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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Dustin Wolf survives the first round of cuts for team USA at the WJSS. USA had enough players for two full squads but have cut down the camp to just 31 players.
The other 2 goalies left are Spencer Knight (Fla 1st 2019) and Isaiah Saville (VGK 5th 2019).
Wolf had a .949 sv % and 1.92 GAA in the first 2 days of the WJSS
https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1037873 |
I dug into this a little bit:
Dustin Wolf played for the first two days behind the USA White squad, along with undrafted G Drew DeRidder. The White team lost both their games to Finland (2–3) and Sweden (1–2 OT). USA White outshot Finland 38–21 in the first game, and DeRidder posted a 0.824 SP, while v. Sweden they were outshot 39–33 with Wolf in goal.
Both Spencer Knight and Isaiah Seville played for Team USA Blue, which won both their games handily: 4–2 v. Sweden with Seville posting a 0.905 SP on 21 shots, and 7–1 v. Finland where Knight badly outplayed his counterpart Jasper Patrikainen, and stopped 26/27 shots. Wolf lost his game because he did not get anywhere near the run support that Knight and Seville benefitted from behind USA Blue. Based on the numbers he looks to be arguably right there with Knight as the top goalie in camp.