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DAWSON CREEK, B.C.- The U.S. National Under-17 Team came from behind once again, scoring four third period goals, to defeat Canada Black tonight, 5-4 in its last preliminary game of the World Under-17 Challenge.
Canada Black opened the scoring at 14:20 of the first period on the power play.
Despite heading to the dressing room with a 1-0 deficit, Team USA outshot Canada Black 17-5 and rang the puck off the post twice in the first period.
After a second Canada Black power play goal, Cole Caufield (Stevens Point, Wis.) netted his team-leading 17th goal of the season at 16:09 of the second period. Caufield sent the puck over the blocker of Canada Black’s Nolan Maier off a one-timer from Matthew Boldy (Millis, Mass.).
Boldy tied the game at two apiece at 4:43 of the third with help from Alex Turcotte (Island Lake, Ill.) and Patrick Moynihan (Millis, Mass.).
Caufield sent a cross-ice pass to Hughes who shot it to the front of the net where Turcotte tipped it past Maier at 6:59 of the third period to give Team USA the lead.
Judd Caulfield (Grand Forks, N.D.) backhanded the puck into the net to extend the U.S. lead, 4-2.
Caufield netted his second of the night at 10:39 of the third period to make it 5-2. Domenick Fensore (Thornwood, N.Y.) and Alex Vlasic (Wilmette, Ill.) added assists on the goal.
Canada Black netted two goals late in the third for a final of 5-4.
USA’s Spencer Knight (Darien, Conn.) tallied 14 saves while Canada Black’s Maier had 43 saves.
The U.S. will face Sweden Thursday (Nov.9) at 2:30 p.m. MST /4:30 p.m. ET in its quarterfinal game at Encana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, B.C. The game will be streamed on HockeyTV.com.
NOTES:
The U.S. outshot Canada Black, 48-18 ... The U.S. went 1-6 on the power play while Canada Black went 3-4 … Alex Turcotte (1-1-2) was named the U.S. Player of the Game …Jack Hughes and Cole Caufield are tied for first in tournament points with 7 ... Hughes and Caufield are also part of a four-way tie for first in assists with 4 … The 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge includes two groups of four teams. Group A features Canada Black, Canada White, the Czech Republic and the United States, while Group B includes Canada Red, Finland, Russia and Sweden ... Follow @USAHockeyNTDP on Twitter for tournament updates and join the conversation on social media by using #WU17USA and #WorldU17. For complete tournament coverage, visit the Hockey Canada website.
Date | Opponent | Round | Time (Local/ET) | Location |
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Sun., Nov. 5 | Czech Republic | Preliminary | 7 p.m./9 p.m. | Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
Mon., Nov. 6 | Canada White | Preliminary | 2:30 p.m./4:30 p.m. | Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
Tues., Nov. 7 | Canada Black | Preliminary | 7 p.m./9 p.m. | Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
Thurs., Nov. 9 | TBD | Quarterfinals | TBD | TBD |
Fri., Nov. 10 | TBD | Semifinals | TBD | TBD |
Sat., Nov. 11 | TBD | Championship & Third-Place Games | TBD | Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |