2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Piešťany, Slovakia & Břeclav, Czech Republic | August 5-10

The 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup was played Aug. 5-10 in Piešťany, Slovakia & Břeclav, Czech Republic, with the U.S. competing alongside Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland.

All time, the U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team has won the tournament once (2003), while earning second-place finishes in 2016, 2013, 2010, 2006, 2000, 1996, 1994 and 1993. For Team USA's complete history at the event, click here.

The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is an annual best-on-best under-18 tournament held each August. The competition began in 1991 as the Phoenix Cup, and was renamed the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup in 2007 before becoming the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in 2018.

2019 U.S. Roster

U.S. Schedule

Date	Opponent	Round	Time (Local/ET)/Result	Location	Streaming	Statistics	U.S. Player of Game
Thurs., Aug. 1	Hungary (Under-20)	Exhibition	W, 6-4	Budapest, Hungary	Live Stream	Box Score	Alex Gaffney
Sat., Aug. 3	Czech Republic	Exhibition	L, 1-3	Břeclav, Czech Republic	Requires VPN with Czech IP Address	Box Score	Louden Hogg
Mon., Aug. 5	Russia	Preliminary	L, 2-6	Piešťany, Slovakia	Requires VPN with Slovakia IP Address	Box Score	Jake Ratzlaff
Tues., Aug. 6	Slovakia	Preliminary	W, 4-3 (OT)	Piešťany, Slovakia	Requires VPN with Slovakia IP Address	Box Score	Ryan Beck
Wed., Aug. 7	Sweden	Preliminary	L, 4-5 (SOL)	Piešťany, Slovakia	Requires VPN with Slovakia IP Address	Box Score	Ryan Kirwan
Fri., Aug. 9	Czech Republic	Fifth-Place Game	L, 3-4 (OT)	Břeclav, Czech Republic	Requires VPN with Czech IP Address	Box Score	Wyatt Kaiser