JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Fourteen different players picked up points and Luke Carrithers (Maple Grove, Minn.) had 26 stops to pick up his first career win as the U.S. National Under-17 Team skated to an 8-5 win over the Johnstown Tomahawks here tonight inside 1st Summit Arena.

Brody George (Johnstown, Pa.) doubled Team USA's lead just 31 seconds later, dancing through a pair of Johnstown defenders after Kade Meyer (Minocqua, Wis.) found Mikey Berchild (Minnetonka, Minn.) in the right circle.

Dallas Potter got the Tomahawks on the board with 6:57 left in the opening frame with a one-timer from the low slot.

Lukas Zajic (Plainfield, Ill.) made it a 3-1 game 1:50 later, scooping up a rebound in the U.S. zone, racing up the right wing and going short-side over the shoulder of Johnstown netminder Ian Amaranto.

Sam Blanton brought the hosts within one, ripping a clapper on the power play, then Nick Jarmain tied the game at 3-3 with a rebound finish.

It was AJ Garcia (Romeoville, Ill.) who got the final word in the busy with period, getting a tip on a Luke Schairer (Charlotte, N.C.) whack from along the right boards for a redirect in the final five seconds.

Sammy Nelson (Maple Grove, Minn.) made things 5-3 with a quick strike on the doorstep off a cross crease pass from Zajic 11:42 into the second, then Wyatt Cullen (Moorhead, Minn.) extended the U.S. lead, picking up a loose puck that had been picked free along the boards, pausing and sending a wrister stick-side.

Mikey Berchild (Minnetonka, Minn.) netted his third in as many games with 2:03 to play in the period, depositing a Casey Mutryn (Norwell, Mass.) no-look pass after Sam Wathier (Des Moines, Iowa) got the play started.

On a Tomahawks five-on-three, Ryan Flaherty cashed in a one-timer from the left dot 8:29 into the final frame, then replicated the score 42 seconds later, but Johnstown was unable to complete the comeback as a Jamie Glance (Stratham, N.H.) empty-netter put the game on ice.

The U17s wrap NAHL play next week with a trip to Blaine, Minnesota, to take part in the 2024 NAHL Showcase. They kick things off with an 8:15 p.m. ET puck drop against the Minot Minotauros next Wednesday, Sept. 25 and the game can be streamed live on NAHLTV.