Budapest, Hungary - July 1 - The USA
Men's National Team defeated Hungary, 16-15, after a penalty shootout in the
5th-8th place semifinal at the FINA World Championships earlier today in
Budapest. Hannes Daube scored three goals while Alex Bowen and Ben Stevenson
added two each in the win. Adrian Weinberg accounted for 13 saves in net, including
a massive stop in the penalty shootout. Ben Hallock clinched the victory
scoring in the final round of the shootout. Team USA will play Serbia for 5th
place on Sunday at 11am et/8am pt. Live streaming is available via the FINA
YouTube page by clicking here. For those in Europe, live streaming can be
accessed by clicking here. Post game stats will be available by clicking here.
Team USA fell behind by two early in
the contest but responded with three straight goals from Daube, Stevenson, and
Daube again to take a 3-2 lead. Hungary answered with two goals to close the
first quarter with a 4-3 advantage. The second period was without a goal for
the first four minutes before Gergo Zalanki and Gergely Zoltan Burian extended
the hosts' lead to 6-3. Bowen and Jake Ehrhardt came back with a pair of goals
for the Americans to cut the deficit to one, 6-5, at the halftime break.
Team USA got third quarter goals from
Bowen, Stevenson, and Daube opposite a pair of goals for Hungary and the teams
went into the fourth tied, 8-8. In the fourth quarter, Max Irving converted a
man-up advantage to take the lead before Hungary countered to tie the game
again. Chase Dodd and Dylan Woodhead then provided back-to-back goals to move
in front by two, 11-9. The Hungarians found the back of the net twice in the
final minutes to tie the game again before having a game-winning power play
chance snuffed out by Weinberg with 13 seconds remaining in regulation to
preserve the 11-11 tie.
Both teams converted their first
penalty shots as Marton Vamos prepared for Hungary's second attempt. Vamos let
one fly but Weinberg dove to block the attempt as he made good on his
opportunity on the world stage. Daube, Irving, Bowen and Stevenson all
converted against Hungarian goalkeeper Soma Vogel before the hosts substituted
Marton Levai in for the Americans' final attempt. Hallock, the Team USA
captain, put the finishing touches on the hard fought victory by putting the
ball right between Levai's outstretched arms for the game winner.
The United States went 4/8 on power
plays and 7/7 on penalty shots while Hungary went 4/11 on power plays and 4/5
on penalty shots.
Scoring - Stats
USA 16 (3, 2, 3, 3)(PS 5) H. Daube 3,
A. Bowen 2, B. Stevenson 2, C. Dodd 1, J. Ehrhardt 1, M. Irving 1, D. Woodhead
1
HUN 15 (4, 2, 2, 3)(PS 4) K. Manhercz
3, A. Nagy 3, G. Zalanki 2, D. Varga 2, G. Zoltan Burian 1
Saves - USA - A. Weinberg 13 - HUN -
S. Vogel 5, M. Levai 2
6x5 - USA - 4/8 - HUN - 4/11
Penalties - USA - 7/7 - HUN - 4/5
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