Also: Corey Perry is still a piece of Avery!
The United States lost their final IIHF World Championship preliminary round game in overtime, 3-2 to Slovakia, but the overtime loss qualified them for the quarterfinals.
And to think, all this time you'd been (mis)calling the regulation point a Bettman Point!
Taking Slovakia to extra time ensured that the U.S. would retain fourth place in Group B, two points ahead of fifth-place Slovakia and setting up a quarterfinal matchup with the Czech Republic, who won Group A.
New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson was one of the U.