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Thursday, April 21, 2011

RIELLY NAMED PLAYER OF GAME IN GERMANY

CRIMMITSCHAU, Germany - Nick Cousins' power-play goal late in the third period lifted Canada to a 4-3 quarter-final win over Germany on Thursday at the world under-18 hockey tournament.
Cousins converted a nice pass from Morgan Reilly at 15:18 to complete the comeback for Canada, which improved to 6-0 all-time against Germany. The Germans held leads of 2-1 after the first and 3-2 early in the third.

With the win, Canada advanced to a semifinal showdown Saturday against the United States.
Rielly, also on the power play, Ryan Murray and Brett Ritchie had the other goals for Canada.
Leonhard Pfoderl, Tobias Rieder and Alexander Ackermann replied for Germany.

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