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DU Campers Wrap Up In Style Against Finland
Rakhshani Sits Atop Camp Scoresheet

From: USA Hockey Website

Final Evaluation Camp Stats From WCHA Blog

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Two U.S. teams comprised of the top 45 players under the age of 20 swept Under-20 teams from Finland and Sweden here today to conclude the 2007 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp. USA White defeated Finland, 5-3, in the first game, while USA Blue beat Sweden, 5-2, in the second game. DU players Rhett Rakhshani had a goal and two assists, whileTyler Ruegsegger chipped in a power play goal for USA White.

In the first game, Brian Day was awarded a penalty shot for USA White after he was hauled down from behind while on a breakaway at the 4:15 mark of the first period. On the attempt, Day’s wrist shot from the right face-off circle beat Finland's goalie, low to give USA White a 1-0 lead. Fifty-six seconds later, Tony Romano’s wraparound attempt slid to Matt Rust who tapped the puck into the wide-open Finland goal. USA White extended its lead to 3-0 when Ben Smith fired a wrist shot that rang off the left post and in. Rakhshani was credited with an assist. Finland scored on a Jan-Mikael Juutilainen slap shot to narrow the deficit to two goals before the second stanza.
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Finland opened the scoring in the second period after Sakari Salminen redirected Joonas Lehtivuori’s shot up and over the left shoulder of Team White netminder Josh Unice. USA White answered back with a Tyler Ruegsegger (Lakewood, Colo.) power-play goal assisted by Rakhshani at the 10:50 mark to give the team a 4-2 advantage. Salminen scored his second goal of the game on a breakaway to make it a 4-3 score heading into the final frame.
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Rhett Rakhshani (Huntington Beach, Calif.) fired a wrist shot into the top-right corner of the Finland net at the 2:51 mark of the third period to account for the 5-3 final.
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NOTES: Rhett Rakhshani, Kyle Okposo & Patrick Kane found themselves atop the camp leaderboard in points. Rakhshani (5-5), Okposo (4-6) and Kane (6-4) finished the camp with ten points. Tyler Ruegsegger was tied for fourth on the leaderboard with 2 goals and 5 assists..