After their much needed victory against Romania, the rag tag Americans suffered a devastating tie against the West Germans. In the next round, the Soviets crushed Romania 18-1, no I'm not kidding and the Swedes crushed the West Germans 7-1. Canada and the Czechs battled to a 3-3 tie which meant the US had to beat Team Finland in order to keep pace with Canada and knock Finland further back. Here's the obligatory Team USA roster.
Team USA
So who was Finland bringing to the World Championship? A couple of New York Islander draft picks Martti Jarko and Kari Makkonen along with St. Louis Blues draft pick Risto Siltanen. Pertti Koivulahti was on a hot streak as well so the Americans were going to have to earn this one. Let's see how they do.
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