D'Amigo Shines as U.S. Wins Gold
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SASKATOON, Sask. - Rensselaer freshman Jerry D'Amigo had a goal
and an assist in helping the United States National Junior Team to
the gold medal of the International Ice Hockey Federation World
Junior Championship. The forward from Binghamton, N.Y., picked up
both his points in the third period in leading the U.S. to its
first WJC gold in six years. Following the game he was recognized
as one of the top three players on the team.
D'Amigo finished second in the tournament - and on the team - in
scoring with 12 points on six goals and six assists. He was first
on the team in goals and third in assists. Among his goals were a
game-winning goal and a power play goal. He was also a plus-7.
He was named the U.S. Player of the Game twice and he had multiple
points (5 goals, 1 assist) in each of the three games in the medal
round. The United States finished with a posted a 6-1 record with
its only loss coming to Canada, 5-4 in a shootout, in the
preliminary round.
A 5-11, 200-pound native of Binghamton, N.Y., D'Amigo is currently
fourth on the Engineers in scoring with five goals and nine assists
for 14 points in 18 games. He has a pair of power goals and three
game-winning goals. He is second in ECAC Hockey and sixth
nationally in game-winning goals. He is second among rookies in the
league – and and 16th nationally – with an average of
0.78 points per game.
Last season, D’Amigo was second on the U.S. Under-18 Team in
scoring with 23 goals and a team-best 33 assists for 56 points in
53 games. He had six power play goals and five game-winners. He was
also assessed 61 penalty minutes. He recorded a team-high 13 points
(4 goals, 9 assists) during the World Championships in which the
club earned the gold medal. He was named to the All-Tournament Team
despite suffering an injury during the event.
He is a 2009 draft choice of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
USA 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 6
CAN 2 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 5
First Period - Scoring: 1, CAN, Adam (Caron), 2:40; 2, USA,
Kreider (Palmieri, Jenks), 13:56; 3, USA, Schroeder (Bourque,
Donovan), 14:32; 4, CAN, Nemisz (Kennedy, Hall), 16:03. Penalties:
CAN, Della-Rovere (charging), 16:34; CAN, Pietrangelo
(checking-from-behind, misconduct), 19:21.
Second Period - Scoring: 5, USA, Carlson (Kristo, McRae), 1:03; 6,
CAN, Hall (Adam), 3:56. Penalties: CAN, Caron (slashing), 4:20;
USA, Lashoff (tripping), 7:13.
Third Period - Scoring: 7, USA, D'Amigo (Stepan, Kristo), 4:12; 8,
USA, Stepan (D'Amigo), 6:23; 9, CAN, Eberle (Pietrangelo, Hall),
17:11; 10, CAN, Eberle (Ellis, Kadri), 18:25. Penalties: USA, McRae
(delay-of-game), 1:29; USA, Palmieri (charging), 15:59.
Overtime - Scoring: 11, USA, Carlson (Ramage), 4:31. Penalties:
None.
