DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia – The U.S. Junior Select Team continues World Junior A Challenge play against the Czech Republic tonight at 9:00 p.m. E.T. The game will be played at Encana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Live streaming for tonight’s game can be found here.
Today’s Opponent: Czech Republic
The U.S. Junior Select Team is 2-0-2-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL) in its last four meetings with the Czech Republic at the World Junior A Challenge. Team USA last defeated the Czech Republic at the 2018 World Junior A Challenge, 4-2. This was the first time since 2015 that the U.S. had topped the Czech Republic in the tournament.
The U.S. has won five of the last seven World Junior A Challenges, while the Czech Republic has one top-three finish, a third-place finish in 2017.
Team USA holds a 1-0-0-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL) record in the tournament after topping Canada West by a score of 3-2 in Saturday night’s game, and the Czech Republic earned their first victory after defeating Russia in overtime on Sunday.
Game One Recap:
In a meeting between the tournament’s last two gold medalists, multi-point performances from Brendan Brisson (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Sean Farrell (Hopkinton, Mass.) led the U.S. Junior Select Team to a 1-0-0-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL) start in the preliminary round of the 2019 World Junior A Challenge, beating Canada West 3-2 on Saturday.
Full recap here.
Coach’s Corner:
Anthony Noreen (Kearney, Neb.) is the head coach of the 2019 U.S. Junior Select Team after serving as head coach at the 2018 World Junior A Challenge and as an assistant coach at the 2017 and 2013 World Junior A Challenges. Last year, he led the U.S. Junior Select Team to a first-place finish over Russia.
Currently in his third season as head coach for the USHL's Tri-City Storm, Noreen led the Storm last season to a 43-10-3-1 (W-L-OTL-SOL) regular-season record and the program’s first Anderson Cup, awarded to the USHL team with the best regular-season record, since 2004.
Mark Abalan (Sioux City, Iowa), Shane Fukushima (Waterloo, Iowa) and David Wilkie (Omaha, Neb.) will join Noreen as assistants. Mark Boxer (Colorado Springs, Colo.), USA Hockey’s director of junior hockey, is serving as general manager.
Date | Opponent/Round | Result | Location | Broadcast/Streaming | U.S. Player of the Game |
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Thur., Dec. 5 | Canada East Pre-Tournament |
W, 6-0 |
Chetwynd Rec Centre Chetwynd, B.C. |
Live Stream |
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Sat., Dec. 7 | Canada West Preliminary |
W, 3-2 |
Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
Live Stream |
Brendan Brisson |
Mon., Dec. 9 | Czech Republic Preliminary |
OTW, 5-4 |
Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
Live Stream |
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine |
Wed., Dec. 11 | Canada East Preliminary |
W, 7-3 | North Peace Arena Fort St. John, B.C. |
No Stream | Brendan Brisson |
Fri., Dec. 13 | Russia Preliminary |
W, 7-2 | Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
Live Stream |
Josh Lopina |
Sat., Dec. 14 | Canada East Semifinals |
SOL, 1-2 |
Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
Live Stream |
Logan Stein |
Sun., Dec. 15 | Czech Republic Third-Place Game |
OTW, 2-1 |
Encana Events Centre Dawson Creek, B.C. |
TSN | Ethan Haider |