Red Wings Prospect Augustine Helps USA Capture Gold

The South Lyon, Mich. goalie was 4-0 in the tournament with a 1.75 goals-against average and .931 save percentage.  Augustine, 18, helped the Americans win a bronze medal last year. Augustine now had nine career wins at the WJC, placing him third on USA’s all-time list.

“It’s a great feeling,” Augustine said. “We just stuck to our game plan, and things worked out for us. I think the turning point was early in the third when we got that goal from Buium. That settled us down. It was a great game for us. We wanted to make them make a perfect shot.”

Sebastian Cossa, two years older than Augustine, is Detroit’s No. 1 goalie prospect. He’s playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins. But it’s hard not to look at Augustine having ability similar to Cossa’s. The major difference is Cossa is 6-foot-6 and Augustine is five inches shorter.

Sandin Pellikka netted two goals and finished with six points in seven games for Sweden. He posted one assist in the gold medal game. Johansson played sparingly but drew notice for his heavy hitting. He only played 12 seconds in the gold medal game, yet managed to log 12 minutes of penalties in the final minutes of the game.