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Former Gophers player and associate coach Mike Guentzel, now a scout with the Utah Hockey Club, helped us breakdown the 4-Nations Face-Off. He was in Montreal last week and is now in Boston ahead of Thursday’s USA-Canada title game
Mike’s son, Jake, is one of the stars of Team USA. Jake had two goals in Saturday’s win in Montreal over Canada.
A forward for Tampa Bay, Jake is wearing the USA jersey for the first time. He had never represented his country prior to now.
Jake played in high school at Hill-Murray.
***Click the video box above to watch our conversation with Guentzel***
The Americans should have a decided advantage Thursday at goalie with Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck in their crease. He is 34-7-2 this season for the Winnipeg Jets with a career-low 2.06 goals-allowed average.
Jordan Binnington, who is 15-19-4 with with a 2.89 GAA for the St. Louis Blues, represents Canada.
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