Six recruits win events

It was a busy and successful weekend for UND recruits around the world. Three Sioux recruits won gold at the World Junior A Challenge, two won titles at the Bauer NIT and another one got gold at the Under-18 Four Nations Cup.

Colten St. Clair, Mike Parks and Nick Mattson all had a hand in the Americans winning gold for the second straight year at the World Junior A Challenge in Prince Edward Island.

Mattson, a defenseman, had an assist in Team USA's 2-1 win over Sioux recruit Brendan O'Donnell and Canada West.

The Americans finished the tournament with a 4-1 record, losing the opener to Canada East and then winning out. Mattson had a goal and two assists. Parks had a goal and three assists. St. Clair had two goals and three assists.

O'Donnell didn't have any points.

This is the second straight international gold medal for Mattson, who was part of the U.S. Under-18 team that won the IIHF U18 tournament in Fargo in April.

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Derek Forbort helped the Americans win gold at the Four Nations Cup in Finland. Team USA beat Switzerland to finish the tournament with a perfect mark. Forbort had two assists in three games for Team USA.

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Brock Nelson was one of the top players on Minnesota Red, which won the Bauer NIT tournament. Nelson had a hat trick and an assist in Minnesota Red's 10-3 win over Shattuck-St. Mary's in the tournament finale. Nelson led the tournament in scoring with seven points (six goals, one assist) in three games. His Warroad high teammate, Brett Hebel, finished with five points in three games.

Zane Gothberg was the tournament's top goaltender. He went 2-0 with a 0.67 goals-against average and a .976 save percentage. Gothberg was also on Minnesota Red.

Both Nelson and Gothberg were picked to play in the NIT because of their performances in the High School Elite League.

Posted by: Schlossman on Monday, November 09 at 4:45 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink