Thursday, June 12, 2008

Game 3 USA vs China

USA 12 CHN 8
After playing the first game of the day for the last two days here in the canary islands, we finally had a little more down time and we played the second game.. We were able to watch some of the first game which saw an upset of Australia by the Canadiens. This forshaddowed the way our game would play out, sort of..However, we did not allow the 15 kick outs called against us to deter us from our objective of getting a win, in whatever way was necessary..
We ended the first quarter with a deficit of two.. We were not able to convert on offense and they were able to score.. We started the second quarter in a calm and calculating way. We were able to get on the scoreboard by converting a 6on5 which led us to score 5 goals to their 1 in the second quarter. The game continued to be close throughout the second half but we maintained our composure played excellent 5on6 defense and were able finally to get some natural goals and give us a cushion.
USA: 12 (0,5,4,3) E. Figge 3, B.Hayes 2, A. Gregorka 2, P.Cardenas 2, L. Wenger 1, B.Villa 1, H.Petri 1
CHN: 9 (2,1,3,3)

6x5 -- USA - 5-6 -- CHN - 5-15

Saves -- USA - B. Armstrong 8, J. Hipp 4


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