Canzanello nets goal in 4-2 exhibition loss

USA Hockey’s official release:

U.S. Men’s Select Team Falls to Germany, 4-2, in Exhibition Game
Canzanello and Helminen Score in Tune-up for 2007 Deutschland Cup

COLOGNE, Germany – Former Colorado College defenseman Andrew Canzanello (Rochester, Minn.) and Dwight Helminen (Hancock, Mich.) each tallied a goal as the U.S. Men’s Select Team fell to Germany, 4-2, here tonight in its lone exhibition game before the 2007 Deutschland Cup.
“It was a good effort all around,” said Ben Smith, head coach of Team USA. “We got a chance to get everyone involved and I thought we got better as the game went on. We’re looking forward to starting the tournament tomorrow.”
Germany struck early in the opening stanza as Alexander Barta followed his own rebound and flipped it over the outstretched glove of netminder John Curry (Shorewood, Minn.) at 3:26. Felix Schutz scored just 1:27 later and Germany held its 2-0 advantage after 20 minutes.
Team USA scored the lone goal of the second period when Canzanello broke away from defenders and fired a wrist shot over the glove of goaltender Youri Ziffzer at 15:29.

Read the rest and see the box score here.

L. Sweatt, Canzanello Named To Men’s Select Team

Tiger Tracks:

Defenseman Lee Sweatt. who is playing professional hockey this year in Finland, was named to the 20-player roster for the 2007 Deutschland Cup, which will take place Nov. 8-11 in Hannover, Germany. He’ll be joined on the defensive corps by former Tiger Andrew Canzanello, who is currently playing with the Straubing Tigers in Germany.

It’s back to Chi-town for Brett Sterling, who had one goal and two assists in 10 games with the Atlanta Thrashers. Sounds like it could be for the best, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution beat writer.

Also, it looks like Curtis McElhinney will be spending a lot of the season with the Calgary Flames’ AHL affiliate. The article atop the note does a great job of explaining why players are shuffled back and forth between the NHL and AHL.