Team Plante Defeats Team Roenick 6-4 - CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game - USAHockey.com - Thursday, September 24 -
Buffalo, NY - Team Plante defeated Team Roenick, 6-4, in the 4th annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game here tonight at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Luke McInnis (Hingham, Massachusetts/Youngstown Phantoms), who notched two points, including the game-winning goal, earned Player of the Game honors.
Luke Kunin (Chesterfield, Missouri/University of Wisconsin) opened the scoring for Team Roenick just :10 after the puck dropped when he skated in on net and converted on a wrist shot. At 4:16, Team Plante evened the score as Max Jones (Rochester, Minnesota/London Knights) collected a backhanded pass from William Knierim (Skokie, Illinois/Dubuque Fighting Saints) and tapped the puck in at the right post. Team Roenick closed the first period at 2-1 when Tim Gettinger (North Olmsted, Ohio/Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) redirected a shot by Michael Campoli (Ann Arbor, Michigan/United States National Under-18 Team) from the blue line at 9:59.
Trent Frederic (St. Louis, Missouri/United States National Under-18 Team) and Logan Brown (Raleigh, North Carolina/Windsor Spitfires) gained the lead for Team Plante in the second frame, but Team Roenick’s Matthew Tkachuk (St. Louis, Missouri/London Knights) and Kunin responded with a pair of tallies :10 apart to make it 4-3. Their two goals were the quickest by one team in CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game history. At 13:23 of the third period, Jones scored his second goal to knot the score 4-4.
With 1:50 left on the scoreboard, McInnis tallied a power-play goal off a feed from Charlie McAvoy (Long Beach, New York/Boston University) to give Team Plante the lead. Kieffer Bellows (Edina, Minnesota/United States National Under-18 Team) put away an empty-netter with :31 remaining to seal the 6-4 win for Team Plante.
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Boxscore - Team Plante 6 Team Roenick 4 - http://www.allamericanprospectsgame.com/game/game_sheet/11277403
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