scratched him so he could rest??? uhmm...no, not exactly. He got BENCHED in the 3rd period, after he let a Swiss player walk around him and score that last goal [ya know....the one many people are blaming Jeff Likens for?? yeah - that was all about Bourque...]
part of an article I already posted
here
Winning goal buoys Schremp
By JIM CRESSMAN -- London Free Press
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Rob Schremp was smiling again yesterday. A couple of days ago at the world junior hockey championship, the London Knights forward was down in the dumps.
An OHL-leading 26 goals hadn't been enough to earn him a spot on a regular line in the United States' first game of the tournament on Saturday against Russia.
But that changed during the third period on Monday night during a wild 6-4 victory over Switzerland that saw Schremp score the winning goal.
Chris Bourque, son of ex-NHLer Ray Bourque, was benched and Schremp was in.
Yesterday at practice, he was on a line and will be used in that situation tonight when the U.S. plays Belarus. ...
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another comment I wanted to make is about the god awful ice surface at the Ralph. A lot of the players have been complaining about it. Especially Team USA. For a team that is built for speed and quick puck movement .... a lousy ice surface is just compounding their organizational problems - making them much worse than they would be...hardest on the goalie - as it's tough to predict weird puck bounces. The boys even nicknamed the Ralph "The Sludge Bowl" that's how bad it is. Hopefully they'll get it in better shape, I guess they've been working on it, so maybe they've come up with a solution...