Farabee scores natural hat trick as U.S. pummels Kazakhstan 8-2 at world juniors

U.S. goalie Cayden Primeau made 11 saves in the victory. Kazakhstan’s Vladislav Nurek and Demid Yeremeyev combined for 58 saves in the loss.

The Americans went 2 for 6 on the power play. The Kazakhs were scoreless in five chances with the man advantage.

The U.S. will face fellow Group-B powerhouse Sweden on Saturday. Kazakhstan is slated to taken on Slovakia on Sunday.

Earlier Friday, Artyom Galimov and Nikolai Kovalenko both scored shorthanded goals as Russia held on for a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

Jachym Kondelik scored the lone goal for the Czechs (1-1).

Galimov opened the scoring for Russia (2-0), finding the back of the net at 17:05 of the first period after his teammate Alexander Alexeyev took a two-minute penalty for hooking.

Kovalenko capitalized on another shorthanded chance with five minutes remaining in the second period while killing a holding penalty by Ivan Muranov.

Kondelik cut the deficit to one with a goal 47 seconds later, but Czechs couldn’t to complete the comeback.

Lukas Dostal made 26 saves in a losing effort for the Czech Republic. Russia’s Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 24 shots for the win.

Russia sits tied atop Group A with Canada at six points apiece.

The Czech Republic is slated to face Canada on Saturday. Russia has a day off before taking on Switzerland on Sunday.

The Canadian Press

by Canadian Press

Farabee scores natural hat trick as U.S. pummels Kazakhstan 8-2 at world juniors

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