DU Recruit Nate Dewhurst Leads Charge
From: USA Hockey(left) Nate Dewhurst scored a power play goal in an exhibition game on Sunday
UHERSKY BROD, Czech Republic -- DU Recruit Nate Dewhurst scored a powerplay goal to help lead the U.S. Under-18 Select Team to a 5-4 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday in a tune-up for the 2007 Under-18 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka. The annual tournament will run from August 14-18 in Piestany, Slovakia and Hodonin, Czech Republic.
“It was a perfect exhibition game,” said Team USA Head Coach Roger Grillo, who is the head men’s ice hockey coach at Brown University. “The guys played hard and got better as the game went on. They adapted well and didn’t let a little adversity get them off track - they stayed focused on their goal, which was to win the game.
The first four goals of the game went back and forth between the two teams, with the Czechs striking first at the 4:38 mark of the opening frame. Team USA’s Philip McRae was next to get on the score sheet at 7:41, followed by another Czech tally at 9:18 and Mattson’s first of the game at 9:34. Courtesy of a Nate Dewhurst (Johnston, Iowa) power-play goal at 14:04 that broke the back-and-forth scoring pattern, the United States took a 3-2 lead heading into the second period.
In the early part of period two, the Czech Republic was able to gain a 4-3 lead on back-to-back goals at 26:43 and 27:40. However, Team USA bounced back again, as David Warsofsky put one in the back of the net at 16:33 for a 4-4 score.
The lone goal of the final stanza came from Mattson at 16:47 to seal the victory for Team USA.
The United States will open play in the 2007 Under-18 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka on Tuesday (Aug. 14) at 9 a.m. EDT versus Russia at Zimny Stadium in Piestany, Slovakia.
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