2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

United States 12 – Atlantic 1

U.S. SCORES DOZEN TO ROUT ATLANTIC

by Andrew Parker

WINNIPEG, Man. – The United States are off to the semifinals again at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge after hammering Atlantic 12-1 on Saturday afternoon at the MTS Iceplex.

The win means the U.S. and Quebec will be the two teams from Group A advancing to Monday’s semis; those two teams will meet Sunday (3 p.m. CT) with first place in the group on the line.

Coming off its first win less than 24 hours earlier, Atlantic held the American offence at bay until the 8:40 mark of the first period, when Henrik Samuelsson’s tournament-leading sixth goal broke the ice.

Frankie Vatrano made it 2-0 just 20 seconds after that, and although Atlantic captain Justin Haché got the Canadian side on the board midway through the period, goals from Ryan Hartman and Thomas Di Pauli made it a 4-1 game after one period.

After outshooting Atlantic 20-4 in the first period, the Americans continued their offensive push in period two, holding a 17-4 advantage and getting two goals from Matthew Lane and one each from Vatrano, Kyle Osterberg, Miles Koules and Jacob Trouba to hit double digits after 40 minutes.

Brady Skjei and Connor Carrick rounded out the scoring in the third period, the ninth and tenth Americans to put their names on the scoresheet. In total, 16 of the 20 U.S. skaters recorded at least a point.

Trouba was awarded Player of the Game honours for the U.S., while Brandon Pye received the nod for Atlantic.

Atlantic wraps up its preliminary round Sunday when it travels to Portage la Prairie to face Germany (3 p.m. CT).


Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 14 Round/Ronde Preliminary
Arena/Aréna MTS Iceplex Location/Lieu Winnipeg, Man.
Date Sat. Jan. 01, 2011 Time/Heure 03:00 PM CT

 

Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 Final
USA 4 6 2 12
ATL 1 0 0 1

 

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période

Goals/Buts :
08:40 USA 56 Henrik Samuelsson (48 Brady Skjei, 43 Connor Carrick) PP
09:00 USA 49 Frankie Vatrano (57 Miles Koules, 56 Henrik Samuelsson)
10:26 ATL 10 Justin Haché (20 Nathan MacKinnon, 9 Andrew Ryan) PP
14:48 USA 40 Ryan Hartman (37 Kyle Osterberg)
19:46 USA 38 Thomas Di Pauli (32 Stefan Matteau)

Penalties/Pénaltés :
03:00 USA 47 Nikolas Olsson (Hooking)
04:03 USA 55 Seth Jones (Tripping)
08:17 ATL 21 Ryan Penny (Holding)
09:55 USA 38 Thomas Di Pauli (Interference)
16:28 ATL 6 Mitchell Shewfelt (Hooking)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période

Goals/Buts :
09:27 USA 37 Kyle Osterberg (42 Nicolas Kerdiles, 55 Seth Jones) PP
10:45 USA 46 Matthew Lane (38 Thomas Di Pauli)
11:38 USA 57 Miles Koules (48 Brady Skjei, 53 Patrick Sieloff)
12:15 USA 44 Jacob Trouba (41 Quentin Shore) PP
15:06 USA 46 Matthew Lane (38 Thomas Di Pauli, 50 Cameron Darcy)
15:36 USA 49 Frankie Vatrano (44 Jacob Trouba, 57 Miles Koules) PP

Penalties/Pénaltés :
01:38 ATL 7 Liam O'Brien (Tripping)
08:56 ATL 5 Matthew Murphy (Tripping)
12:08 ATL 16 Devon Oliver-Dares (10-Minute Misconduct)
12:08 ATL 7 Liam O'Brien (Roughing)
13:11 USA 47 Nikolas Olsson (10-Minute Misconduct)
13:11 USA 47 Nikolas Olsson (Checking to the Head)
14:22 USA 37 Kyle Osterberg (Slashing)
14:22 ATL 9 Andrew Ryan (Slashing)
14:22 ATL 12 Matthew Bursey (Roughing)
17:37 ATL 15 Kyle Farrell (Hooking)
19:00 USA 32 Stefan Matteau (Holding)

Third Period/Troisième Période

Goals/Buts :
06:01 USA 48 Brady Skjei (32 Stefan Matteau, 43 Connor Carrick) PP
13:03 USA 43 Connor Carrick (56 Henrik Samuelsson, 57 Miles Koules)

Penalties/Pénaltés :
03:46 ATL 5 Matthew Murphy (Delay of Game)
04:12 ATL 3 Brett Beauvais (High Sticking)
07:15 ATL 8 Craig MacLauchlan (Slashing)
10:28 USA 42 Nicolas Kerdiles (Boarding)
10:28 ATL 6 Mitchell Shewfelt (10-Minute Misconduct)
10:58 ATL 9 Andrew Ryan (Slashing)

 

Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
USA 33 Jared Rutledge On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
ATL 1 Jacob Brennan On 1/00:00 Off 2/12:15
31 Brandon Whitney On 2/12:16 Off 3/20:00

 

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 Total
USA 20 17 13 50
ATL 4 4 3 11

Players of the Game/Joueur(se) du match
USA 44 Jacob Trouba
ATL 14 Brandon Pye

Officials/Officiels
Referee Jason Faist
Lines People Mike Boisvert, Brett Boyce