U.S. Defeats Russia In Hockey World Junior Semifinal, Faces Canada For Gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QagwN8GnQ20 The United States hockey team bested Russia in a seven-round shootout Wednesday to secure a place in the IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal match on Thursday night. It was the Americans' first win over the Russians in an elimination round in the tournament's history. They had been 0-7. Tied at 3-3 at the end of regulation and through overtime, the game went to a dramatic penalty shootout that saw the crowning of a new American hockey hero: 19-year-old Troy Terry. The University of Denver sophomore and Anaheim Ducks prospect scored three goals, including the game-winner in the seventh round. "If you would have told me before the game that I would be the guy going multiple times in a shootout I would not have believed you," Terry said, per USA Today Sports . According to International Ice Hockey Federation rules , a player can shoot again after all the players in the five-player shootout rotation have shot. In the initial five rounds,