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U17s Pick Up First USHL Win

By USAHockeyNTDP.com, 10/19/19, 10:45PM EDT

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Luke Hughes nets OT-winner


Photo by Rena Laverty

GENEVA, ILL. - The U.S. National Under-17 Team picked up its first USHL win against the Chicago Steel Saturday night at Fox Valley Ice Arena thanks to two goals from Dylan Duke (Strongsville, Ohio) and an overtime-winner from Luke Hughes (Manchester, N.H.).

Duke opened the game’s scoring at the 13:56 mark of the first period. He put the puck in after a cross-ice pass from Jack Devine (Glencoe, Ill.) got deflected into the slot. Caden Brown (St. Louis, Mo.) also picked up an assist on the goal.

Former NTDP forward, Sean Farrell (2017-19) evened the score, 1-1 at the 19:35 mark of the first period.  

After a lengthy review, Jack Hughes (Westwood, Mass.) netted his first of the year at the 19:58 mark of the first. Hughes spun around and shot the puck on his backhand and after review, had it in over the goal line while Team USA was shorthanded.

The Steel tied it again, 2-2, at 6:35 of the second period.

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Duke sent the puck to the front of the net, while short-handed, where it was tipped in by a Steel player to make it, 3-2. Red Savage (Scottsdale, Ill.) picked up an assist on the play.

The Steel tied the game at three at 17:04 of the middle frame.

Chicago netted a power-play goal at 7:04 of the third to take a, 4-3 lead.

Ty Gallagher (Clarkston, Mich.) shot a one-timer into the top of the net to tie the game, 4-4 at 7:48 of the third period. Brown picked up his second assist of the night while Liam Gilmartin (Falls Church, Va.) tallied his first with the helpers.

Luke Hughes tapped in the overtime-winner after a wrap-around attempt by Devine at the 0:58 mark of overtime for a 5-4 final.

Kaidan Mbereko (Aspen, Colo.) stood tall in net making 29 saves in the win while Chicago’s Ian Shane had 27 saves.

The U17s return to USA Hockey Arena on Friday (Oct. 25) as they take on the Youngstown Phantoms at 7 p.m. ET. Tickets can be purchased at USAHockeyNTDP.com.Tix.

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