Helene Elliott: U.S. strategy to go young pays off as men's hockey team beats Canada, 4-2
by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
Feb 12, 2022
3 minutes
BEIJING â Building their roster around college kids, while giving those kids enough freedom to be creative and enough structure to feel secure, paid off again with a victory for the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team.
A clever backhander by Brendan Brisson of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and the University of Michigan held up as the winning goal Saturday as the U.S. defeated Canada, 4-2, in preliminary-round play at National Indoor Stadium and improved to 2-0. Brisson, drafted 29th by the Vegas Golden Knights in 2020, is one of 15 college players on the U.S.
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