NAHL U.S. National Team

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Published on November 1, 2004 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
U.S. National Team News Release


UNITED STATES NATIONAL UNDER-18 TEAM
The U.S. Under-18 Team, split a weekend set against two Division I opponents. Saturday, October 30, the U-18's were defeated, 7-4 by Harvard and on Sunday, October 31 the red, white and blue beat Brown, 1-0.

NEXT ACTION
The U-18 Team hosts the Compuware Four Nations Cup, November 7-12, 2004 at
the Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2004 COMPUWARE FOUR NATIONS CUP – SCHEDULE
November 8th Time Location
Sweden vs. Finland 3:30pm Ann Arbor, Mich.
USA vs. Switzerland 7:00pm Ann Arbor, Mich.

November 9th Time Location
Finland vs. Switzerland 3:30pm Ann Arbor, Mich.
USA vs. Sweden 7:00pm Ann Arbor, Mich.

November 11th Time Location
Sweden vs. Switzerland 3:30pm Ann Arbor, Mich.
USA vs. Finland 7:00pm Ann Arbor, Mich.

November 12th Time Location
Bronze Medal Game 3:30pm Ann Arbor, Mich.
Gold Medal Game 7:00pm Ann Arbor, Mich.

PREVIOUS WEEK RECAP
Saturday, October 30 – US-18, 4, Harvard, 7
Peter Mueller (Bloomington, Minn.) led the U.S. with two goals and an assist as they fell to the Crimson of Harvard, 7-4. Mueller opened the game scoring as he tallied his 9th goal of the season juts 5:02 into the game.

The Crimson staked a 5-3 lead by the end of the period on the strength of goals by Jon Pelle, Rob Flynn, Watters, and Andrew Lederman. The U.S. scores came off the sticks of Benn Ferriero (Essex, Mass.) and Mueller

Harvard extended its lead to 6-4 with a Dylan Reese power play tally midway through the final frame, but the Under-18's trimmed the lead with a goal at 17:37 by Saugus, Mass. Native, Jason Lawrence.

Mueller earned first star game honors with a two goal, one assist performance.

SATURDAY – US-18 at Harvard
TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
U-18 1-2-1 24 1-7 20 Blase (27-33)
Harvard 1-4-2 34 3-7 34 Daigneau (13-15)

Scoring:
USA: Mueller (PPG, G, A), Ferriero (G), Lawrence (G, A), Mercier (A), Skille (A)
Harvard: Cavanuagh (PPG), Watters (PPG, G, 2A), Flynn (G, A), Pelle (G,A), Reese (PPG, A), Welch (A), Bernakevitch (2A), MacDonald (A), Murphy (A),

Sunday, October 31 – US-18, 1,Brown 0
Mark Mietra (Livonia, Mich) recorded the lone goal of the contest just 3:36 into the game as Jeff Frazee (Burnsville, Minn.) made the goal stand-up turning aside 42 shots to give the USA the victory.

The Bears outshot the U.S. 42-22 and won 40 of 73 faceoffs, but could not get one past Frazee, who earned his and the NTDP's first shut out of the season and was named first star of the game.

The U.S. stopped 11 Brown power-play attempts

SUNDAY – US-18 at Brown
TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
U-18 1-0-0 34 0-7 22 Frazee (42-42)
Brown 0-0-0 32 0-11 41 Rowan (21-22)

Scoring:
USA: Mitera (GWG), Fraser (A), MacVoy (A)

UNITED STATES NATIONAL UNDER-17 TEAM
The U.S. Under-17 Team swept the Soo Kewadin Casino Indians in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 3-2 and 2-1 respectively.

THIS WEEK'S ACTION
The U-17 Team travel to Rochester, N.Y. and the ESL Centre for the Four Nations Cup, November 8-13, 2004.

2004 FOUR NATIONS CUP - SCHEDULE
November 9th Time Location
Switzerland vs. Slovakia 3:30pm Rochester, N.Y.
USA 17 vs. Russia 8:00pm Rochester, N.Y.

November 10th
Russia vs. Slovakia 3:30pm Rochester, N.Y.
USA 17 vs. Switzerland 8:00pm Rochester, N.Y.

November 12th
Russia vs. Switzerland 3:30pm Rochester, N.Y.
USA 17 vs. Slovakia 8:00pm Rochester, N.Y.

November 13th
Bronze Medal Game 3:30pm Rochester, N.Y.
Gold Medal Game 8:00pm Rochester, N.Y.

PREVIOUS WEEK RECAP
Friday, October 29 – US-17, 2, Soo 1
Chris Atkinson (Sparta, N.J.) recorded his first game-winning goal of the season when he tallied at the 16:52 mark of the final period giving the U.S. a 2-1 win over the Soo Kewadin Casino Indians. Mike Ratchuk (Buffalo, N.Y.) opened the game scoring with his first power-play goal of the year.

Joe Palmer (Yorkville, N.Y.) turned in another strong performance in the pipes allowing only a power-play goal en route to earning his third win of the season.

FRIDAY – US-17 at Soo
TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
U-17 1-0-1 8 1-5 18 Palmer (17-18)
Soo 0-1-0 10 1-4 18 Redmann (16-18)

Scoring:
USA: Atkinson (GWG), Ratchuk (G), Kane (A), Flynn (A), Strait (A)
Soo: Pentecost (G), Marcotte (A), Sellers (A)

Saturday, October 30 – US-17,2, Soo, 3
The U-17 scored the first three goals of the game, Kevin Montgomery (Rochester, N.Y.), Rhett Rkhshani (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Chris Summers (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and in goal Brett Bennett (Williamsville, N.Y.) held off third period Indian charge to notch his fourth win of the season.

FRIDAY – US-17at Soo
TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
U-17 1-2-0 12 1-3 16 Bennett (29-31)
Soo 0-0-2 8 0-5 31 Redmann (9-12)

Scoring:
USA: Summers (GWG), Montgomery (G), Rakhshani (G), Sperry (A), O'Brien (A), Sweatt (A), Marcou (A)
Soo: Kaunisto (G), Broughton (G), Bacon (A)

NAHL – NORTH Standings
TEAM GP W L OTL PTS WPCT GF GA
US National 17 12 5 0 24 .706 72 57
Toledo 15 9 6 0 18 .600 52 55
Fairbanks 16 8 8 0 16 .500 46 50
Youngstown 11 7 4 0 14 .636 48 33
Soo 16 5 9 2 12 .375 45 59
Cleveland 15 5 9 1 11 .367 48 51

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