Day 3 Recap: Trupiano's Hat Trick Powers a USA Rout, Canada White Bounces Back Against Sweden

OAKVILLE — Day 3 at the 2026 U17 World Challenge was all about bouncing back. A night after falling to Canada Red, the United States hammered Finland 13-1 behind a hat trick from Jack Trupiano. In the evening, Canada White shook off its opening loss with a 7-2 win over Sweden, powered by Maddox Schultz, Madden Daneault and Kane Cloutier. Here's how both games unfolded, and who stood out.

Trupiano's hat trick leads USA rout of Finland, 13-1

A night after a comeback loss to Canada Red, the United States looked like a completely different team. Jack Trupiano scored a hat trick, Maverick McKinnon had two goals and three assists, Brooks Suter added a goal and four assists, and the Americans outshot Finland 50-21 in a 13-1 rout.

The USA scored six times in the first period. Trupiano opened the scoring 7:08 in, one-timing a McKinnon pass from the slot. Drew Daley followed with a great individual effort, picking up his own rebound, dragging it toward the goal line and sliding it into an open net. Joey Cullen wired one top shelf after some nifty stickhandling, McKinnon ripped a shot through Onni Tennberg off a give-and-go, and Dean Stevens caught Tennberg off his angle and flipped one over his shoulder. Leo Esko got Finland on the board with a snapshot from the right circle, but Kellen Paetsch made it 6-1 before the intermission. The Americans led 22-5 in shots after one, and Finland turned to Sami Sinkko to start the second.

It didn't slow the Americans down. Trupiano scored his second 1:22 into the period on another McKinnon feed across the middle. On the power play, Cullen stickhandled through essentially the entire Finnish team before setting up Carter Morris for a layup of a one-timer. McKinnon went upstairs from the goal line, and Trupiano completed his hat trick with just 0.4 seconds left in the period.

Brooks Suter, Will LoSauro and Deverin Warner added goals in the third, with Warner beating Sinkko five-hole on a breakaway. Colby Arnold made 20 saves for the USA. Sinkko, who stopped 42 of 43 shots against Canada Red on Sunday, made 21 saves on 28 shots in relief.

Standouts
Jack Trupiano (USA): player of the game with a hat trick and an assist, including a buzzer-beater to end the second period.
Maverick McKinnon (USA): two goals and three assists, setting up all three Trupiano goals. He seemed able to do whatever he wanted with the puck in the offensive zone, with extremely high-end puck control and edge work.
Joey Cullen (USA): a goal and the setup of the night, stickhandling through the Finnish team to set up Morris on the power play.
Brooks Suter (USA): a goal and four assists from the blue line, including the steal in his own crease that started the play on Trupiano's buzzer-beater.
Drew Daley (USA): a highlight-reel goal off his own rebound and a constant threat activating from the blue line.
Leo Esko (FIN): Finland's player of the game, scoring its only goal.

Schultz, Daneault, Cloutier lead Canada White past Sweden, 7-2

Canada White answered its opening-day loss with a statement game, led by its trio of former first overall picks in Maddox Schultz, Madden Daneault and Kane Cloutier. Schultz and Jace Voortman each had a goal and three assists, Cloutier scored twice, and Canada beat Sweden 7-2 in a chippy, playoff-style game.

The tone was set before the puck even dropped, with Madden Daneault and Wilson Boumedienne jawing at the opening faceoff. “I feel like last game we didn’t have enough of that,” Daneault said. “So I was just trying to get the boys going early and let them know we’re going to be a hard team to play against tonight.”

Canada's top line of Schultz, Daneault and Jacob McKinnon was flying from the first shift, and McKinnon opened the scoring 4:51 in with a one-timer. “The message was simple: start hot and put the Swedes on their heels early,” Schultz said. “All four lines, on their first shift, were heavy, hitting guys and getting shots on net.”

Canada's discipline nearly let Sweden back in it. After a string of early penalties, Pelle Ytfeldt tied the game on the power play with a wrist shot from the point. Cloutier, who had just served a hooking minor, answered with a wraparound. Schultz then fired a power-play laser through traffic with 1:15 left in the period and skated to the glass to show the hometown crowd the Canada logo on his chest. Cloutier added his second with 16 seconds left for a 4-1 lead.

The second period produced one of the prettiest goals of the tournament. Schultz knocked a pass out of mid-air and fed Daneault for a one-timer, and Daneault dropped to one knee to show his jersey to the roaring crowd. “I just reached forward and got lucky on the knockdown,” Schultz said, “and then I saw Madden leaking backdoor.” The two are rooming together in Oakville. “We’re always picking each other’s brains,” Daneault said.

Some of the biggest cheers from the Canadian bench came on a smaller play. With his team already up 6-1, Logan Henry raced down to beat out an icing late in the second. “For kids like Logan Henry, who plays down our lineup, to put forth that kind of effort, and then for his teammates and his brothers to identify that and celebrate it, as a coach I’m like, ‘Okay, now we’ve got something cooking,’” said Canada White head coach Dylan Smoskowitz.

Max Brien made it 7-1 in the third, ripping a one-timer just after stepping out of the penalty box, and Sven Zetterberg scored late for Sweden. Zachary Lainesse made 36 saves for Canada and stayed in the game after a hard collision in his crease. Canada went 2 for 8 on the power play, while the officials handed out 18 minors in a game with a scrum after almost every whistle, right through the final buzzer.

Daneault was in the middle of plenty of that rough stuff, and that’s by design. “Everyone sees my skill, but I like to throw my body around,” he said. “I just like to get in their faces, get them off their game, and then go to work after.”

Sweden's backup, Nathan Croskery, didn't see action, but he's a story of his own: a local Oakville goalie serving as Sweden's emergency netminder this week.

Standouts
Maddox Schultz (CAN-W): a goal and three assists, a power-play laser and the mid-air knockdown that set up Daneault.
Madden Daneault (CAN-W): a goal and two assists, physical and in the middle of everything all night.
Kane Cloutier (CAN-W): Canada's player of the game with two goals, responding to an early penalty with his best hockey of the tournament.
Jace Voortman (CAN-W): a power-play goal and three assists.
Zachary Lainesse (CAN-W): 36 saves on 38, including a sprawling stop across the crease on Ludvig Langermo Neuman.
Isak Alvudd (SWE): Sweden's player of the game, with an assist and several dangerous looks.
Wilson Boumedienne (SWE): Sweden's most noticeable player, driving through the neutral zone with speed all night and setting up Zetterberg's goal.

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