MUSKEGON, Mich. - The U.S. National Under-17 Team scored five goals in the first period and went on to defeat the Muskegon Lumberjacks, 10-1, in a USHL game played Saturday night before 2,756 at L.C. Walker Arena in Muskegon.

The U17s improve to 27-7-0-0 and have won seven games in a row (all in the USHL).

Team USA is in first place in the Eastern Conference with a record 22-9-0-1 in the USHL and has won 10 games in a row. Muskegon is 17-15-1-1 and had a two game winning streak snapped. 

16 differently players scored points for the U17s.

The U17s were also strong on the power play, going 6-for-8 with the man advantage.

Team USA extended a 5-1 first period lead to 7-1 with two second period goals. Alex Turcotte (Island Lake, Ill.) set up Boldy at the hashmarks at 13:59 and Cole Caufield (Stevens Point, Wis.) finished a 5-on-3 power play with goal with a hard shot from the left circle at 19:40.

Caufield scored twice in the third period to complete the hat trick and Trevor Zegras (Bedford, N.Y.) completed the scoring at 19:13.

Shots on goal favored Team USA 38-36.

The last time the U17s scored 10 goals in USHL play happened earlier this year on October 7, 2017 in a 10-5 win in Chicago.

The U17s are back in action next Friday and Saturday at USA Hockey Arena, hosting the Lincoln Stars. Game time on Friday and Saturday is 7 p.m. ET. Tickets for all NTDP games can be found at USAHockeyNTDP.com/Tix.