Volos, Greece - August 24 - The USA Men's Cadet National Team was defeated at the FINA U16 World Championship earlier today, losing to Hungary 15-4.
Maddox Arlett,
Nathaniel Banos,
Connor Ohl, and
Connor Kim scored for the United States in defeat. Team USA returns to play tomorrow against Germany at 4:30am et/1:30am pt. Live streaming is available via FINA by
clicking here. Live stats are available by
clicking here.
Hungary jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter and never looked back in this game. Arlett scored for Team USA with 1:51 left in the opening quarter sandwiched in between five Hungarian goals to give them a 5-1 lead after one. Hungary stretched the lead in the second quarter with three goals and great defense holding the United States scoreless to make the score 8-1 in their favor at intermission.
Hungary scored three times in the third but Team USA got a pair of goals from both Connors, Kim and Ohl, in the quarter to make the score 11-3 for the Hungarians going to the final frame. The fourth quarter saw more of the same as Hungary put four on the board while Banos converted a player advantage goal midway through the period for Team USA to leave the final score at 15-4.
Team USA scored three times on power plays with no penalties attempted while Hungary scored twice on power plays with no penalties attempted.
Scoring -
Stats
USA 4 (1, 0, 2, 1) M. Arlett 1, N. Banos 1, C. Ohl 1, C. Kim 1
HUN 15 (5, 3, 3, 4) B. Balogh 3, A. Toth 2, Z. Nagy 2, B. Haverkampf 2, Z. Doroszlai 1, A. Mero 1, M. Toth 1, V. Regos 1, S. Simon 1, C. Lugosi 1
6x5 - USA 3 - HUN 2
Penalties - USA - 0/0 - HUN - 0/0
