LONDON, Ont. – Declan Farmer (Tampa, Fla.) tallied a goal and an assist and Kyle Zych (South Hadley, Mass.) scored his first goal in his national team debut as the 2018-19 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team blanked Canada, 3-0, in its opening game of the 2018 Para Hockey Cup.
“That was a complete team effort and a great way to start the tournament,” said David Hoff (Bottineau, N.D.), head coach of the 2018-19 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. “We weren’t perfect by any means, but we did a lot of things well and know where we can improve. We’ll enjoy this tonight and look towards facing Korea tomorrow.”
The U.S. (1-0-0-0/W-OTW-OTL-L) returns to action tomorrow when it faces South Korea. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. ET at Western Fair Sports Centre and will be streamed live on HockeyTV.com.
For the full game recap, click here.
2018 Para Hockey Cup • Team USA Schedule
Dec. 3-8 – London, Ontario – Western Fair Sports Centre
Date Opponent Time (ET) Broadcast
Mon., Dec. 3 Canada W, 3-0 HockeyTV.com
Tues., Dec. 4 South Korea 7:00 p.m. HockeyTV.com
Thurs., Dec. 6 Canada 7:00 p.m. HockeyTV.com
Fri., Dec. 7 South Korea 12:00 p.m. HockeyTV.com
Sat., Dec. 8 Championship Game 4:00 p.m. TBD
NOTES: Kyle Zych (South Hadley, Mass.) was named the U.S. Player of the Game … The U.S. outshot Canada, 23-9, and finished 1-for-3 on the powerplay and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill … For complete game statistics, 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 2018-19 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team … David Hoff (Bottineau, N.D.), USA Hockey’s Northern Plains District Coach-In-Chief and assistant coach of last year’s gold medal-winning 2018 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team, is in his first season as head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team .
