March 12 - Lima, Peru - The USA Men's National Team punched their ticket to the gold medal match at the FINA Intercontinental Cup with a 10-9 win over Canada earlier today. Chase Dodd led the offense with three goals while
Drew Holland recorded 14 saves in net. Team USA now takes on Australia tomorrow in the final at 3pm et/12pm pt. Live streaming is available by
clicking here, a replay of the win over Canada can be accessed below. Regardless of the outcome, Team USA has already secured their spot in the FINA World League Super Final later this year.
Just days after Team USA edged Canada by the same score to start play in Peru, it was another tight battle. This time Canada went ahead 3-2 after one before Team USA leveled things at 4-4 at intermission. The two sides were even in the third quarter, deadlocked at 7-7 going to the fourth. A Sawyer Rhodes power play goal with less than a minute to play gave the United States an important two goal cushion and they held on for the one goal victory.
Team USA went 2/6 on power plays and 2/2 on penalties while Canada was 3/9 on power plays with no penalties attempted.
Scoring
USA 10 (2, 2, 3, 3) C. Dodd 3, S. Rhodes 2, D. Woodhead 2, B. Stevenson 1, J. Ehrhardt 1, T. Gruwell
CAN 9 (3, 1, 3, 2) J. Cote 2, R. D'Souza 2, M. Schapowal 1, S. Spooner 1, A. Gardijan 1, G. Patterson 1, J. Blachard 1
Saves - USA - D. Holland 14 - CAN - S. Reiher 2
6x5 - USA - 2/6 - CAN 3/9
Penalties - USA - 2/2 - CAN - 0/0
