After the goal, the Ottawa Senators forward screamed, revving up the crowd and his teammates. He is known as a player who brings teammates into a fight and he was wading into this unexpected battle royal against the plucky Danes.<\/p>\n
Less than a minute later, Eichel won another face-off, this time to Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>, who chipped it back to Eichel. The Golden Knights forward calmly snapped it home for a 3-2 lead at 10:23.<\/p>\n Now, the Americans were on their way and Eichel had his fingerprints all over it.<\/p>\n There were more bumps along the way, but the Americans never trailed again.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s expected,\u201d said American forward Jack Hughes<\/a>. \u201cHe is one of the best players in the game and obviously one of the top Americans.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is a guy we look to for a lot of production. He carries a heavy burden for the Knights team, so it\u2019s the same role for him, having to come in here and produce and lead our team.\u201d<\/p>\n Denmark (0-0-2-0), which got goals from Nick Olesen and Nicholas Jensen in the first period, put up a fight that many did not expect.<\/p>\n “No matter what team you’re going up against we go out there to win, and I think that showed, especially in the first period that we wanted to be competitive,\u201d said Denmark forward Lars Eller<\/a>. \u201cSo right now it stings; a loss stings. It just wasn’t enough today. We hung in there, I think, made it a game until late in the third; just wasn’t enough.”<\/p>\n