Day 3 was a good one for Taylor Cammarata. The Islanders’ 2013 third round selection (No.99 overall) was a factor in USA White’s 5-2 victory over Finland at Lake Placid. Not the biggest, the 5-7, 156-pound showed why the Isles took him. He scored a goal and set up two others while playing on a line with Montreal first round pick Michael McCarron and Ottawa sixth round pick Quentin Shore. The strong performance caught the eye of USA Hockey coach Don Lucia.

“No question he made a big step,” praised Lucia to NHL.com’s Adam Kimelman. “He’s got such an extremely high hockey IQ. He can make plays a lot of guys can’t; you saw that today. For a guy like him, if he’s going to have a chance to make this team, he has to score. It was good for him to see him have the type of game he had because he had a huge impact on the outcome.”

Cammarata shot up the final North American rankings (193rd) after exploding for 93 points which led the United States Hockey League (USHL) in scoring. The Minneapolis native spent the last two seasons with the Waterloo Black Hawks. This Fall, he’ll attend the University Of Minnesota. You can also keep up with him on Twitter (Cammy12Scores). Pretty cool handle if you don’t mind me saying.

“It’s taken me a couple days to get used to things,” Cammarata said about getting adjusted to U.S. World Junior Camp. “I’m still rusty because it’s summer, but today I felt really good on the ice. … Today we had a morning skate and I felt pretty good there. Got a little nap in and I felt pretty good.”

At the very least, he’s made Lucia’s job a little harder. He’ll have to trim the roster tomorrow.

“There were a lot of good things today,” he said. “It forced us, after we met last night, to re-evaluate some things about who we’re going to keep right now.”