NAHL U.S. National Team

U-17 Tops Germany

Published on February 10, 2006 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
U.S. National Team News Release


PIESTANY, Slovakia. -- The U.S. National Under-17 Team (3-0-0) earned their third straight victory at the 2006 Vlad Dzurilla Four Nations Tournament this morning, defeating Germany (1-1-0), 7-3.

Team USA struck first when defenseman Cade Fairchild (Duluth, Minn.) beat German goaltender Andreas Tanzer on a feed from Matt Rust (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). USA forward Ryan Hayes (Syracuse, N.Y.) stretched the lead to two 9:06 into the first period on a play from line-mate Carter Camper (Rocky River, Ohio). Germany replied 12:04 into first frame on the power-play to cut the U.S. lead to one at 2-1. Camper replied with a power-play goal from Hayes to give USA the 3-1 lead at the end of the first period.

Germany struck quickly into the second period cutting the USA lead to 3-2 just 46 seconds into the period. Camper sniped his second goal of the game for Team USA eight minutes into the frame on a set-up from Barry Almeida (Springfield, Mass.) to put the score at 4-2. USA forward Matt Rust scored his second goal of the tournament 15:21 into the second frame from Camper to push the lead to 5-2.

USA forward John Albert (Concord, Ohio) scored twice in the final frame, one unassisted and one on the power-play from Colin Wilson (Greenwich, Conn.) and Justin Vaive (Buffalo, N.Y.). Germany sandwiched a goal in-between the two Albert tallies for a 7-3 final.

USA netminder Josh Unice (Toledo, Ohio) player well, stopping 28 of 31 Germany attempts.

The U.S. National Under-17 Team faces Slovakia tommorow afternoon at 10:15 a.m. EST in the final game of the tournament. Team USA topped Slovakia 8-2 in an exhibition game three days ago.

NOTES: USA forward Carter Camper leads the tournament in scoring with five points (2-3) in two games. Camper also recorded four points (2-2) in the exhibition game versus Slovakia ... The U.S. National Under-17 Team is currently 6-0-1 in seven games this season at the two tournaments played in Slovakia ... The Vlad Dzurilla Under-18 Tournament is an annual event hosted by Slovakia ... This years tournament field features Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia and the United States ... You can follow the games with live scoring at http: //szlh.sk.

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