2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Atlantic 0 - United States 7

POWER PLAY SCORES FOUR AS U.S. ROUTS ATLANTIC

TIMMINS, Ont. – Thanks to a lethal power play, the United States is first into the win column at the 2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

Tyler Biggs, Robbie Russo, Travis Boyd and Jordan Schmaltz all scored with the man advantage as the Americans routed Atlantic 7-0 on Tuesday afternoon at McIntyre Arena to run its round-robin undefeated streak to 11 games, dating back to 2006.

Rocco Grimaldi, J.T. Miller and Blake Pietila also scored for the U.S., which held off a spirited first period effort from the Canadian side before pulling away in the final 40 minutes, scoring six times in the last two periods.

Grimaldi added two assists to his goal, picking up Player of the Game honours, while Miller also had a goal and two helpers.

Matt McNeely made 24 saves to record the shutout between the pipes for the Americans, while Robert Steeves stopped 25 in a losing cause for Atlantic.

Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 1 Round/Ronde Preliminary
Arena/Aréna McIntyre Arena
Location/Lieu Timmins, Ont., Canada
Date Tues. Dec. 29, 2009
Time/Heure 2:00 PM ET
Attendance/Assistance
N/A
 Game Status/Statut de jeu
 Final

Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 Final/Totale
ATL
0
0 0 0
USA
1 0 0 0

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période
Goals/Buts :
   12:12 USA 44 Tyler Biggs (91 Rocco Grimaldi, 67 J.T. Miller) PP

Penalties/Pénaltés :
   04:23 USA 42 Barrett Kaib (Tripping)
   09:37 USA 92 Jake McCabe (Interference)
   11:27 ATL 5 James Melindy (Cross Checking)
   11:27 USA 55 Andy Ryan (High Sticking)
   11:41 ATL 6 Stephen Woodworth (Holding)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période
Goals/Buts :
   00:23 USA 91 Rocco Grimaldi (57 Reid Boucher)
   16:59 USA 52 Robbie Russo (91 Rocco Grimaldi, 67 J.T. Miller) PP
   18:47 USA 67 J.T. Miller


Penalties/Pénaltés :
   04:49 USA 51 Joe Fiala (Hooking)
   09:34 ATL 5 James Melindy (Interference)
   10:31 USA 44 Tyler Biggs (Holding Opp. Stick)
   14:35 USA 52 Robbie Russo (Hooking)
   15:39 ATL 4 Brayden Wood (Interference)

Third Period/Troisième Période
Goals/Buts :
   00:47 USA 93 Travis Boyd (39 Ryan Haggerty, 90 Alexx Privitera) PP
   05:12 USA 78 Blake Pietila (39 Ryan Haggerty)
   20:00 USA 62 Jordan Schmaltz PP


Penalties/Pénaltés :
   00:35 ATL 3 Tyrone Sock (Hooking)
   00:59 USA 54 Michael Paliotta (Interference)
   07:28 USA 67 J.T. Miller (Slashing)
   10:40 ATL 14 Patrick Jones (10-Minute Misconduct)
   10:40 ATL 14 Patrick Jones (Checking from Behind)
   11:44 USA 72 Austin Wuthrich (Tripping)
   16:35 ATL 7 Bruce Hornbrook (High Sticking)
   19:53 ATL 20 Brendan Duke (10-Minute Misconduct)
   19:53 ATL 20 Brendan Duke (Checking to the Head)

 
Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
ATL 1 Robert Steeves
On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
USA 31 Matt McNeely
On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 Total/Totale
ATL
10 5 9 24
USA 11 6 15 32

Players of the Game/Joueur(se) du match
ATL 22 Aidan Kelly
USA 91 Rocco Grimaldi

Officials/Officiels
Referee/Arbitre
Jason Goldenberg
Lines People/Juges de lignes
Trent Knorr, Todd Doepker
Goal Judge/Juges de but
Rick Plourde, Marc Veilleux