Bourque Scores Five Goals in Team USA's Rout of Norway
Published on December 27, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Chris Bourque, the son of Hall of Famer Ray Bourque, scored five goals and Phil Kessel added five assists to power the United States past Norway 11-2 in an opening game at the world junior hockey championship.
The Americans, the gold-medal favorite, scored five power-play goals and one short-handed goal Monday night while outshooting Norway 56-19.
Elsewhere, Canada downed Finland 5-1 at Vancouver, the Czech Republic beat Latvia 5-1 at Kamloops and Russia defeated Sweden 5-1 in Kelowna. Round-robin play in the 10-team event ends Saturday.
The 19-year-old Bourque, a second-round draft pick of the Washington Capitals, scored twice on the power play and once short-handed. Kessel, a center from Madison, Wis., assisted on four of Bourque's goals. He is projected as the first pick in this year's NHL draft.
Erik Johnson, a 17-year-old defenseman from Bloomington, Minn., had a goal and two assists. T.J. Osie, Jack Skille, Peter Mueller, Robbie Schremp and Kevin Porter also scored for the U.S.
Dennis Sveum and Mathis Olimb scored for Norway, which was playing its first game in the top tier of the world juniors since 1991.
The U.S. has a 5-1-0 lifetime record against Norway. The last time the teams played was 1991 when the Americans won 19-1.
The Pacific Coliseum shook with chants of, "Go, Norway, go." The booing of the Americans began during pregame introductions. The U.S. goals were met with silence from the crowd.
On Tuesday, it's Switzerland-Norway at Vancouver and Slovakia-Latvia at Kelowna.
In 20 games this season for HERSHEY, Bourque has scored five goals and assisted on 10 others for 15 points.
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