The 2023 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship took place April 20-30, 2023 in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland. The tournament venues included St. Jakob Arena and Raiffeisen Arena.
The U.S. competed in Group B alongside Finland, Latvia, Norway and Switzerland and went 4-0-0-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL) in the preliminary round before defeating Czechia, 4-1, in the quarterfinals and Slovakia, 7-1, in the semifinals.
The U.S. battled Sweden in the gold-medal game, and came from behind with goals from Danny Nelson (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Carey Terrance (Akwesasne, N.Y.) to send things into overtime. Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass.) scored just 2:20 into overtime to win the gold medal. Trey Augustine (South Lyon, Mich.) had 28 saves in net for Team USA.
DATE | OPPONENT/ROUND | Result | LOCATION | PLAYER OF THE GAME |
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Mon., April 17 | Czechia Pre-Tournament Game |
W, 9-2 | Raiffeisen Arena Porrentruy, Switzerland |
N/A |
Thurs., April 20 | Latvia Preliminary Round |
W, 7-1 | St. Jakob Arena Basel, Switzerland |
Ryan Leonard |
Sat., April 22 | Norway Preliminary Round |
W, 12-1 | St. Jakob Arena Basel, Switzerland |
Gabe Perreault |
Sun., April 23 | Finland Preliminary Round |
W, 8-4 | St. Jakob Arena Basel, Switzerland |
Will Smith |
Tues., April 25 | Switzerland Preliminary Round |
W, 10-0 | St. Jakob Arena Basel, Switzerland |
Ryan Leonard |
Thurs., April 27 | Czechia Quarterfinals |
W, 4-1 | St. Jakob Arena Basel, Switzerland |
Danny Nelson |
Sat., April 29 | Slovakia Semifinals |
W, 7-1 | St. Jakob Arena Basel, Switzerland |
Will Smith |
Sun., April 30 | Sweden Gold Medal Game |
W, 3-2 (OT) | St. Jakob Arena Basel, Switzerland |
Danny Nelson |