Hot start for Eagles in world cup

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If the World Cup is anything to go by, then it looks like Henry Eagles will be a force to be reckoned with this season.

 

4 games into the World Cup with his Eastern Europe team, Henry, sits with 6 goals and 3 assists for a total of 9 points. He was named #1 star in the tournament this week and leads the tournament in goals scored and points. He also after 4 games has an insane shooting percentage of 33.33% by scoring 6 in 18 shots. It seems like his off-season work on his shot has paid off.

 

This is also the first time Henry is playing in the world cup and representing Eastern Europe on the big stage.

 

In game 1, Eastern Europe faced off against Team USA and came out on top 4-2. EE put up 49 shots in the game and showed early that they will be a force to be reckoned with. The first game was Henry's worst game of the tournament as he only notched 1 goal.

In game 2 Eastern Europe once again faced off against the USA and it was a much closer game this time around with EE squeaking by with a 4-3 win. Henry Eagles showed up to this game as he put up 3 points. He got the game winning goal with 1:05 minutes left in the game and also helped out with 2 assists for a total of 3 points.

 

Game 3 saw Eastern Europe face Team Canada and it was another close one. EE edged out Canada 3-2. Eagles led the team with 2 goals as he continued his hot scoring pace.

 

In the last game of this week Eastern Europe faced off against Team Nordic and Won 4-3 in the shootout. Eagles put up another 2 goals and also added a helper to finish this game with 3 points.

 

"Things have been going great but I couldn't have put up numbers like these without my team-mates" Henry continued "now the goal is to continue playing at this pace and help our team win a gold medal. We have a very strong team and we all believe that we can win the gold. We are off to a 4-0 start which has been amazing"

 

Eastern Europe is also off to a hot start and are the early favorites for the tournament. They are currently the only team at this time of writing who are undefeated. If Henry can continue this pace we see no reason why Eastern Europe can't win the gold at the end of this tournament. Alot of their games have been 1 goal wins, so going forward they will have to find ways to build on their leads as in hockey, luck can go any way.

This showing by Henry is also good news for Vancouver who are expecting big things from their star player and to build on his last season. Many are predicting and even Henry himself has set this as his goal of notching 50 goals in the VHL this season.