The first 15 players that will represent USA Hockey for the upcoming IIHF men's world championship were revealed Wednesday.
Headlining the players selected so far are Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield, Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and teammate Shane Pinto who will join forwards Matt Boldy, Joel Farabee, Johnny Gaudreau, Luke Kunin, Dylan Larkin, and Trevor Zegras, defencemen Luke Hughes, Seth Jones, Jake Sanderson, Alex Vlasic and Zach Werenski and goaltender Alex Lyon.
"We’ve got an outstanding start to our roster," said team general manager Brett Peterson. "There’s a lot of excitement among our players, and everyone is looking forward to representing our country in the world championship.”
Starting May 5th, Team USA will train in Bratislava, Slovakia. They will play a pre-tournament game against Slovakia on May 7 before opening play against Sweden on May 10 in Ostrava, Czechia, at 8:20 p.m. local time/2:20 p.m. ET.
Over the last 10 tournaments, the United States has finished in the top four seven times winning four bronze medals.
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