U.S. National Under-18 Team Tops Tri-City, 3-1, at 2009 USHL Fall Classic
September 24, 2009 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
U.S. National Team News Release
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Chase Balisy (Fullerton, Calif.), Frankie Simonelli (Bensenville, Ill.) and Justin Faulk (South St. Paul, Minn.) each netted goals as the U.S. National Under-18 Team topped the Tri-City Storm, 3-1, here today in its first game at the 2009 United States Hockey League Fall Classic at the Tyson Events Center.
With 1:44 to play in the opening stanza, Balisy gave Team USA a 1-0 lead after he took a pass from Brandon Saad (Gibsonia, Pa.) and slid the puck under netminder Carson Chuback for a power-play goal.
After a scoreless second period, Simonelli doubled the U.S. advantage when he gathered the puck off the half wall, walked in down the right side and wired a wrist shot over Chuback's outstretched glove just 3:20 into the third frame. With Team USA on a two-man advantage, Luke Moffatt (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) fed Faulk, whose one-timer from the top of the left faceoff circle zipped past Chuback to make it 3-0. Jaden Schwartz tallied for Tri-City on the power play at 12:35 to account for the 3-1 final.
U.S. netminder Jack Campbell (Port Huron, Mich.) had 12 saves to earn his first win of the season.
Team USA returns to action Friday against Fall Classic host Sioux City Musketeers at 7 p.m. CDT.
NOTES: The U.S. National Under-18 Team began the season by shutting out its opponents for the first 112:35 it played ... Justin Faulk has two power-play goals through the first two games ... The U.S. converted on two of its four power-play opportunities and out shot Tri-City by a 27-13 margin ... The National Team Development Program returned to the USHL as a full-time member during this season for the first time since 2000-01. The U.S. National Under-18 Team will play a 26-game schedule during the USHL regular season and along with the U.S. National Under-17 Team, which will play 36 regular-season games, will count jointly in the standings as one club in the East Division ... Team USA will also meet the Des Moines Buccaneers during the 2009 USHL Fall Classic Saturday at 1:30 p.m. CDT at the IBP Ice Center.
North American Hockey League Stories from September 24, 2009
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