CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Declan Farmer (Tampa, Fla.) scored three times and five other U.S. players registered multi-point games as the 2017-18 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team blanked Italy, 10-0, in its second game of the 2017 World Sled Hockey Challenge here at MacLaughlin Arena.
“This was another complete team effort and two games in, we’re excited with the way the team is performing,” said Guy Gosselin, head coach of the 2017-18 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. “We were able to roll all of our lines and see some nice contributions across the board. We’ll enjoy the win tonight and be ready to go for practice tomorrow as we get set to face Canada Wednesday.”
Team USA (2-0-0-0/W-OTW-OTL-L) will return to tournament action Wednesday when it faces Canada. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. local/6 p.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. 3-9 – 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 Italy W, 10-0 Noah Grove
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: Noah Grove (Frederick, Md.) 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 announced on Jan. 1, 2018.
