U.S. Tops Canada 3-2 in Para Hockey Cup Preliminary Round Matchup

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Declan Farmer (Tampa, Fla.), Josh Pauls (Green Brook, N.J.), and Jack Wallace (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) each tallied a goal to help lift the U.S. National Sled Team to a 3-2 victory over Canada here tonight (Dec. 3) in its third and final preliminary round contest of the 2025 Para Hockey Cup at Ovintiv Events Centre.

With the win, Team USA will advance to the semifinals against China as the top-seeded team, finishing with a 3-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record in preliminary-round play. Puck drop is set for 11 a.m. local time/1 p.m. ET.

“I thought we struggled in our own zone, but I really like how we’re competing,” said David Hoff (Bottineau, N.D.), head coach of the U.S. National Sled Team. “We battled hard, Jen Lee made a couple big saves when we needed him to, and we found a way to win in the end.”

Pauls opened the scoring 7:49 into the contest when he capitalized on a wrister from the left circle off a feed from Farmer. Josh Misiewicz (La Grange, Ill.) also recorded a helper on the play.

Wallace doubled the U.S. advantage with just one second remaining in the second period when he fired a far-side wrist shot into the top-right corner off a feed from Brody Roybal (Northlake, Ill.).

Canada’s Tyler McGregor made it a one-goal game 2:08 into the third when he scored on a shot from the slot off a turnover.

At the 3:54 mark in the final frame, Farmer collected a feed from Evan Nichols (Haymarket, Va.) in the neutral zone and careened past two defenders into the offensive zone, beating Canadian netminder Adam Kingsmill with a deke before tucking the puck short side to put the U.S. up 3-1.

McGregor tallied his second goal of the contest with just over a minute remaining to make it bring Canada within one.

In the closing seconds, Jen Lee (Daly City, Calif.) made a diving save to maintain the U.S. lead and cap off the 3-2 victory. Lee stopped 15 shots to earn the win in goal for Team USA.

NOTES: Jen Lee was named U.S. Player of the Game… Team USA outshot Canada 18-16… The U.S. was 1-2 on the power play, while Canada was 1-3.

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