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Boston University, IIHF, International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, Jordan Greenway, Minnesota Wild, Team Canada, Team USA
If the U.S. team at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship was a 1960s pop music group, it would probably be called Jordan and the Americans (Okay, I had to get some kind of Jay and the Americans reference in there before the end of the year).
Boston University forward Jordan Greenway continued his impressive play for Team USA at the tournament Saturday, by notching a goal and an assist and by generally wrecking havoc on Team Canada in the U.S.’s 3-1 victory at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.
Jordan Greenway has good hands and a long reach. Minnesota Wild pick good near net. 2-0 🇺🇸 https://t.co/iZgN61EJWH
— BucciOT.Com (@Buccigross) December 31, 2016
Greenway, a 2015 Minnesota Wild second round draft pick, made his 6-foot-5, 230-pound presence felt at both ends of the ice and made life miserable for Team Canada’s goaltender with numerous close-range stuff-in attempts.
His play Saturday caught the attention of analysts on the NHL Network and several folks on social media.
World Junior Hockey 2017: USA takes down Team Canada, with Jordan Greenway leading the way https://t.co/h3JawrIvv1 pic.twitter.com/Rjn4o0J35X
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) December 31, 2016
Jordan Greenway is big. Also, good. 2-0 USA with another on the power play. Special teams a big factor early. Had been a concern coming in
— Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) December 31, 2016
1 goal, 1 assist for Jordan Greenway vs. our friends north of the border 6:04 into today's game#mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) December 31, 2016
Colin White on the power play puts USA up 1-0 over Canada. Unreal flip pass from Jordan Greenway #WJC2017 pic.twitter.com/wfd8ejp0vh
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) December 31, 2016
More from Chris Peters’ The United States of Hockey blog: The way Greenway has developed over the last two years should give a lot of hope to Minnesota Wild fans. He played like the power forward he was brought onto this team to be, using his frame to get pucks to the net and make some plays. The move he made to score Team USA’s second goal showed his combination of power and finesse. You need guys like that to impose their will on a game and I thought we saw that more today from Greenway than any other time in the tournament.