Stars n' Stripes U17s 3 Stars of the Week. (1/8/19-1/15/19)

⭐ Jake Sanderson: The North Dakota commit recorded 1 goal, 2 assists (1 primary, 1 secondary) and 7 shots in two games for the U17s last week.

Sanderson has registered 9 points (2g, 7a) in his last 9 games to give him 18 points (2g, 16a) in 31 games this season. That is tops among defensemen on the U17s and third highest overall on the team.

Sanderson's goal that was disallowed vs. the Flying Aces.

⭐⭐ Drew Commesso: Backstopped the U17s to a pair of wins last weekend over the Central Illinois Flying Aces to even his season mark at 10-10-0-1. Commesso started both games for the U17s with Noah Grannan sidelined.

In game one of the weekend series the Boston University commit recorded 23 saves in blanking the Flying Aces 1-0 to earn his first NTDP shutout. In game two Commesso made 28 saves and also denied all three Central Illinois attempts in the shootout of a 5-4 Team USA win.

Commesso stones Trevor Janicke in the shootout.

⭐⭐⭐ Owen Gallatin: The White Bear Lake, Minnesota native picked the perfect time to tally his first goal of the season and also his first NTDP goal.

With just over 5 minutes left in regulation in Friday evening’s game versus Central Illinois, Gallatin took a pass at the blue line from Dylan Peterson, made a nice little move and fired a shot thru traffic that beat Flying Aces netminder Mitchell Gibson for the game-winner.

Gallatin's game-winner vs. Central Illinois.