Video: Kaliyev pots two in USA’s World Junior Summer Showcase win over Sweden

You might be interested in the first minute of the highlights Arthur Kaliyev package from Wednesday’s 6-0 win over Sweden at the World Junior Summer Showcase.

Kaliyev scored twice as part of a three-point, seven-shot outing in an afternoon the United States sat its veteran skaters. As part of a 2001-heavy lineup, Kaliyev skated to the right of Blake McLaughlin (ANA) and John Beecher (BOS), the latter of whom he found with a crisp pass for a bang-bang rush goal on the team’s first shot of the game. He added a pair of his own in the second period by knocking in a fluttering Jordan Harris (MTL) rebound out of mid-air with a baseball-style swat before emphatically burying the long rebound of a Zac Jones (NYR) shot.

United States 6, Sweden 0
Alex Turcotte: 0-0-0, 0, 2 SOG
Arthur Kaliyev: 2-1=3, +3, 7 SOG
Tobias Bjornfot: 0-0=0, -4, 2 SOG
Samuel Fagemo: 0-0=0, -2, 0 SOG

Notable alignment:
Robertson-Turcotte-Brink (USA – first line)
McLaughlin-Beecher-Kaliyev (USA – second line)
Pasic-Back-Fagemo (SWE – third line)
Bjornfot-Broberg (SWE – first pairing)

Finland 8, Canada 3
Kim Nousiainen: 0-0=0, +1, 2 SOG
Akil Thomas: 0-1=1, 0, 1 SOG
Aidan Dudas: DNP

NHL Network broadcast schedule:
Wednesday, July 31: Finland 8, Canada 3 (Nousiainen: +1, 2 SOG; Thomas 0-1=1, 2 PIM)
Wednesday, July 31: USA 6, Sweden 0 (Kaliyev: 2-1=3, 7 SOG)
Friday, August 2: Sweden vs Canada, 10:00 a.m. PT
Friday, August 2: Finland vs USA, 1:00 p.m. PT
Saturday, August 3: Sweden vs Finland, 10:00 a.m. PT
Saturday, August 3: USA vs Canada, 1:00 p.m. PT

–Lead photo via David J. Parrotta

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