Team Finland won a 4-2 decision over Team USA White today at the World Junior Summer Showcase, so the Americans went 0-for-2 on the day.
Red Wings prospect Trey Augustine split time with Tyler Muszelik in goal, stopping 16 of 18 shots in 28:30 of play. Augustine gave one goal up via the 5-hole, and then, on a breakaway, an “under the blocker and over the pad,” to Finland’s Tommi Mannisto, but in all honesty, Augustine did the very best he could given that even Team USA White was playing too fine and making too many mistakes.
After the game, coach David Carle discussed both games, suggesting that the Americans had a fair set of “first steps” while shaking up the lineup a bit to see new combinations, and he felt that today’s losses needed to be taken in context of the three more games to come (for both USA Blue and USA White):
Overall, Augustine told me that it was an “okay” performance, and that is probably accurate, but I asked him about looking through screens, what he felt about the game he saw in front of him, his overall performance and of course what he’s going to do for “National Chicken Wing Day” (I couldn’t resist a last-second “softball”):
