The Latvians were pretty darn good through the first part of period 1 testing Hart several times while the Canadians were a tad lackluster in the beginning but that all changed in the latter part of the period and from then on our Juniors ruled the ice. Unfortunately, they also spent way too much time in the penalty box - way too much time. They have to get back to playing clean hockey or the U.S. will make them pay. Hart let in a couple of iffy goals especially the break-away goal by the Latvian player - will be interesting to see who gets the start against the U.S.
Biggest shock of the tourney so far is the collapse of last year's Gold Medal team the Fins.
The have lost 3 close games ... only 1 by more than 1 goal. Not sure I would call that a collapse. I think last year they won most of their games by a goal so this could be just luck of the puck.