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December 13, 2004 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
U.S. National Team News Release


UNITED STATES NATIONAL UNDER-18 TEAM
The U.S. Under-18 Team went 1-2 on the week with a 6-0 home win over the Toledo IceDiggers on, Tuesday, December 7, a 3-2 Saturday, December 11, afternoon loss to the seventh ranked University of New Hampshire Wildcats followed by a 5-1, Sunday, December 12, evening loss to Dartmouth College Big Green.

NEXT ACTION
The Under-18 team head back out on the road to take on perennial Division III power Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) on Friday, December 17 at 7:00pm and Saturday, December 18 also at 7:00pm.

PREVIOUS WEEK RECAP
Tuesday, December 7 – Toledo, 0, USA 6

Billy Blase (Santa Monica, Cailf.) posted his first shut out of the season making 30 saves while defenseman Jack Johnson (Faribault, Minn.) led the offense with two tallies, including the game-winning first goal, in a 6-0 romp over the Toledo IceDiggers.

Johnson opened the scoring just :54 into the game with a picture perfect wrap around goal. Swooping in from the left point Johnson collected a loose puck behind the IceDiggers net swung around the goal and buried a shot into an empty net before Toledo goaltender Justin Marriot (Ontario, Calif.) had time to get from post to post.

Phil Kessel (Madison, Wisc.), who earlier in the day was selected to represent the United States at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship, notched his sixteenth goal and third shorthanded score of the season just five minutes after Johnson's goal.

A pair of Bloomington, Minnesota natives gave the U.S. a four-goal cushion as Peter Mueller and Ryan Stoa tallied at the 6:47 and 8:41 mark respectively in the first period. Three minutes and twenty-nine seconds after Stoa had scored his twelfth of the year, Zac MacVoy (Livonia, Mich.) recorded his fifth of the season with a precision shot to the upper right side of the net.

TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
Toledo 0-0-0 14 0-3 30 Marriot (4-7)
USA: 5-0-1 12 0-4 36 Blase (30-30)

Scoring:
USA: Johnson (2G), MacVoy (G, A), Mueller (G, A), Kessel (SHG), Stoa (G), Skille (2A), Lawson (A), Gentile (A), Bailey (A), Inman (A), Mercier (A), Vlassopolous (A), Mitera (A), Lawrence (A)

DURHAM, N.H. – Chris Murray (Dover, Mass.) scored a goal at 18:09 of the third period to lead the seventh-ranked University of New Hampshire men's hockey team to Saturday afternoon's 3-2 exhibition victory against the U.S. National Under-18 Team at the Whittemore Center.

With UNH leading 2-1 at the start of the third period, the U.S. U-18 Team tied the score, 2-2, when Mark Mitera (Livonia, Mich.) netted a power-play goal with a shot from the high slot at 4:48. Phil Kessel (Madison, Wisc.), with a pass from the left circle, and goaltender Jeff Frazee (Burnsville, Minn.) (30 saves) were credited with assists.

Murray gave the Wildcats their third lead of the game when he intercepted a clearing attempt at the right point and fired a screened shot into the net. With the U.S. team already on the power play, Frazee was pulled in favor of an extra skater with 40 seconds to play. The visitors generated offensive pressure but UNH goaltender Kevin Regan (South Boston, Mass.; 23 saves) preserved the one-goal lead.

Daniel Winnik (Mississauga, Ontario) initiated the scoring with a pass from the left corner behind the net to Justin Aikins (Surrey, B.C.), whose centering pass was one-timed into the net from the low slot by Jacob Micflikier (Winnipeg, Manitoba).

The U.S. U-18 Team tied the score, 1-1, with a power-play goal at 7:38 when Nathan Gerbe (Oxford, Mich.), with the assistance of Ryan Stoa (Bloomington, Minn.) and Kyle Lawson (New Hudson, Mich.), scored when his centering pass from the right doorstep was redirected into the net. New Hampshire regained the lead, 2-1, at 17:26 on a screened shot from the high slot by Craig Switzer (Peachland, B.C.) that sailed into the upper-right corner of the net. Robbie Barker (Concord, N.H.) and Brett Hemingway (Surrey, B.C.) were credited with assists.

TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
USA 0-1-1 41 2-10 25 Frazee (30-33)
UNH 1-1-1 28 1-10 33 Regan (23-25)

Scoring:
USA: Gerbe (G), Lawson (G), Stoa (A)
UNH: Murray (GWG), Switzer (G), Micflicker (G), Aikins (A), Winnik (A), Barker (A), Hemingway (A)

Sunday, December 12 – USA 1, Dartmouth, 5
FROM DARTMOUTH SPORTS INFORMATION

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth men's hockey found some offense as senior captain Lee Stempniak recorded a hat trick in the Big Green's 5-1 exhibition win over the U.S. National Under-18 team on Sunday night in Thompson Arena.

Stempniak scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and had two more in the third. Jarrett Sampson got things started for Dartmouth three minutes into the second stanza. J.T. Wyman and Nathan Szymanski recorded points for the first time this year by assisting.

Jack Johnson (Faribault, Minn.), assisted by Ryan Stoa (Bloomington, Minn.) and Nathan Gerbe (Oxford, Ohio), tallied the tying goal for the U.S. with 17:47 showing and Stempniak pulled Dartmouth ahead at 19:05.

The last 20 minutes of the game had Stempniak and Eric Przepiorka notching goals as Nick Johnson, David Jones, Mike Ouellette, Dave Thompson and Mike Hartwick all had assists.

Sean Samuel in goal for Dartmouth had 27 saves while Billy Blase (Santa Monica, Calif.) in net for the U.S. team had 37.

TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
USA 0-1-0 34 1-11 42 Blase (37-42)
Dartmouth 0-2-3 49 1-9 28 Samuel (27-28)

Scoring:
USA: Johnson (G), Stoa (A), Gerbe (A)
Dartmouth: Stempniak (3G), Przepiorka (G), Sampson (G), Wyman (A), Szymanski (A), Johnson (A), Ouellette (A), Thompson (A), Hartwick (A)

UNITED STATES NATIONAL UNDER-17 TEAM
The U.S. Under-17 Team was defeated twice in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. by the Soo Kewadin Casino Indians. On Friday, December 10, they fell 3-1 with a 6-1 loss on Saturday, December 11, 2004.

NEXT ACTION
The U-17 team heads to Lethbridge, Alberta, for the World Under-17 World Hockey Challenge. The U-17 open December 29, 2004 against Slovakia, with a December 30 game against Germany, January 1 tilt against Team Ontario, January 2 against Team West. Medal rounds will follow preliminary play beginning January 3, 2005. Prior to the game on the 30th the U-17 play an exhibition contest against Team Quebec.

PREVIOUS WEEK RECAP
Friday, December 10 – USA, 1, Soo, 3

Billy Sweatt (Elburn, Ill.) opened the game scoring for with a marker at 7:24 of the first period. Kevin Montogomery (Rochester, N.Y.) and James O'Brien (Maplewood, Minn.) picked up there ninth and seventh, respectively, assist of the season.

Indians forward Matt Jones (Grand Rapids, Mich.) responded with the first of the three Soo goals with a tally :21 into the second period. A U-17 second period penalty allowed Soo front liner Joe Beaudry (Marquette, Mich.) to score the game-winning goal when he scored on the power play at 7:37 of the middle period.

The Soo added an insurance goal when Ryan Ward (Saline, Mich.) bested U-17 goaltender Brett Bennett (Williamsville, N.Y.) in the third period.

TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
USA 1-0-0 8 0-4 18 Bennett (22-19)
SOO 0-2-1 12 1-2 22 Kearney (18-17)

Scoring:
USA: Sweatt (G), Montgomery (A), O'Brien (A)
SOO: Jones (G), Beaudry (GWPPG), Ward (G), Sellers (2A), Bacon (A), Gretchen (A), Pentecost (A)

Saturday, December 11– USA, 1, Soo, 6

The U-17 had no answer for the Soo Indians this night as they fell behind 4-0 after one period en route to a 6-1 defeat.
The Soo scored the first three goals of the game in a span of just over three minutes as Derek Stabile (Saut Ste. Marie, Mich.), Joey Bacon (Cambridge, Minn.) and Nik Sellers (Plymouth, Mich.) scored rapid fire.

Michael Carman (Apple Valley, Minn.) notched his seventh goal of the season (his fourth power play goal) with Chris Atkinson (Sparta, N.J.) and Trent Palm (Edina, Minn.) earned assists on the extra man score.

Brett Bennett (Williamsville, N.Y.), who entered the game at the 5:40 mark of the first period, posted 24 saves in a relief effort.

TEAM SCORING PIM PP SHOT W/L Goalie
USA 0-0-1 16 1-6 20 Palmer (4-7)
Soo 4-2-0 16 0-6 34 Kearney (19-20)

Scoring:
USA: Carman (PPG), Palm (A), Atkinson (A)
Soo: Chamblee (G), Stabile (G), Bacon (G), Satterley (G), Matta (G), Sellers (G), Akkerman (A), Kaunisto (A), Flath (A), Jones (A), Pentecost (A), Beuadry (A), Ward (A), Gurnoe (A)

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