| U.S. Tops Slovakia, 2-1, in 2019 WJC Opener | ||
| Barratt scores game-winner to earn U.S. Player of the Game honors | ||
| VICTORIA, British Columbia – Mikey Anderson (Roseville, Minn./University of Minnesota Duluth) and Evan Barratt (Bristol, Pa./Penn State University) each scored third period goals as the U.S. National Junior Team defeated Slovakia, 2-1, in its opening game of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.”That game was far from perfect, but good teams have to find ways to win tough games and this team did that here tonight,” said Mike Hastings (Crookston, Minn.), head coach of the 2019 U.S. National Junior Team. “If we pay attention to the little things, get all lines rolling, a lot of the challenges we created for ourselves here tonight will get cleaned up. Tomorrow we’ll address some detail, regroup and look to put together a good 60 minutes of hockey the next game.”The U.S. (1-0-0-0/W-OTW-OTL-L) continues preliminary round play on Friday (Dec. 28) against Kazakhstan. That game, along with every U.S. tournament game, will be televised live on NHL Network.For the complete game recap, click here.2019 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Team USA Schedule – Dec. 26, 2018 – Jan. 5, 2019 – Vancouver & Victoria, B.C. All U.S. Tournament Games To Be Televised Live on NHL NetworkDateOpponent & RoundTime (ET)/ResultLocationThurs., Dec. 20Russia Pre-TournamentW, 3-2Kamloops, B.C. Sandman CentreSat., Dec. 22Czech Republic Pre-TournamentW, 6-2Langley, B.C. Langley Event CentreWed., Dec. 26Slovakia PreliminaryW, 2-1Victoria, B.C. Save-On-Foods Memorial CentreFri., Dec. 28Kazakhstan Preliminary10:30 p.m.Victoria, B.C. Save-On-Foods Memorial CentreSat., Dec. 29Sweden Preliminary10:30 p.m.Victoria, B.C. Save-On-Foods Memorial CentreMon., Dec. 31Finland Preliminary10:30 p.m.Victoria, B.C. Save-On-Foods Memorial CentreWed., Jan. 2QuarterfinalsTBDTBDFri., Jan. 4SemifinalsTBDVancouver, B.C. Rogers ArenaSat., Jan. 5Bronze-Medal Game4:00 p.m.Vancouver, B.C. Rogers ArenaGold-Medal Game8:00 p.m.Vancouver, B.C. Rogers Arena NOTES: Forward Evan Barratt was tabbed U.S. Player of the Game … The U.S. outshot Slovakia, 34-14, went 1-for-3 on the powerplay and killed off both of its penalties. For complete game statistics, click here … The U.S. has now won its tournament-opening game for the 12th straight IIHF World Junior Championship … John Vanbiesbrouck (Detroit, Mich.), assistant executive director of hockey operations for USA Hockey, is serving as the general manager of the U.S. National Junior Team … NHL Network is the official U.S. broadcaster of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship . |
