USHL U.S. National Team

U.S. National U18 Team Blanks Sioux City, 6-0

Published on February 28, 2010 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
U.S. National Team News Release


SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Bill Arnold (Needham, Mass.) and Bryan Rust (Bloomfield Hills, N.Y.) each posted a goal and an assist, while Andy Iles (Ithaca, N.Y.) stopped all 21 shots he faced as the U.S. National Under-18 Team earned a 6-0 victory over the Sioux City Musketeers. With the win, Team USA completed a three-game sweep of United States Hockey League opponents.

Rust opened the scoring just 32 seconds into the game after taking a feed from Arnold and putting the puck past goaltender Matt Skoff. Arnold doubled the U.S. advantage at 11:28 of the first period with Derek Forbort (Duluth, Minn.) picking up the assist on the goal.

Team USA kept the pressure on Sioux City and new netminder Jake Hildebrand, who entered the game at the beginning of the second period. Chase Balisy (Fullerton, Calif.) converted on a feed from Forbort just 2:27 into the middle stanza. Justin Faulk (South St. Paul, Minn.) made it 5-0 when his shot from the point bested Hildebrand for a power-play tally at 11:36. Exactly one minute later, Nick Shore (Denver, Colo.) took a pass from Adam Clendening (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) and put the puck past Hildebrand.

Iles turned aside 11 shots in the second period and another four in the final frame to secure the 6-0 shutout.

The U.S. National Under-18 Team returns to home ice on Saturday (March 6) when it will take on the Sioux Falls Stampede at 7:05 p.m. EST at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube.

NOTES: Jason Zucker netted six goals and seven points over the three-game weekend to lead the U.S.... Justin Faulk registered his team-leading 13th power-play goal... Austin Czarnik saw his 12-game USHL point streak come to a close tonight... Andy Iles posted his third shutout of the season... Team USA outscored its opponents 19-3 over its three games, earning a 6-2 win at Des Moines and a 7-1 victory at Lincoln.

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