NAHL U.S. National Team

U.S. Nat'l U17 Team Wins Bronze at World Challenge

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


PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - Jacob Fallon (Southlake, Texas) tallied three goals as the U.S. National Under-17 Team downed Canada West to earn the bronze medal at the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, here today.

Fallon put Team USA ahead, 1-0, 4:03 into the game when he slipped the puck around a defenseman and chipped it into the upper right corner of the net. At 15:30, Fallon collected a rebound in front and slammed it past netminder Calvin Pickard for a power-play goal.

In the second stanza, Stuart Higgins (Troy, Mich.) made it 3-0 after he one-timed a Bryan Rust (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) feed into the bottom left corner. Fallon completed his hat trick at 14:49 when Michael Mersch (Park Ridge, Ill.) drew in two defenders and dropped a pass to Fallon who fired it past Pickard from the right side.

Quintin Howden scored a pair for Canada West at 1:10 and 3:50 of the third period to cut the deficit in half. However, Team USA's defense and netminder Will Yanakeff (Jerome, Mich.) allowed nothing else to preserve the 4-2 victory and collect Team USA's third consecutive medal at a World Under-17 Challenge.

Yanakeff made 26 saves for the U.S. in the win.

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