Friday, October 30, 2009

(Exibition) USA 5 Canada West 2

Game Recap

Team USA Dump Team Canada West

Team USA dumped Team Canada West 5-2 Friday night in Montague in exhibition play at the 2009 World Junior A Challenge.

Shane Berschbach led Team USA with 2 goals and 1 assist while Nic Dowd added 1 goal and 2 assists.

Berschbach opened the scoring at 2:43 to give Team USA an early 1-0 lead. Conner Jones scored at 5:43 to tie the score at 1-1. Jeff Costello (powerplay) scored at 7:41 to regain the lead for the Americans at 2-1. Kellen Jones (powerplay) scored at 19:58 to knot the game at 2-2 after the first period. Dowd (game winner) scored at 4:32 to extend the lead to 3-2 after the second period. John Parker scored at 9:18 to increase the lead to 4-2. Berschbach (empty net, second goal of game) rounded out the scoring at 19:23.

Team USA went 1 for 3 on the powerplay while Canada West went 1 for 4.

Will Yanakeff stopped 28 of 30 shots for the win while Kirby Halcrow stopped 23 of 27shots in the loss.

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