NAHL U.S. National Team

U.S. National U18 Team Drops 4-2 Decision to Merrimack

Published on January 4, 2009 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
U.S. National Team News Release


NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - Despite a 36-save performance from Adam Murray (Anchorage, Alaska), the U.S. National Under-18 Team fell to Merrimack College, 4-2, here tonight.

The Warriors got on the board first with a power-play goal when Francois Ouimet converted on a rebound at 8:30 of the opening stanza. Kenny Ryan (Franklin VIllage, Mich.) answered back for the U.S. after Cam Fowler (Farmington Hills, Mich.) carried the puck down the ice and sent a saucer pass to Ryan who knocked it in. Merrimack retook the lead when Jesse Todd tipped Chris Barton's pass into the back of the net backside. With just 31 seconds to go in the first frame, Carter Madsen tallied an unassisted shorthanded goal to make it 3-1.

Chris Brown (Flower Mound, Texas) took a cross-ice feed from Drew Shore (Denver, Colo.) , skated into the Warrior zone and ripped a wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle at 11:02 of the second period to bring Team USA within one. Murray turned aside all 11 shots he saw in the middle frame.

Todd knocked home a rebound with just 1:57 to play in regulation to ice the 4-2 win for Merrimack.

The U.S. National Under-18 Team returns to the Ann Arbor Ice Cube on Sunday (January 11) to take on the Mahoning Valley Phantoms at 3 p.m. ET.

NOTES: Warrior netminder Joe Cannata is an alum of the National Team Development Program ... NTDP goaltending coach Joe Exter, was a standout netminder at Merrimack, serving as team captain his final year ... Chadd Cassidy, assistant coach for the U.S. National Under-18 Team, is serving as head coach in the absence of Ron Rolston, who is serving as head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Ottawa, Ont.

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