U18 team earns first victory at Ivan Hlinka

USA U18 Select team won 5-4 in OT over Russia

Courtesy USA Hockey

PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA - Vincent Hinostroza (Bartlett, Ill.) scored with less than one minute remaining in overtime to give the U.S. Under-18 Select Team a 5-4 victory over Russia in its second preliminary-round game of the 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.
The goal marked Hinostroza's second tally of the night, and improved Team USA's overall record at the tournament to 0-1-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L).

"Our guys played really inspired hockey today," said Seth Appert, head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Select Team. "We were blocking shots, checking hard and playing the American way in order to get this victory."

Russia took a 1-0 lead eight minutes into the first period on a shorthanded tally. But Team USA responded three minutes later. While parked at the side of the net, Jordan Masters (Rochester, N.Y.) slammed home a rebound to tie the score, 1-1.

Late in the second period, Team USA took its first lead of the game when Daniel O'Regan (Needham, Mass.) notched a power-play goal off of an assist by Teddy Doherty (Hopkinton, Mass.). The U.S. then extended its advantage to 3-1 less than three minutes into the third when Hinostroza potted his first goal of the night.

Russia tied the game, 3-3, with a pair of power-play markers less than two minutes apart. The U.S. took another brief lead at 15:14 of the third period on a goal by Cristoval Nieves (Baldwinsville, N.Y.). But Russia answered with less than two minutes remaining in regulation to set the stage for Hinostroza's eventual overtime game-winning tally.

Team USA will next face Slovakia tomorrow (Aug. 10), with puck drop slated for 11:30 a.m. EDT.


GAME SUMMARY


Scoring By Period

RUS 1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 4

USA 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 5

First Period - Scoring: 1, RUS, Timirev (Malenkikh), 8:10 (sh); 2, USA, Masters (Galchenyuk), 11:50. Penalties: RUS, Garyeyev (holding), 5:36; RUS, Vasiliev (slashing), 7:07; RUS, Khlopotov (high-sticking), 12:33; USA, Payne (slashing), 14:31; USA, Brady (slashing), 17:04; RUS, Malenkikh (delaying-the-game), 18:47.

Second Period - Scoring: 3, USA, O'Regan (Doherty), 19:30 (pp). Penalties: USA, Brady (roughing), 4:23; RUS, Kozlovski (hooking), 4:51; USA, Masters (charging), 7:19; USA, Cox (hooking), 12:31; RUS, Shingaryeyev (delaying-the-game), 15:00; RUS, Vasiliev (elbowing), 17:32.

Third Period - Scoring: 4, USA, Hinostroza (Brady), 2:13; 5, RUS, Khlopotov (Kamaev), 7:42 (pp); 6, RUS, Galin (Grigorenko), 9:21 (pp); 7, USA, Nieves (O'Regan), 15:14; 8, RUS, Shingaryeyev (unassisted), 18:16. Penalties: USA, Doherty (charging), 3:00; USA, Payne (tripping), 5:44; USA, Kurker (kneeing), 8:06.

Overtime - Scoring: 9, USA, Hinostroza (Masters, Pesce), 4:29. Penalties: None.


Shots by Period

1 2 3 OT Total

RUS 10 8 10 3 31

USA 14 11 7 4 36


Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 OT Total

RUS, Vasilevski 64:29 14-13 11-10 7-5 4-3 36-31

USA, Gillies 64:29 10-9 8-8 10-7 3-3 31-27


Power Play: RUS 2-8; USA 1-7

Penalties: RUS 7-14; USA 8-16