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Minnesota players score three goals as U.S. wins World Juniors opener74%
By The Associated Press65% MPR News Staff0%
12/27/2025, 2:22:07 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Optimism Bias, and Recency Bias, with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 46.6% saturation with 131 hits. Analysis detected 291 faulty-reasoning hits from 281 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.4% and a BS Rank of 74% (5,388 of 20,372 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.60% of the article peer group.
Minnesotan Will Zellers scored twice and added an assist as the United States beat Germany 6-3 in both teams’ opening game of the World Junior Championships on Friday in St. Paul.
The U.S. is the two-time defending champion in the tournament.
Zellers, from Maple Grove, scored twice in the second period at Grand Casino Arena, picking up assists from Anthony Spellacy on both goals.
Fellow Minnesotan Max Plante of Hermantown opened the scoring for the back-to-back defending champions, finishing a rebound from a Teddy Stiga shot 5:34 into the first period.
Zellers and Brandon McMorrow, of Lakeville, assisted Chase Reid on a second goal midway through the first period before Will Horcoff netted a third with 4:05 remaining in the period.
Germany cut a three-goal deficit to two when Timo Kose scored with 2:21 left in the first period.
They cut that two-goal deficit to one on two occasions in the second period.
Simon Seidl and Lenny Boos both scored in the second period, with Dustin Willhoft assisting on both efforts.
Zellers’ goals created a two-goal cushion for the US each time.
Cole Eiserman’s goal with 1:53 left in the second period re-established the three-goal lead.
U.S. goaltender Caleb Heil of Victoria made 18 saves.
The U.S. has now outscored Germany 44-12 in the last six meetings.
They are seeking to become first team to win three consecutive world junior titles since Canada won five straight from 2005 to 2009.
Both teams will continue Group A play on Saturday.
Germany faces Slovakia and the U.S. faces Switzerland at Grand Casino Arena.
This winter’s tournament is the 50th World Juniors event, and the first time it’s been held in Minnesota since 1982.
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