July 1, 2010
Team USA goes undefeated in IIHF inline prelims
KARLSTAD, Sweden -- Kyle Kraemer (St. Louis, Mo.) notched four goals and Pat Lee (Shaumberg, Ill.) collected three assists as the U.S. InLine National Team earned a 10-5 win over Germany in its final preliminary-round game of the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation InLine Hockey World Championship on Wednesday. With a 3-0-0-0 overall record, Team USA earned the top seed in Group B and advanced to the tournament's quarterfinal round.
"I am really happy with the overall game we are playing," said U.S. coach Rob Chornomud. "I think our guys are starting to have the confidence that we deserve to be here. We just have to ultimately go out and do the job for four quarters."
Team USA opened the scoring on a goal from Shawn Gawrys (St. Louis, Mo.) at the 10:10 mark of the first period. The U.S. rallied with five goals in the second period to head to halftime up, 6-0. Pat Maroon (St. Louis, Mo.) scored twice, while Rafael Rodriguez (Oceanside) and Kraemer each scored a goal within 28 seconds of each other. U.S. goaltender Tommy Tartaglione (Harbor City) recorded an assist on Kraemer's first goal of the game.
After the U.S. went up 7-0 in the third period on Gawry's second goal of the night, Germany cut the deficit to 7-2 with a pair of power-play goals. The U.S. responded, however, as Kraemer gave the U.S. an 8-3 lead heading into the fourth period.
The U.S. and Germany traded two goals each in the last stanza, Kraemer's final two goals sealing the win for Team USA. Tartaglione made 24 saves in the victory, while Germany goaltenders Jochen Vollmer and Thomas Ower combined to stop 16 shots in the loss.
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