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The United States pulled off a 4-2 upset win over Canada to open the 2016 World Juniors. SBN's Boston Bruins site Stanley Cup of Chowder writer, world traveler, and TRUE AMERICAN Sarah Connors made the trip to Helsinki to support Team USA. Thanks to the magic of television and Twitter, Connors, along with friends @androxin and @JoshHuman tell the story of today's game.
Early in the Game
Scoreless, but the US is still calm, confident, and also wearing a giant plastic eagle head
Canada Takes the Lead
IM SO ANGRY pic.twitter.com/niFrwgzqKZ
— FINLAND Connors (@sarah_connors) December 26, 2015
Team USA Ties It Up
(FYI, this is the greatest GIF, and should be used any time anything remotely AMERICA happens)
@sarah_connors celebrates white’s goal pic.twitter.com/oefLXKUKHU
— Marina Molnar (@mkmolnar) December 26, 2015
It Was A Good Third Period
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Team USA Wins
SO HAPPY pic.twitter.com/hAihKwwst2
— FINLAND Connors (@sarah_connors) December 26, 2015
Celebration Time
I cannot describe to you how drunk I am
— FINLANDrea (@androxin) December 27, 2015