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U.S. National Under-18 Team Downs Colgate University, 4-1

October 25, 2009 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
U.S. National Team News Release

HAMILTON, N.Y. - Chase Balisy (Fullerton, Calif.), Jason Zucker (Las Vegas, Nev.), Bill Arnold (Needham, Mass.) and Nick Shore (Denver, Colo.) each scored and Jack Campbell (Port Huron, Mich.) stopped 29-of-30 shots as the U.S. National Under-18 Team downed Colgate University, 4-1, here today at Starr Rink. With the win, Team USA completed a three-game sweep of New York schools, Utica College (10-1), No. 6 Cornell University (3-2) and Colgate University, this weekend.

Balisy gave Team USA a 1-0 lead 5:26 into the contest when he poked home Adam Clendening's (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) rebound from the doorstep for a power-play tally. With 4:01 to play in the period, Stephen Johns' (Wampum, Pa.) shot caromed off the end boards to Zucker who slammed the puck into the open net to make it 2-0.

Just 2:11 into the second stanza, Brandon Saad (Gibsonia, Pa.) stripped a Colgate defenseman of the puck and feathered a pass to Arnold who snapped the puck past goaltender Charles Long from inside the left faceoff circle. Shore gave Team USA a four-goal advantage just 1:26 later after he tapped home a rebound off of Jon Merill's (Brighton, Mich.) right-point shot.

In the final frame, Campbell stopped all but one of the 12 shots he faced. David McIntyre tallied Colgate's lone goal at the 11:08 mark to account for the 4-1 final.

The U.S. National Under-18 Team will return to home ice to meet United States Hockey League West Division-leader Omaha Lancers at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube Friday (Oct. 30) at 7:05 p.m. EDT.

NOTES: Brandon Saad leads the U.S. National Under-18 Team with 12 points (5-7). He is averaging one point-per-game ... Jon Merrill notched his team-best eighth assist today. While leading all U.S. blueliners, Merrill is second overall on the team with 10 points (2-8) ... Jack Campbell registered his fourth win this season, while lowering his goals-against average to 2.01 and raising his save percentage to .929 ... The U.S. National Under-18 Team improved to 4-3-0 against NCAA opponents and are currently 2-0-0 against ECAC Hockey foes. Team USA has not lost to an ECAC Hockey opponent since Oct. 22, 2005 ... Today's match-up was the first-ever meeting between Team USA and the Raiders ... Joe Wilson (North Syracuse, N.Y.), who was added to the U.S. roster for this weekend's games, is verbally committed to attend Colgate University.

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