WATERLOO, Iowa - The U.S. National Under-17 Team fought back to erase three different deficits, but fell here tonight at Young Arena to the Waterloo Black Hawks by a 7-4 count.

Myles Hilman doubled the Black Hawks' lead 5:38 into the middle frame on the power play.

Charlie Trethewey (Woodbine, Md.) got the U.S. on the board with a power-play marker just shy of the game's halfway point. Donny Bracco (Freeport, N.Y.) flipped the puck to Jack Murtagh (East Greenbush, N.Y.), who found Trethewey atop the right circle. Trethewey fired a wrister glove-side past Waterloo netminder Calvin Vachon to make it a 2-1 game.

Murtagh found the equalizer with 6:47 left in the second. The Black Hawks got a shot off the draw in the U.S. zone, but Harrison Boettiger (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) kicked a pad save to the stick of Will Moore (Ithaca, N.Y.). He sent the puck to Murtagh, in stride, who beat two Waterloo skaters and found the back of the net.

Hilman regained the host's lead with 4:41 left, but Garrett Lindberg (Moorhead, Minn.) scored his first of the season with 22.3 remaining to knot the game at 3-3 heading into the final frame. LJ Mooney (West Mifflin, Pa.) knocked the puck out of the air after Moore stopped a clearing attempt. He sent it across the slot to Lindberg, who beat Vachon stick-side.

The Black Hawks reclaimed their lead just 51 seconds into the third as John Mustard converted on a 5-on-3 advantage.

Again, the U17s erased the lead, this time at the hands of Moore, who chipped a rebound home off an initial shot by Maceo Phillips (Wayzata, Minn.) with 10:27 left in the game.

But the Black Hawks were quick to pull ahead once more with scores from Teddy Townsend and Myles Hilman, then an empty-netter by Griffin Erdman brought the final tally to 7-4.

The U17s are back at it tomorrow night as they travel to Green Bay to face the Gamblers. Puck drop is set for 8:05 p.m. ET and the game can be streamed live on FloHockeyTV.