NAHL U.S. National Team

U.S. Nat'l U18 Team Tops Sweden, 3-1

Published on November 7, 2008 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
U.S. National Team News Release


LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Jerry D'Amigo (Binghamton, N.Y.) tallied a goal and added an assist to help the U.S. National Under-18 Team defeat Sweden, 3-1, here tonight in its third game at the 2008 Men's Under-18 Four Nations Cup. With the win, Team USA ended round-robin play with a 2-1-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record and advanced to the championship game tomorrow against Finland.

"Tonight was a big game for our guys against a very talented Team Sweden," said Ron Rolston, head coach of Team USA. "We came up with one of our best defensive efforts as a team and had excellent goaltending from Adam Murray."

Kenny Ryan (Franklin Village, Mich.) put Team USA ahead, 1-0, with a shorthanded marker at 17:29 of the first period. The goal came after Ryan stripped a Swedish defender of the puck at the U.S. blue line, broke in alone and fired a wrist shot into the top right corner of the net.

D'Amigo scored a power-play tally just 42 seconds into the second stanza. Cam Fowler (Farmington Hills, Mich.) fired a low slapshot that D'Amigo tipped between the legs of netminder Robin Lehner. Carl Klingberg cut Sweden's deficit in half after he tipped Simon Bertilsson's shot past Adam Murray (Anchorage, Alaska) at 17:42.

In the third period, David Valek (Orem, Utah) made it 3-1 after he tapped a rebound past a down and out Lehner at 10:13.

Murray made 30 saves to earn the victory.

Team USA will meet Finland in the championship game at 8 p.m. ET at 1980 Herb Brooks Arena on Saturday. Sweden will play Switzerland in the third-place match-up at 4 p.m.

NOTES: Jerry D'Amigo was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Cam Fowler is atop Team USA's leader board for the tournament with four points on four assists, while Kenny Ryan has paced Team USA in goals with three.

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