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The U.S. National Under-17 Team will skate in its fourth game in as many days when it faces Canada's Team Atlantic today. Puck drop is scheduled for 6 p.m. EST at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Team USA is coming off a 14-1 victory over Germany that brought its record to 2-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L). Atlantic dropped its first contest of the tournament, 5-1, to Ontario.
Jordan Greenway (Potsdam, N.Y.) and Luke Kirwan (Dewitt, N.Y.) each recorded hat tricks as Team USA dismantled Germany yesterday at the Emera Centre Northside. Twelve players recorded multi-point efforts and 16 players registered at least one point in the victory. Luke Opilka (St. Louis, Mo.) stopped 16 shots for the U.S. in his first appearance in the preliminary round.
Netminder Troy Timpano and Canada's Team Ontario held Atlantic scoreless until 14:00 into the third period and scored five teams to top its opponent. Graham Knott potted two goals and Blake Speers collected two assists in the win for Ontario. Dylan Strome contributed with a goal and an assist. Nicholas Welsh scored the lone goal for Atlantic.
(Cover photo courtesy of Derek Leung/Hockey Canada Images)
The last time these two squads met was just over a year ago in Victoriaville, Quebec. Six different players scored goals and Dylan Larkin (Waterford, Mich.) had one goal and added two assists, as the U.S. National Under-17 Team earned a 6-3 win over Canada's Team Atlantic. Team USA scored three power-play goals and outshot Atlantic, 46-23, in the preliminary round on Dec. 30, 2012. Nathan Billitier (Spencerport, N.Y.), Ryan Collins (Bloomington, Minn.), Jared Fiegl (Parker, Colo.), Sonny Milano (Massapequa, N.Y.) and Austin Poganski (St. Cloud, Minn.) were the other goal scorers for Team USA.
Czech Republic 5 Quebec 1
Centre 200, Sydney, N.S.
The Czech Republic broke a 1-1 tie heading into the final frame, scoring four unanswered goals in the third, to claim a 5-1 victory over Canada's Team Quebec. Roman Dymacek netted two goals, while David Kase, Simon Stransky and Josef Zajic chipped in with single tallies. Anthony Beauvillier scored the lone goal for Quebec.
Germany 1 USA 14
Emera Centre Northside, North Sydney, N.S.
Ontario 5 Atlantic 1
Centre 200, Sydney, N.S.
Pacific 6 West 3
Emera Centre Northside, North Sydney, N.S.
Canada's Team Pacific scored four goals in the first period, while allowing just one, and never looked back en route to a 6-3 win over Canada's Team West. Matteo Gennaro led the way for Pacific with two goals and one assist, while teammate Giorgio Estephan tallied one goal and added one assist. Colton Conrad netted two goals for West in the losing effort.