time were not enough, and neither was 20 minutes of overtime. With the hockey game having so much action and high quality hitting and offence from both sides, it was a shame to see that it would need to result in a shootout to determine the winner. The United States would get the lone goal, winning the game 5-4 and bringing home with them the gold medal. Parsons makes the golden save in the shootout as USA tops Canada to win Gold. @CanadianTire #BigPlay #WorldJuniors https://t.co/JLvAqi0ZFz pic.twitter.com/grysEUa7OH — TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 6, 2017 Canadians often take pride in its hockey, often calling the sport Canada’s game. Thus losing the game considering it was to their North American rivals in a shootout with the leads that they had was truly heartbreaking. “They gave everything,” Canadian head coach Dominique Ducharme said of his players while speaking with TSN. “The commitment, the effort to our team, the attitude our guys had all tournament, they committed to the team.” [Image by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images] The gold medal game was not the only one filled with drama. The day before, two semifinal games had plenty of pace and back-and-forth action as well. In the afternoon, the United States and Russia displayed plenty of speed in a very entertaining game with few pauses in the action. Like their gold medal win, USA had to take the game to a shootout to advance to the finals. In the evening, Canada battled through adversity from giving up early leads to Sweden, yet were able to group together to deliver a very convincing win. The Swedish junior hockey team, winners of 40 straight preliminary games and the consensus favorite, were once again unable to see things through in the elimination rounds. They have only won a single junior gold medal in 35 years and have gone without a medal in a World Junior Hockey Championship in three straight. They lost in the bronze medal game to Russia, who scored 33 seconds into overtime. Considering that they were the only powerhouse team that did not have any eligible players unavailable due to playing in the National Hockey League, Sweden’s failures come at an even greater surprise. [Image by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images] The challenge for smaller hockey countries is that if they are missing of their top players, it is more difficult to fill their empty spots in the teams’ lineups with less top-end players to call upon. Finland, the defending gold medalists, were missing its top three eligible junior hockey players currently playing in the NHL. It is a reason they struggled mightily, forced to play in the relegation round. The team’s management even fired the entire coaching staff before its tournament was over after failing to meet expectations. A big story in the midst of this junior hockey tournament was the disappointing attendance for Hockey Canada. The governing body admitted that they expected better sales numbers. The main criticism was towards the ticket prices, which were close to professional hockey prices. Playing in a major hockey market seemed to make the decision makers think that high ticket prices would still fetch attendance. Similar concerns arose from the last time Canada hosted the World Junior Hockey Championship two years ago, thus ticket prices were 30 percent cheaper this year, according to CBC. The IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship is an annual event that features some of the world’s best young hockey players compete for gold. Next year’s tournament will take place in Buffalo, New York, USA. [Featured Image by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images]</s>U.S. Defeats Russia In Hockey World Junior Semifinal, Faces Canada For Gold

The United States hockey team bested Russia in a seven-round shootout Wednesday to secure a place in the IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal match on Thursday night.

It was the Americans' first win over the Russians in an elimination round in the tournament's history. They had been 0-7.

Tied at 3-3 at the end of regulation and through overtime, the game went to a dramatic penalty shootout that saw the crowning of a new American hockey hero: 19-year-old Troy Terry. The University of Denver sophomore and Anaheim Ducks prospect scored a shootout hat trick, including the game-winner in the seventh round.

"If you would have told me before the game that I would be the guy going multiple times in a shootout I would not have believed you," Terry said, per USA Today Sports.

According to International Ice Hockey Federation rules, a player can shoot again after all the players in the five-player shootout rotation have shot. In the initial five rounds, Terry and teammate Jeremy Bracco scored, and U.S. goalie Tyler Parsons made three saves. In the extra two rounds, Terry scored twice more.

The feat earned comparisons to T.J. Oshie's shootout performance in the 2014 Sochi Olympics when he scored on four of six attempts to beat Russia in group play. It also recalled Canadian Jonathan Toews' three shootout goals in the 2007 World Junior Championship semifinal, which knocked the U.S. out of contention.

And, of course, any time the U.S. tops Russia in hockey, there is inevitably a mention of the iconic Miracle on Ice game in which a young U.S. team downed the mighty the Soviet Union squad in the 1980 Olympics. In the intervening years, the superpowers' hockey rivalry has faded. As The Washington Post's Dave Sheinen wrote in 2014: "The hard edges of the U.S.-Russia rivalry have been softened by time, shifting geopolitical circumstances and the ubiquitous presence of Russians in the NHL, among other factors."

In the 2017 tournament, developments in U.S.-Russia foreign relations — specifically U.S. intelligence concluding that the Russian government interfered in the presidential election — added a small but noticeable wrinkle to the rivalry, as some wryly pointed out on social media:

In tonight's gold medal match, the U.S. will face Canada, which beat Sweden 5-2 on Wednesday night. As the Associated Press reports, "The United States and Canada have met three times for the title, with Canada winning in 1997 and the Americans in 2004 and 2010. Canada won the last of its record 16 titles in 2015." The U.S. beat Canada 3-1 earlier in the tournament.

The game starts at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on the NHL Network.</s>Hockey Canada knows what the clucking sound is that’s following them during the world junior hockey championship.

It’s the sound of chickens coming home to roost. The sound is especially loud as it reverberates around the thousands of empty seats staring Hockey Canada in the face.

Hockey Canada has to face the embarrassment of what their decision-making process has done to what was one of this country’s showcase events.

The swaths of empty seats in Montreal with Canada playing the Czech Republic in a playoff-round game Monday was the product of Hockey Canada milking the cow so hard, it simply dried up.

Hockey Canada is taking a public beating, rightfully so, over the dwindling attendance figures. Most critics are blaming the ridiculous cost of tickets for a junior hockey event; fewer are blaming just as important a fact — that there simply isn’t as much interest in junior hockey in big cities like Toronto and Montreal, who don’t support junior hockey 99% of the time.

Lest we forget the ultimate lame excuse that’s born of the ‘this is a big city, there’s so much going on; so many high profile events, there just isn’t enough money to go around,’ reasoning.

That’s not an excuse, that’s a diversion. The solution to that is simple ... don’t hold it in a big city.

Far from wringing our hands, shedding tears, tearing hair out, junior hockey fans should be joyous.

What’s happening in this tournament is great. It’s like the parent teaching an undisciplined child that there are consequences to making decisions based on being selfish, greedy and not truthful.

Hockey Canada has been allowed to raid the cookie jar without consequences for years. That stopped with this tournament.

Let’s be clear; Hockey Canada and the IIHF don’t look at the world junior hockey tournament as showcasing junior hockey talent. They don’t care about the sensitivities of smaller hockey markets. Neither care about doing the right thing.

All those bodies care about is bags and bags of money. The empty seats may be momentarily embarrassing to them but they haven’t risked anything. Cities that bid for the tournament offer them a profit guarantee of anywhere from $10 to $16 million regardless of how much money the tournament makes.

When you hear Hockey Canada tell you it isn’t about the money, feel free to laugh. If it isn’t about the money, why force such huge guarantees on bidding cities; guarantees that eliminate most of the junior hockey centres in Canada? Since no junior hockey tournament has lost money, why not be satisfied with whatever the tournament brings in? Why do they need a profit guarantee that’s any more than $1 if it’s all about spreading the junior hockey gospel?

The answer is obvious. It’s not enough. It’s never enough for Hockey Canada.

So when you criticize Hockey Canada for something, don’t criticize them for the price of tickets to this year’s tournament. Those prices are set by the bid committees, not Hockey Canada. The committees have to do what they can so that the profit guarantor isn’t left filling the bags of money Hockey Canada requires. High ticket prices are one way to offset the risk.

When is enough, enough? When does Hockey Canada do the right thing and allow junior hockey centres back into the picture to hold the world junior hockey tournament?

The junior hockey tournament needs to be born again, hallelujah. It’s time to stop looking at this tournament through big city or National Hockey League eyes.

It isn’t just the ridiculous guarantee demanded by Hockey Canada that makes the cost to attend exorbitant. When a tournament is held in a major centre, in this case two major centres, the operating costs will always be higher. Hotels, food, transportation, entertainment and everything associated with doing business in a bigger city costs more.

What’s the cost of flying teams between Montreal and Toronto rather than busing them between Windsor and London? Imagine the break fans would get because of lower costs to attend games. There were estimates that expenses for a tournament in London/Windsor would have been 25-30% lower than holding it in Toronto/Montreal.

Yes, that’s where this is headed. Holding the world junior tournament in a traditional junior hockey city won’t turn Hockey Canada into paupers. They’ll get their substantial pound of flesh; that’s a guarantee.

Junior hockey centres like London, Windsor, Kitchener, Kingston and others are already at a disadvantage and it has nothing to do with having fewer seats. They are hampered by finding a guarantor willing to risk having to pay any shortfall.

Smaller centres don’t have someone like private citizen Eugene Melynk, owner of the Ottawa Senators, to act as a guarantor; they can’t expect corporations to step forward and risk stockholders’ money as guarantors; and one can’t condone a municipality using taxpayers’ dollars to cover the entire amount.

What Hockey Canada must do is redefine its priorities. They must look at bid documents and judge not by the bottom line figure but by which plan is the best overall; and the best for junior hockey and its teams.

The London/Windsor bid theme was “Back to the roots; grow the game.”

The Hockey Canada selection committee opted for “Greed is good.”</s>Hockey fans from Osoyoos – and across British Columbia, Canada and many parts of the world – are expected to flock to British Columbia for what has become recognized as arguably the best hockey tournament in the world outside of the NHL playoffs.

With Team Canada in the hunt for a gold medal at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)in Montreal this week, Hockey Canada has announced that the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship will return to British Columbia.

The Site Selection Committee awarded the tournament to the Province of B.C. and BC Hockey in a live press conference from Rogers Arena in Vancouver two weeks ago.

The 2019 World Juniors will mark the 13th time that Canada will play host to the event and the second for the province.

The tournament will be co-hosted by Vancouver and Victoria starting on Dec. 26, 2018, with the championship final game taking place at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Jan. 5, 2019.

To support the event, the Government of B.C. has committed $2.3 million, with $300,000 directed specifically to legacy initiatives, which will put proceeds back into supporting hockey at all levels throughout the province.

British Columbia has a long history of hosting world championships, including the World Juniors in 2006 and most recently the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Canada Sevens World Rugby Series, and the IIHF Women’s World HockeyChampionships.

B.C. has also hosted two of the most recognized sporting events in the world – the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2010.

The 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship is a particularly exciting tournament as it marks the 100th anniversary of BC Hockey, a remarkable milestone for the sport in this province.

Events such as the IIHF’s 2019 World Junior Championship reinforce B.C.’s international reputation as a world class host of major events and a destination of choice for sport tourism.

Premier Christy Clark said this tournament has become one of the most anticipated and well attended sporting events in Canada and she’s thrilled hockey fans from across B.C. will be able to attend the games.

“The world juniors are an opportunity to see the next generation of hockey greats, leaving everything on the ice as they compete for their countries,” said Clark. “It’s always one of the most exciting events of the year, and we’re proud to welcome the world back to Vancouver and Victoria in 2019.”

Peter Fassbender, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, said he’s confident organizers will put together one of the best World Junior tournaments in history two years down the road.

“It is exciting to have the world juniors return to Canadian ice, marking the 100th anniversary of BC Hockey,” said Fassbender. “These young athletes serve as inspiration for our youth in British Columbia and support government’s goal to provide sport participants of all levels and abilities the opportunity to develop from playground to podium. We look forward to welcoming these elite athletes, their coaches and fans from around the world.”

Scott Smith, chief operating officer, Hockey Canada, said he has no doubt this tournament will be a huge success on and off the ice.

“While hosted in Vancouver and Victoria, the bid put forward by BC Hockey and the Province is truly provincial in nature, with positive impacts extending province-wide to communities beyond the two host-cities,” he said. “The province of British Columbia and the cities of Vancouver and Victoria have a history of hosting successful, world-class events, including the 2006 IIHF World Junior Championship. We are confident in this committee’s ability to successfully execute on their vision for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, and we look forward to working with them to ensure we leave a lasting legacy in B.C. and across the country that helps us continue to grow and foster the game from the grassroots to elite levels.”

Since 2001, the Government of British Columbia has invested more than $1 billion to support sport in B.C.

In 2016-17, the Province is investing close to $50 million in sport funding and $98 million in the tourism sector.

Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), has awarded the 43rd edition of the international tournament to BC Hockey and the province of British Columbia,

“While hosted in Vancouver and Victoria, the bid put forward by BC Hockey and the province is truly provincial in nature, with positive impacts extending province-wide to communities beyond the two host-cities,” said Scott Smith, chief operating officer, Hockey Canada.

Smith was chair of the site-selection committee, which also comprised Hockey Canada president and CEO Tom Renney, chair Joe Drago, and CHL president David Branch, and was supported by Dean McIntosh, senior director of events and properties for Hockey Canada, as the committee’s resource staff.

“The province of British Columbia and the cities of Vancouver and Victoria have a history of hosting successful, world-class events, including the 2006 IIHF World Junior Championship.

“We are confident in this committee’s ability to successfully execute on their vision for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, and we look forward to working with them to ensure we leave a lasting legacy in B.C. and across the country that helps us continue to grow and foster the game from the grassroots to elite levels.”

Hockey Canada has operated the IIHF World Junior Championship 12 times in the tournament’s 39-year history; including this 2017 tournament, which will wrap up later this week in Montreal and Toronto.

Leading the committee are co-chairs Barry Petrachenko, chief executive officer of BC Hockey, and Ron Toigo, managing director of Shato Holdings and president and majority owner of the WHL’s Vancouver Giants.

“The host committee is thrilled to bring back the highest level of junior hockey to the province and, specifically, the cities of Vancouver and Victoria. We appreciate the support of Premier Clark and the bid committee who collectively put forth a presentation to Hockey Canada that was successful in bringing this event back to the British Columbia,” said Ron Toigo, co-chair of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship host-committee.

“We believe strongly that we will build on the success of 2006, and the energy of the 2010 golden goal that has made it an exciting time for hockey in the province – we look forward to riding that wave into 2019.”</s>The annual event will feature the best talent in hockey from across the nation in the sub-junior category and will include 20 teams in A Division and 20 teams in B Division vying for top honours.





The 7th Sub-Junior Women National Hockey Championship 2017 is all set to begin on Wednesday at the SDAT Velumanickam Synthetic Hockey Stadium in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The tournament will be flagged off with B division matches between January 4 and January 13 while the A Division matches will commence from January 11 and conclude on January 22. The annual event will feature the best talent in hockey from across the nation in the sub-junior category and will include 20 teams in A Division and 20 teams in B Division vying for top honours.



The A Division will include four pools with five teams each featuring defending champions Sports Authority of India, Hockey Punjab (2016 runners-up), Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (2016 second runners-up), Hockey Haryana, Hockey Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Delhi Hockey, Hockey Karnataka, Chhattisgarh Hockey, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Gangpur- Odisha, Hockey Bihar, Hockey Madhya Pradesh, Hockey Odisha, Hockey Patiala, Hockey Mizoram, Bengal Hockey Association and Hockey Andhra Pradesh and Hockey Maharashtra.



B Division too will feature four pools with five teams in each pool that include Assam Hockey, Citizen Hockey XI, The Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd, Mumbai School Sports Association, Hockey Jammu & Kashmir, Sports Authority of Gujarat- Hockey Academy, Hockey Uttarakhand, Hockey Rajasthan, Hockey Gujarat, Hockey Puducherry, Hockey Bhopal, Goans Hockey, Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association, Vidarbha Hockey Association, Kerala Hockey, Hockey Himachal, Hockey Coorg, Hockey Madhya Bharat, Telangana Hockey, Hockey Him.



The national championships traditionally form the base for all future recruits into the national programs of the senior, junior and sub-junior categories, and this tournament boasts of showcasing the talent of over 700 budding hockey stars from all corners of the country.



The tournament this year is expected to be a preferred hunting ground for selectors, given the recent upsurge of hockey in India thanks to the incredible performances by the junior men's team that lifted the Junior World Cup, as well as the senior men's and women's team consistent show through the year.



Wishing the participating teams the very best, Hockey India President Mariamma Koshy said, "I am delighted and eager for the action to begin in the 7th Hockey India Sub- Junior Women National Championships in Ramanathapuram, TN. These championships have brought forward the future stars of Indian hockey and its nothing less than an honour to see how youngsters from all corners of the country are working hard towards making a career for themselves in the sport. I am confident that this year's national championships will unearth some bright future stars who will make it to the national teams in the future."



DNA</s>The United States and Canada took to the ice to decide the winner of the 2017 World Juinor Hockey Championships with Russia and Sweden meeting earlier in the day for the bronze. Can't ask for much more than both the Gold Medal Game and the Third Place Game needing bonus hockey to finish off a tremendously entertaining 2017 WJHC.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Canes Country.</s>Montreal is well-known as a ‘hockey town’. Their Montreal Canadians NHL team is one of the oldest sports franchises in North America and the fans support the team with a fervour other teams in the league envy.

But when it comes to international Junior hockey, Montrealers are not so impressed. Monday night’s quarter-final game between Canada and Czech Republic did not even half-fill the Bell Centre. Just 10,215 were in the stands to see the home-team win.

Some people say the pricey tickets were to blame, with seats in the upper levels at $50 (Cdn). Others say the tournament is not so special, since it was played here just two years ago.

Montreal and Toronto are both host cities to the IIHF World Junior Championship, and the turn-out is much better in Toronto. Near capacity crowds have turned out for the competition in that city.

It may be a different story in Montreal tonight at the semi-final match; the Canadian team play the Swedes, and the winner will play the victor in the Toronto face-off between the U.S. and Russia. Now it’s getting interesting.</s>When Rene Fasel takes a stroll around the expansive concourses of the Bell Centre, he can almost feel the money being sucked out of his wallet.

Just like you do.

With hockey fans around this country angered and disappointed at the lofty cost of ducats -- not to mention other services such as food and parking -- for 2017 world junior championship games at the Bell Centre and Air Canada Centre, the image of Hockey Canada has taken a thorough beating. And deservedly so.

But you’re not the only one who feels that way.

Fasel, the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, admitted Thursday that he, too, feels ticket prices were too high in Montreal and Toronto. One look at the chunks of empty seats at pretty much every game - even those involving the host Canadians - is evidence of that.

“You have to call a cat, a cat,” Fasel said. “If tickets are expensive, the weather is bad, we may prefer to stay at home to watch the game on television.

“I walk a bit at the ice rink here (Bell Center), I pay a small popcorn past $7. In addition, I pay my ticket past $100, I come with my family ... I think it’s between $500 and $800 if you’re four (people).

Ridiculous money. Money many fans understandably don’t want to shell out.

And that stone cold message has been relayed to organizers via empty seats.

Consider these numbers: Only 10,215 people were on hand for Canada’s quarterfinal victory on Monday against the Czech Republic. When that mediocre turnout caused officials to slash prices by $40 from $80 to $40 for some upper-level sections for the semifinal tilt between the Canadians and Swedes on Wednesday, the ensuing crowd of 13,181 still meant the building was 38% empty.

Obviously it was too little too late.

Capacity at the Bell Centre is 21,273. The total attendance for Canada’s two medal round games heading into Thursday night’s final was 23,396. Translation: It took two full world junior playoff contests to draw about as many people as the Montreal Canadiens get for one.

The public backlash against Hockey Canada has been dominated by claims from fans and media alike that the world juniors has turned into a giant “cash grab,” empty seats be damned. In stating their defence during a press conference at the Bell Centre Thursday, you almost expected Hockey Canada chief operating officer Scott Smith and outgoing president Tom Renney to turn their pockets inside out in front of all the reporters on hand and say: “See, we haven’t been stuffing ours with the profits.”

Where we take issue with Hockey Canada’s defence is when Renney and Smith -- two highly respected figures within the hockey industry -- claim they did research after the 2015 world juniors in Montreal and Toronto in order to find out why attendance had at times waned in that particular event. Obviously, the conclusions were inaccurate. Even after cutting prices by 30% from the ‘15 tournament, consumers still showed a resistance to buy what Hockey Canada has been selling.

Smith said that Hockey Canada used data from the 2012 tournament in Calgary and Edmonton -- the highest-ever attended world junior championship -- as a gauge for determining ticket prices for the Toronto 2015 and 2017 twin bid.

“That year, 175,000 people signed up for a lottery to win the right to buy tickets. And although I do not have all the details, I know that ticket prices were comparable to those set by the NHL teams in these two markets,” Smith said.

Once again, Hockey Canada did not properly read the market. A Canada-Czech Republic game simply does not draw the same interest as a Montreal Canadiens-Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night tilt. Nor will it elicit the same price. Not here. Not now. Not in this environment.

We get it when Renney says funds accrued from these events are funneled back into the sport at the grass roots level. Those of us who love the sport want as many kids to have the chance to play as possible. And that costs money.

But failing to understand the willingness -- or lack thereof -- of the ticket-buying public in both Toronto and Montreal to spend top end prices for your product for the second time in 24 months, well, that’s inexcusable.

And it will now be up to Smith and Renney to fix it by the time the 2019 tournament arrives in Vancouver and Victoria.

Only time will tell. The one thing we do know: repairing Hockey Canada’s image will be a much more difficult task.</s>It was only a matter of time before Markie Ash was able to make her mark.

The junior’s goal with 49 seconds left in overtime broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Waupaca Area Ice girls’ hockey team a 4-3 win over Lakeland/Tomahawk/Mercer Jan. 2 at the Waupaca Expo Center.

The Ice improved to 2-0 in Great Northern Conference play, while the Thunderbirds fell to 0-2.

It looked like the Ice would get a 3-2 win with time winding down in regulation, but the Thunderbirds’ Asucena Boyer tied the game with 21 seconds on the clock.

Neither team found the net again until Ash beat goalie Erin Sparks.

“The bottom line is we found a way at the end to get it done,” coach Dan Bauer said. “I’m just really excited for the girls. They worked hard and they deserve to get that one.”

Neither team scored until Avrey Simonson’s unassisted goal 1:50 into the second period gave the Ice a 1-0 lead. The Thunderbirds answered at the 10:43 mark with Makayla Fultz’s goal and took their only lead with 3:41 to go in the period on Jolie Quamme’s goal.

However, Simonson tied the game with 2:09 remaining in the period off of an assist from Ash to send the teams into the locker room tied at 2-2.

Jamie Slattery scored with 3:38 to go in regulation off of an assist from Ash and Katarina Otter-Giese and the Ice had the lead until Boyer’s goal in the final minute.

Ice goalie Anna Ryder stopped 27 of the Thunderbirds’ 30 shots, while Sparks finished with 22 saves.

“We talked about how we have to get more pucks to the net and make (Sparks) work a little harder,” Bauer said. “The first period, we didn’t get that done, but in the second and third and in the overtime, we did a better job. She is just so tough on that first shot. We had second looks with wide-open nets, but we couldn’t put the puck in the net.

“With her, it’s all about two things: getting traffic in front of her so she has a difficult time finding the puck and then keeping that first shot low so we can create a second opportunity,” he added. “It gets in her glove and it’s not coming out. With goalies like that, you have to try to take away their eyes and you have to try and score when they’re out of position.”

The Ice didn’t have much time to enjoy the win, as Waupaca Area was back on the ice Jan. 3 against Appleton United in a nonconference game at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The team will return to Great Northern play at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at home against Medford.

“We talked about trying to stay undefeated in the conference and we were able to do that,” Bauer said. “We have another one coming up on Friday so hopefully, we can stretch it out again.”
In ice hockey, the United States defeats Canada to win the gold medal at the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.