GENEVA, Ill. - Jamie Glance (Stratham, N.H.) and Lukas Zajic (Plainfield, Ill.) both scored and added an assist, but the U.S. National Under-17 Team fell to the Chicago Steel in an 8-4 final tonight from Fox Valley Ice Arena.

Aidan Dyer extended Chicago's lead to five, beating U.S. goaltender Ryan Cameron with a wraparound goal 5:55 into the second.

Zajic got the U.S. going with a power-play tally at 11:40, grabbing a loose puck along the left boards and firing from the dot.

Glance added a second for the U17s just 56 seconds later. Dayne Beuker (Portland, Ore.) picked off the puck in the defensive zone and fed Glance in stride, who flew up the ice to beat NTDP alum Jack Parsons far-side.

William Tomko made it a 6-2 game at 14:47 with a one-timer from the low slot, but AJ Garcia (Romeoville, Ill.) cut Chicago's lead back to three with 57 seconds left in the period. Zajic grabbed a whiffed puck in front of the U.S. net to connect with Garcia who finished on the breakaway.

Yurchuk and Sisson added a pair to the Steel's count to start the third before some pretty passwork between Team USA made it an 8-4 final. Casey Mutryn (Norwell, Mass.) won a puck battle along the boards and slid a no-look pass to Beuker, who snapped it to Mikey Berchild (Minnetonka, Minn.) for the one-timer finish from the right circle.

The U17s are back in action Saturday, Jan. 4 as they head to Trinity Health Arena for a joust against the Muskegon Lumberjacks. Puck drop is set for 6:10 p.m. ET and the game can be streamed live on FloHockey.