After trailing Hungary 1-0 at the 10:28 mark of the first period, Alex Gaffney (Norton Shores, Mich.) opened the scoring for Team USA, beating Hungarian goaltender Markus Levente glove-side less than 30 seconds later to tie the game.

Hanas scored his first of the contest on a give-and-go feed from Ben Schoen (Maumee, Ohio), giving the U.S. a 2-1 lead to end the first period. 

After Hungary equalized a minute into the second period, Ryan Beck (Linden, Mich.) regained the lead for Team USA and the score remained 3-2 in favor of the U.S. going into the second break.

Team USA and Hungary exchanged scoring in the third period. Hanas nabbed his second of the night and gave the U.S. a two-goal lead early in the final stanza. Hungary answered with a pair of goals to knot the score 4-4 with 12:57 to play.

The back-and-forth scoring ended in Team USA’s favor when Ellis tallied the game-winner with 10 minutes to play and Mark Estapa (St. Clair, Mich) added an insurance goal to secure a 6-4 victory.

Colin Purcell (Shaker Heights, Ohio) saved four of six shots in goal for Team USA, and Louden Hogg (Edina, Minn.) made six saves in the relief effort. 

For the complete game statistics, click here.

NOTES: Alex Gaffney (Norton Shores, Mich.) was named the U.S. Player of the Game ... The U.S. outshot Hungary 38-14 ... 10 different skaters tallied points for Team USA