Category Archives: NHL

The U.S. National Junior Team will open WJC play on Day 2 of the tournament with Germany. Before getting to the rest of the preview content today, I spent some time with the guys on The Pipeline Show as they … Continue reading →

The U.S. National Junior Team will be playing as part of Group B at the World Junior Championship. There’s always one side of the tournament that is lopsided with top teams and this year it’s Group B. The U.S. will … Continue reading →

USA Hockey has submitted its near-completed roster for the U.S. National Junior Team to the IIHF. The roster includes 22 names, one short of the 23 allowed, in order to give USA Hockey added flexibility with its final decision. You … Continue reading →

After an unexpected delay to trim down the defensemen to seven, the U.S. National Junior Team staff has still not been able to finalize its roster. One cut will still have to be made on the back end, but since … Continue reading →

USA Hockey announced today that Wisconsin sophomore defenseman Jake McCabe has been named captain for the U.S. National Junior Team. Cole Bardreau, J.T. Miller, Seth Jones and Jacob Trouba have been named the alternates. McCabe is a bit of a … Continue reading →

USA Hockey today named most of the final roster for the U.S. National Junior Team. According to Team USA’s GM Jim Johannson, a medical situation has not allowed the staff to finalize its defense, so the team will carry one … Continue reading →

The U.S. National Junior Team’s final roster will be announced Sunday at 3 a.m. ET. That’s not a typo. USA Hockey was expected to announce the final roster following Team USA’s final World Junior tuneup against Finland today, but that … Continue reading →

The U.S. National Junior Team, or at least what is likely to be the final roster for it, took on Finland today in its final tuneup for the World Junior Championship. It didn’t go well. The U.S. lost to the … Continue reading →

There weren’t many opportunities for this edition of the U.S. National Junior Team to come together in a live game situation. With just two pre-tournament games, one of which was a sorely needed evaluation game for players that were on … Continue reading →

The U.S. National Junior Team’s preparation for the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship continues today in Helsinki. After Thursday’s thrilling 3-2 overtime win against Sweden, most of the decisions have likely been made about who’s in and who’s out for … Continue reading →