2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Pacific 5 – United States 6 (OT)

KERDILES CAPS WILD U.S WIN WITH OT WINNER

by Garrick Kozier

WINNIPEG, Man. – The United States has punched its ticket to the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge gold medal game, again.

Nicolas Kerdiles scored 7:24 into overtime to give the U.S. a dramatic 6-5 overtime victory over Pacific Monday afternoon at the MTS Centre, sending the Americans to Tuesday’s final (7:30 p.m. CT), where they’ll look to defend the gold medal they won last year in Timmins, Ont.

The U.S. won despite blowing a 5-1 late second period lead, eerily reminiscent of last year’s semifinal against Sweden. In that one, the Americans opened up a 4-0 lead but needed extra time to score a 6-5 win.

With plenty of scoring and late-game heroics, Monday’s game will go down as one of the most exciting of the tournament.

Pacific hit the scoreboard first just 1:13 in, as Brandon Magee slipped a shot through the legs of American goaltender Jared Rutledge, but the U.S. owned the rest of the frame, scoring four times in just over 12 minutes to take a three-goal lead to the dressing room.

Devon Fordyce replaced Mackenzie Skapski in the Pacific goal to start the second period and promptly allowed Matt Grzelcyk’s harmless looking wrist shot to sneak under his arm, putting the U.S. in a seemingly-commanding 5-1 lead.

But Pacific started to claw back late in the period, getting goals from Hunter Shinkaruk and Troy Bourke just over a minute apart to turn a four-goal deficit into a two-goal disadvantage after 40 minutes.

The third period was the Morgan Rielly show, as the Pacific defenceman put the team on his shoulders,scoring twice in 1:29 to complete a remarkable comeback and tie the game at 5-5. The Pacific pressure continued late in the third, but the Canadians were unable to get the winner, sending the game to a 10-minute, 4 on-4 overtime where Kerdiles was the hero, taking a pass from Jacob Trouba and snapping it past Fordyce.


Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 24 Round/Ronde Semifinal
Arena/Aréna MTS Centre Location/Lieu Winnipeg, Man.
Date Mon. Jan. 03, 2011 Time/Heure 03:00 PM CT

 

Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 OT Final
PAC 1 2 2 0 5
USA 4 1 0 1 6

 

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

Goals/Buts :
01:13 PAC 18 Brandon Magee (19 Ryan Olsen, 17 Steven Hodges)
05:59 USA 40 Ryan Hartman
12:27 USA 44 Jacob Trouba (45 Matt Grzelcyk, 38 Thomas Di Pauli) PP
18:22 USA 32 Stefan Matteau (41 Quentin Shore, 43 Connor Carrick)
18:36 USA 40 Ryan Hartman (42 Nicolas Kerdiles)

Penalties/Pénaltés :
10:32 PAC 22 Mike Winther (Hooking)
13:47 PAC 19 Ryan Olsen (Roughing)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période

Goals/Buts :
12:29 USA 45 Matt Grzelcyk (44 Jacob Trouba) PP
15:58 PAC 20 Hunter Shinkaruk (11 Troy Bourke, 2 Matt Dumba) PP
17:04 PAC 11 Troy Bourke (20 Hunter Shinkaruk, 2 Matt Dumba) PP

Penalties/Pénaltés :
01:12 USA 55 Seth Jones (Slashing)
02:54 USA 41 Quentin Shore (Hooking)
03:39 USA 42 Nicolas Kerdiles (High Sticking)
06:05 PAC 15 Jari Erricson (High Sticking)
10:55 PAC 10 Levi Bews (Interference)
15:46 USA 46 Matthew Lane (Interference)
16:31 USA 44 Jacob Trouba (Tripping)

Third Period/Troisième Période

Goals/Buts :
02:20 PAC 5 Morgan Rielly (20 Hunter Shinkaruk, 2 Matt Dumba)
03:49 PAC 5 Morgan Rielly (20 Hunter Shinkaruk, 2 Matt Dumba)

Penalties/Pénaltés :
00:15 USA 44 Jacob Trouba (Roughing)
00:22 PAC 11 Troy Bourke (Hooking)
01:43 USA 57 Miles Koules (Hooking)
08:20 USA 56 Henrik Samuelsson (Slashing)
14:13 PAC 20 Hunter Shinkaruk (Hooking)

Overtime/Prolongation

Goals/Buts :
07:24 USA 42 Nicolas Kerdiles (45 Matt Grzelcyk, 44 Jacob Trouba)

Penalties/Pénaltés :
None

 

Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
PAC 30 Mackenzie Skapski On 1/00:00 Off 1/20:00
1 Devon Fordyce On 2/00:00 Off 4/07:24
USA 33 Jared Rutledge On 1/00:00 Off 4/07:24

 

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 OT Total
PAC 5 10 7 2 24
USA 12 8 8 6 34

Players of the Game/Joueur(se) du match
PAC 5 Morgan Rielly
USA 42 Nicolas Kerdiles

Officials/Officiels
Referee Kyle Scrivens
Lines People Guillaume Labonté, Mike Boisvert