The U18s got on the board with the lone goal of the opening period on Guzzo's first of the evening. On a power play, Alex Weiermair (San Diego, Calif.) won the puck that got back to Fortescue at the right point. He found Guzzo at the right circle, where he sniped his shot in the top corner to let the teddy bears rain down onto the ice. 

Guzzo connected again at 4:10 of the second period to put the U18s up 2-0. Carter Slaggert (South Bend, Ind.) started a 3-on-2 rush into the offensive zone and found Guzzo. He swung the puck to Fortescue who returned a pass to Guzzo in the slot. The Harvard commit connected from the left circle for his sixth score of the season.

Just over five minutes later, Weiermair found the back of the net to give him goals on back-to-back nights. His shot from between the hashmarks was set up by Guzzo and Fortescue to give both of them three-point evenings. 

The home team made it four in a row on a pretty 2-on-1 that was finished in front by Ryan Fine (Center Moriches, N.Y.). Charlie Cerrato (Fallston, Md.) drew the puck around a defender and centered a feed to Fine alone in front for a backhand finish and his 10th score of the season.

Utica stopped the U.S. run 32 seconds later when Lucas Hermann potted a second-chance opportunity in front of the cage to make it a 4-1 game after 40 minutes of action.