Press Release
YARMOUTH, N.S. – Ryan Fitzgerald scored a hat trick in the first period and Zach Stepan had two goals of
his own as the United States routed Canada East 9-1 in the World Junior A Challenge opener for both on Monday
night.
Fitzgerald scored at 2:24, 9:06 and 19:50 of the first to help the Americans to their largest victory ever
at the World Junior A Challenge. The eight-goal defeat matched the worst ever by Canada East – it fell to
Canada West in the 2009 semifinals by an identical score.
Taylor Cammarata, Vince Hinostroza, Dan Molenaar and Justin Woods had the other goals for the U.S., which
got points from 11 different players in the victory.
Molenaar’s goal, scored just seven seconds into the third period, set a tournament record for fastest goal
to start a period, bettering the 10 seconds it took American forward Sam Warning to score in a 2009 game
against Sweden.
Shane Conacher (Burlington, Ont./Burlington, OJHL) scored the lone goal for Canada East, which came out on
the wrong end of a 43-27 shot clock, including 31-11 in the first two periods.
Charlie Finn (North Vancouver, B.C./Kingston, OJHL) got the start in the Canada East goal, allowing four
goals on 13 shots before giving way to Daniel Mannella (Woodbridge, Ont./Georgetown, OJHL) to begin the
second period. Eamon McAdam made 26 saves to pick up the win for the U.S.
The Americans are right back to action Tuesday night, taking on Switzerland at the Mariners Centre (7:30
p.m. AT), while Canada East will have a day to regroup before facing the Swiss on Wednesday night (7:30 p.m.
AT).
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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