NAHL U.S. National Team

U.S. Nat'l U18 Team Tops Switzerland, 4-2

Published on November 4, 2008 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
U.S. National Team News Release


LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - A.J. Treais (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) notched two goals as the U.S. National Under-18 Team defeated Switzerland, 4-2, here tonight in its first game of the 2008 Men's Under-18 Four Nations Cup at the Olympic Center.

With just 1:34 to play in the first period, Ryan Bourque (Boxford, Mass.) found Treais who snapped a shot over the right shoulder of netminder Benjamin Conz for a short handed goal. Team USA entered the locker room ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes.

Switzerland answered back in the second stanza when Renato Engler snapped a shot over the outstretched glove of Adam Murray (Anchorage, Alaska) at the 12:03 mark. Inti Pestoni staked Switzerland a 2-1 lead at 15:58 after he gained the zone and fired a wrist shot off the right post and into the net. With just 1:06 to play in the second period, Bourque and Treais broke into the Swiss zone alone. Bourque fed a cross-crease pass to Treais who chipped it over a sprawling Conz.

Jeremy Morin (Auburn, N.Y.) put the U.S. ahead 3-2 just 2:43 into the final frame after he found his way around a Swiss defender and fired a shot low-glove side and into the back of the net. Tyler Amburgey (Flower Mound, Texas) made it 4-2 after he fired a low wrist shot past Conz at 16:49.

Murray made 19 saves to earn the victory.

The U.S. National Under-18 Team returns to action tomorrow night (November 5) against Finland at 8 p.m. EDT at the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena.

NOTES: A.J. Treais (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) was named Team USA's Player of the Game ... Team USA out shot Switzerland by a 31-21 margin ... Defenseman Cam Fowler (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and forward Ryan Bourque each recorded two assists ... The 2008 Women's Four Nations Cup is running simultaneously with the Men's Under-18 Four Nations Cup at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid.

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