POPRAD, Slovakia – (Photo USA Hockey) — Joel Farabee (Cicero, N.Y.) scored twice to help the U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team defeat Finland, 4-2, here tonight in the gold-medal game of the 2017 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship.
The U.S. has now captured a tournament record 14 consecutive medals, including gold medals in seven of the last nine years (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017).
“I’m very proud of how hard our group worked to represent all the best traits that the USA Hockey crest embodies,” said U.S. Head Coach John Wroblewski. “The team truly played for each other, their families and our country.”
Grant Mismash (Edina, Minn.) and Josh Norris (Oxford, Mich.) also picked up goals for the U.S. in the victory.
U.S. netminder Dylan St. Cyr (Northville, Mich.) made 22 saves on 24 shots to earn his seventh victory of the world championship.
A full game recap, highlights, interviews and box score can be found here.
2017 U.S. IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship Schedule
Date Opponent Round
Time/Results (Local/ET)
Television
April 13 Belarus Preliminary W, 7-0 NHL Network
April 15 Russia Preliminary W, 5-4 NHL Network
April 17 Czech Republic Preliminary W, 5-2 NHL Network
April 18 Sweden Preliminary W, 5-1 NHL Network
April 20 Switzerland Quarterfinals W, 4-2 NHL Network
April 22 Sweden Semifinals W, 4-3 (OT) NHL Network
April 23 Finland Gold-Medal W, 4-2 NHL Network
Notes: The U.S. outshot Finland 25-24 … Team USA went 1-3 on the power play while Finland was 0-7 … Joel Farabee was honored as the U.S. Player of the Game … Team USA improved its all-time record against Finland to 9-1-0-5-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) … The U.S. is now 8-2-0-3 all-time in gold-medal games games … Sean Dhooghe, Max Gildon, and Dylan St. Cyr were named to the Media All-Star Team … The U.S. has now captured gold in the first four major IIHF world championships of 2016-17, including the IIHF World Junior Championship, IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship, IIHF Women’s World Championship and IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship. No other nation has previously accomplished that feat … For complete tournament information, visit the IIHF website. Team USA news, interviews, highlights and more can be found on the Team USA website.
