MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The U.S. National Under-18 Team recorded five third-period goals, four of which came on the power play, as it defeated Middlebury College, 7-2, here tonight at Kenyon Arena. Kyle Palmieri (Montvale, N.J.) led the way for the U.S. with two goals.
Just 35 seconds into the first frame, Palmieri staked the U.S. to a 1-0 lead. The goal came after Kevin Lynch (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) won a faceoff directly to Palmieri who snapped a shot that beat netminder Max Kennedy low-glove side. Near the halfway point of the stanza, Mason Graddok knotted the score for Middlebury. Team USA regained its advantage after Cam Fowler (Farmington HIlls, Mich.) fired a one-time shot from the point into the lower right corner of the net at 11:34. Michael Kretschmer tied things up once again with a goal at the 17:10 mark.
After a scoreless second period, Lynch put Team USA ahead with a power-play marker at 2:56 of the third. Lynch's goal came after he one-touched a Chris McCarthy (Collegeville, Pa.) feed past new Middlebury goaltender John Yanchek. Palmieri then doubled the U.S. advantage, 4-2, with a shorthanded tally at 10:00 after he broke away with A.J. Treais (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and one-timed a shot by Yanchek. Just 1:27 later, Jeremy Morin (Auburn, N.Y.) added a power-play goal of his own. Chris Brown (Flower Mound, Texas) put Team USA ahead 6-2 with another power-play tally at 12:56. David Valek (Orem, Utah) scored just 1:30 later to account for the 7-2 final.
Netminder Adam Murray (Anchorage, Alaska) registered 26 saves for Team USA, stopping all 17 shots he saw in the final 40 minutes of play.
The U.S. National Under-18 Team returns to home ice on Thursday (December 11) against NCAA Division III opponent Fredonia State at 7:30 p.m. ET at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube.
NOTES: Team USA finished 5-for-7 (71%) on the power play ... The U.S. out shot Middlebury by a 47-28 margin ... The U.S. National Under-18 Team improved to 4-0-0 against NCAA Division III competition ... Kyle Palmieri (2-0--2), Kevin Lynch (1-1--2), David Valek (1-1--2) and A.J. Treais (0-2--2) each recorded two points ... Thirteen different U.S. National Under-18 Team players put up at least one point ... Palmieri has notched six points (4-2) in his last three games ... Jeremy Morin posted his team-leading 16th goal and 21st point of the season ... With 17 points (4-13), Cam Fowler paces Team USA's defensive corps.
(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)
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