| Niagara Falls, NY native scores goal for US. |
| Team USA to Face Latvia Thursday at 9:15 a.m. ET |
| RIGA, Latvia – The U.S. Men’s National Team used goals from Adam Clendening (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Trevor Moore (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Jack Drury (Winnetka, Ill.), along with 18 saves from Cal Petersen (Waterloo, Iowa), on the way to a 3-0 victory over Kazakhstan here tonight in preliminary round play at the 2021 IIHF Men’s World Championship.Team USA, 2-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L), will face host Latvia on Thursday (May 27) in its fourth of seven preliminary round games. Opening faceoff is set for 9:15 a.m. ET and the game can be seen live on NHL Network. “We knew Kazakhstan would be a tight defensive team and I’m proud of the way our guys were able to adjust our structure and come out with the win,” said Jack Capuano, head coach of the 2021 U.S. Men’s National Team. “This is a fun group to be around, a lot of them are playing their first time internationally and their pride and work ethic shows.”The U.S. scored once in each period and recorded 25 shots on goal in the opening stanza — the third most ever in a period for Team USA in the world championship. (NHL.com photo of Clendening) |
