Cuneo, Italy - January 5 - The USA Men's National Team picked up their first victory in 2020 with a 14-13 win over Greece to close out a three game series in Italy. Team USA finished play in Italy with a 1-2 record taking third place in the friendly international competition including losses to Hungary and Italy. In the win over Greece
Luca Cupido (Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy/California/Olympic Club) scored three goals to pace the offense with
Jack Turner (Fremont, CA/UC San Diego/Tritons) adding six saves in net. Team USA now prepares for a three game series with Australia in Brisbane, Australia starting on January 14. For more information on that event and the USA travel roster,
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Team USA had a strong start taking a 4-2 lead after the first quarter and a 7-4 advantage at halftime. Greece battled back with a strong third quarter responding with five goals to trail 11-8. In the fourth quarter Greece outscored Team USA 4-3 but it wasn't enough to come all the way back as the United States took the one goal win.
The United States went 4/11 on power plays with no penalties attempted while Greece went 3/12 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties.
Scoring
USA 14 (4, 3, 4, 3) L. Cupido 3, H. Daube 2, T. Abramson 2, M. Irving 2, B. Hallock 2, A. Bowen 1, B. Stevenson 1, B. Williams 1
GRE 13 (2, 2, 5, 4)
Saves - USA - J. Turner 6
6x5 - USA - 4/11 - GRE - 3/12
Penalties - USA - 0/0 - GRE - 1/1
