Team USA skated into the locker room with a 1-0 lead in the World Junior Championship semifinal on Monday, thanks to some unreal goaltending from Alex Nedeljkovic.
USA goalie Alex Nedeljkovic is making unreal saves look easy in the World Junior semifinal
In the first period!
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Nedeljkovic put on a clinic in the first period, stopping all eight shots by Russia. But two of them were definitely highlight-reel stops.
The first came late in the period. Russia found a rebound and a wide open net, but Nedeljkovic went down, flashed up his leg and somehow kept it out.
Oh my god this save from Nedeljkovic pic.twitter.com/vktvpwNU0h
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 4, 2016 He wasn’t done! Take a look at what he did during a 5-on-3 penalty kill for the U.S.:
The Carolina Hurricanes might have a stud goalie prospect on their hands. If the U.S. wins they'll play Finland in the gold medal game.
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