Tough board battles, scrums for loose pucks and very little time or space for a much more skilled Chicago team. Much of the game felt like it took place in a phone booth.
Pittsburgh was able to force Mission to play its style of hockey. Then, with 7:34 left in the opening period, Miller scored his second of the game on a power play to put the Vengeance on top 3-0. Three minutes later, Jacob Keisel made it 2-0 for Pittsburgh with a shot from the blue line. Miller’s first goal came off a line rush when he wired a wrist shot over Donovan Dunlay’s shoulder. However, two odd-man rushes and a power-play goal allowed Pittsburgh to get on the board first. Mission even controlled much of the play out of the gate. All signs pointed in favor of Kalder Varga, Abraham Barnett and the Chicago Mission on Thursday. Meanwhile, its Day 2 opponent in Pittsburgh was out-shot, out-chanced and out-played by Bishop Kearney. Hurricanes 5-1 on the first day of Nationals. 2 in the country, as well as the 2-seed in the field of 16 teams. Mission came into the matchup - and the 14U USA Hockey Nationals - as heavy favorites. Two of those goals came off the stick of forward Sean Miller. There were just four or five shots on goal recorded on the jumbotron overhead, yet three of them had resulted in goals for Pittsburgh. It was less than five minutes into the game between Chicago Mission and Pittsburgh Vengeance. Photo by Michael Caples | Take Your Shot Photography Miller’s Hat Trick Fuels Biggest Surprise of the 14U Tournament Thus Far A third win obviously pushes them on to the playoffs, but even in defeat on Friday, the Detroit-based squad could advance to the elimination rounds. Predators on Thursday means Compuware controls its own destiny.
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That win, plus a dominant showing against the Nashville Jr.
Charles with 70 seconds left in regulation on Wednesday. Michael Barron scored the game-winning goal against Mount St. While Compuware hasn’t yet clinched a spot like the four previously mentioned teams, it has put itself in the driver’s seat heading into Friday. With both teams comfortably moving on to the quarterfinals, that means four of the eight playoff spots are already spoken for, with eight games left to play. Caesars is 2-0-0, as are the Avs, and the two teams will break that deadlock at noon. Similar to Shattuck and Mission, the order may not be finalized but the participants are locked in. It may be a bit anticlimactic though, as both Little Caesars and North Jersey Avalanche have secured spots in the playoffs as well. The top two seeds in the NHL Division are set to play Friday at noon.
Little Caesars, North Jersey Avalanche lock up playoff spots ahead of Friday matchup Teammate Frank DeRosa tops all defensemen in scoring as well, with four points. He leads all skaters in the tournament with four goals and eight points. The outcome of that game will determine who is the 1-seed and who is the 2-seed, but both clubs can rest easy Thursday night knowing they’ll make it to the weekend regardless of the outcome of Game 3.Įero Butella’s four-point performance helped fuel Mission to its dominant win over North Dakota. Now, the top two teams are slated to play against each other on Friday. Mission’s 9-2 win over Team North Dakota and Shattuck’s 7-1 win over the Boston Little Bruins guaranteed they would finish as the top two seeded teams in the USA Division. Mary’s and Chicago Mission had already secured spots in the next round. There were still 14 games of pool-play action left to be played at the 16U USA Hockey Nationals. Shattuck, Mission secure first two spots in 16U playoff roundĬraig Peterson, remote coverage of 16U Nationals
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