CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Kevin McKee (Chicago, Ill.) and Jack Wallace (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) each tallied two goals and Steve Cash (Overland, Mo.) stopped all eight shots he faced as the 2017-18 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team defeated Korea, 8-0, here today in its opening game of the 2017 World Sled Hockey Challenge at MacLaughlin Arena.
“This was a great team win to get the season started,” said Guy Gosselin, head coach of the 2017-18 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. “We were able to dictate our style of play and we’ll look for this team effort to carry over into tomorrow’s game against Italy.”
Team USA (1-0-0-0/W-OTW-OTL-L) returns to WSHC action tomorrow when it faces Italy. Puck drop is set for 12 p.m. local time/11 a.m. ET and will be streamed live on HockeyTV.com. For more tournament information, click here.
For the complete game recap, click here.
2017 World Sled Hockey Challenge • Team USA Schedule
Dec. 3-10 – Charlottetown, P.E.I – MacLaughlan Arena
Date Opponent Time (ET) U.S. Player of the Game
Sun., Dec. 3 Korea W, 8-0 Jack Wallace
Mon., Dec. 4 Russia 11:00 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 6 Canada 6:00 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 7 Semifinal 1:00 p.m.
Semifinal 6:00 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 9 Third-Place Game 12:00 p.m.
Championship Game 4:00 p.m.
Notes: Jack Wallace (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) was named the U.S. Player of the Game … For today’s boxscore, click here … Deloitte, Labatt USA and Toyota are proud sponsors of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team … Dan Brennan (Colorado Springs, Colo.), director of sled national teams for USA Hockey, is serving as the general manager of the 2017-18 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team … Guy Gosselin (Grafton, Wis.), a two-time U.S. Olympian (1988, 1992) and USA Hockey’s regional manager of the American Development Model, is in his first season as head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. Joining Gosselin behind the bench is assistant coach David Hoff (Bottineau, N.D.) while additional U.S. staff members include team physician Mike Uihlein (Grafton, Wis.), athletic trainer Mike Cortese (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and equipment manager Joel Isaacson (Houghton, Mich.) … For the complete U.S. roster, click here … The 2018 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team is expected to be anounced on Jan. 1, 2018.
