Logan Cooley

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Logan Cooley is the World Juniors' Forgotten Star (The Hockey News)

Team USA's Logan Cooley is thriving at the world juniors. His details and skill make him one of the tournament's best players – except for that one ...

A strong performance in Wednesday's semifinal against USA's fiercest international rival will do wonders to cement Cooley's name within the annals of world juniors history. When the topic of Bedard stealing Cooley's thunder came up, Peart took a second to ruminate before answering. Each year, the teams that make it far at the world juniors have their own hero. "You see the way he skates, the way he moves. He's an unstoppable freshman racking up monster numbers for one of the best programs in college hockey, and has now spent the 2023 world juniors guiding his country to a legitimate shot at a gold medal. Cooley's name has been largely absent from the headlines through the preliminary round of the tournament – and, frankly, it's hard not to see why.

Flyers' Prospect Cutter Gauthier, USA Fall to Canada; Hart Returns ... (Philly Hockey Now)

Down 2-0, Canada roared back and defeated USA, 6-2, in the World Junior semifinals. Joshua Roy keyed the comeback.

[Philadelphia Flyers1 day ago ](https://phillyhockeynow.com/2023/01/13/philadelphia-flyers-challenge-stopping-alex-ovechkin-ovi-washington-capitals-caps-travis-konecny-sam-samuel-ersson-carter-hart-morgan-frost-500-mark/) Rookie goalie Sam Ersson has won the last three games. [Philadelphia Flyers1 hour ago ](https://phillyhockeynow.com/2023/01/14/5-observations-flyers-beat-capitals-twice-this-week-konecny-streak-ends-scott-laughton-carter-hart-washington-capitals-alex-ovechkin/) He is expected to face visiting Arizona on Thursday, which would be his first game since the Entering the USA-Canada matchup, Gauthier had eight points (two goals, six assists) and a plus-8 rating in five World Junior games. 23 game against Carolina. In that championship game, Philadelphia Flyers prospects Cam York and Bobby Brink helped USA jolt Canada, 2-0. 1 overall in the June draft. (The Americans appeared to tie the score at 3-3, but the goal was erased because of goaltender interference.) Bedard made it 2-1 just 1:19 after Connors’ goal. Roy, drafted in the fifth round by Montreal in 2021, had two goals and two assists for Canada. In Wednesday’s other semifinal, Czechia scored a 2-1 overtime win over Sweden.

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West Mifflin native Logan Cooley scores goal for Team USA at World ... (CBS News)

Cooley, a West Mifflin native and the 3rd overall pick in this past year's NHL Draft, scored a goal to put Team USA up 1-0 against Canada.

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