MONTREAL – Ivan Barbashev and Sergei Tolchinski scored power-play goals to lead Russia to a 3-2 victory over the United States on Friday in a quarter-final game loaded with minor penalties at the world junior championship.
Alexander Sherov also scored for Russia, which advanced to a semifinal in Toronto against the winner of the Sweden-Finland quarter-final. Goalie Igor Shestyorkin was solid as the Americans outshot Russia 41-25.
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Defencemen Anthony DeAngelo and Zach Werenski scored for the Americans, who will finish out of the medals for a second straight year after winning the 2013 tournament in Ufa, Russia.
The game that was neither chippy nor very physical was marked by a total of 14 minor penalty calls, helped by some embellishment from both teams.
The U.S. was drawn into five minor penalties in the opening period and fell behind 2-0.
After Tyler Motte and J.T. Collins were sent off, Barbashev poked in a loose puck in the crease on the two-man advantage at 2:31.
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