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Several members of the Black and Gold are competing for their respective countries at the IIHF World Championships in Finland, including both of the team's goaltenders in Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark for the United States and Sweden, respectively.
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Team USA faced off against the Swedes on Saturday, with both Bruins keepers in goal for their teams. Just as they had throughout the regular season and into the playoffs, Swayman and Ullmark shared an embrace on the ice, even when rocking different sweaters this time around.
Swayman and the Americans got the best of Sweden, 3-2, on an overtime winner from Adam Gaudette, a Massachusetts native who played at both Thayer Academy and Northeastern before joining the Vancouver Canucks.
As far as Bruins players are concerned, Swayman turned aside 20 shots in his second consecutive win for the U.S. following a 3-0 blanking of Great Britain in his international debut. Ullmark made 21 stops in defeat.
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If Swayman gets the start for the U.S. again on Sunday against Czechia, he'll be facing off against both a current and former teammate on the Bruins in David Pastrnak and David Krejci.
The Americans are currently in fourth place in Group B, still two points behind Sweden. But the U.S. is still in good shape, as the top four teams in each group advance out of the preliminary round into the quarterfinals.
