NHL.com’s Adam Kimelman posted a story about Red Wings prospect Trey Augustine’s 38-save performance in Team USA’s 4-1 win over Canada last night at the World Junior Championship in Ottawa:
The victory allowed the U.S. to clinch the top spot in Group A and advance to a quarterfinal game against Switzerland on Thursday (2:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN3, TSN4, TSN5).
“Made the timely saves the guys needed, and they obviously helped me out too,” Augustine said. “I just thought it was a good team win.”
It was a good team win because Augustine was able to move past the struggles he had in his first two games. He allowed four goals on 22 shots in a 10-4 win against Germany in the tournament opener Dec. 26, and four goals on 44 shots in a 4-3 overtime loss to Finland on Sunday.
He had allowed seven goals in four games to help the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2024 WJC.
“He was dynamic tonight,” U.S. coach David Carle said. “The one (goal) they get on him, it’s a wide open net at the end of a [penalty kill] where he’s been pretty good on it. He was lights out. Really happy for him and proud of his effort, his ability to respond from the first two games because he’s his own hardest critic. For him to bounce back like that was big time.”
