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U18s Fall to Central Illinois, 2-1

By USAHockeyNTDP.com, 11/23/18, 8:00PM EST

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Michael Gildon tallies his sixth goal of the season in loss to Flying Aces.


Photo by Rena Laverty

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois – Michael Gildon (Plano, Texas) scored the lone goal for the U.S. National Under-18 Team in its 2-1 loss against the Central Illinois Flying Aces on Friday evening at Grossinger Motors Arena.

The U18s are now 16-5-1-0 (W-L-OTL-SOL) on the season while the combined Team USA fell to 6-8-0-0 (W-L-OTL-SOL) in USHL play.

U18s goaltender Cameron Rowe (Wilmette, Ill.) made 36 saves in the loss.

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Rowe made 12 saves and helped Team USA kill off a penalty in a scoreless first period.

Gildon opened the scoring at the 5:24 mark of the second period off a feed from Judd Caufield (Grand Forks, N.D.) and Jack Hughes (Orlando, Fla.).

Rowe made another 14 saves, including a diving effort on a 2-on-0 breakaway late in the second period to keep the U18s on top 1-0 into the second intermission.

Central Illinois tied the game at 3:53 of the third period on a power play tally. The game-winning goal was scored on a rush play on another Fling Aces power play at 17:11 to bring the game to its 2-1 final.

Central Illinois outshot the U18s 38-30. The U18s were 1-1 on the power play while the Flying Aces went 2-4 on the man advantage.

NTDP alums Trevor Janicke (2016-18) and Ryan Siedem (2017-18) had one and two assists respectively for Central Illinois.

The U18s return to USA Hockey Arena on Saturday (Dec. 1) against the Waterloo Black Hawks.

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