U.S. National Sled Hockey Team, U.S. Women’s Development Team Each Win Second Games of 2025 Sled Series

By USA Hockey, 03/28/25, 3:30PM EDT

Third Contest of Each Series Set for Tomorrow

U.S. National Sled Hockey Team 5 | Canada 1

Declan Farmer (Tampa, Fla.) tallied three goals to help guide the U.S. National Sled Team to a 5-1 victory over Canada in game two of the 2025 Sled Series.

“That’s about as solid an effort as an effort as we’ve put together in a while,” said David Hoff (Bottineau, N.D.), head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. “We were really hard to play against all night.”

After a scoreless first period for both sides, Canada’s Mathieu Lelièvre opened the scoring with a breakaway goal 2:52 into the second to give Canada a 1-0 lead.

At the 5:49 mark, Farmer batted home a bouncing rebound from just outside the crease off a shot from Kayden Beasley (Coats, N.C.) to level the game at 1-1.

Just under two minutes later, Farmer scored his second goal with a spinning, top-shelf wrister on a wraparound chance to put the U.S. up 2-1.

Farmer completed his natural hat trick 3:49 into the third period, cruising through the neutral zone past three Canadian defenders before deking goaltender Jean-François Huneault and capitalizing with a right-handed shot.

With 6:51 remaining in the contest, Jack Wallace (Franklin lakes, N.J.) fired one home from the high slot past Huneault before Travis Dodson (Deming, N.M.) collected an empty-net goal in the closing minutes to account for the 5-1 final.

Griffin LaMarre (Haverhill, Mass.) earned the win in goal for Team USA.

The third and final contest of the 2025 Sled Series is set for tomorrow (March 29) at 7 p.m. ET. Every game from the 2025 Sled Series is live streaming here.

NOTES: The U.S. outshot Canada 36-7 … Team USA was 0-2 on the power play, while Canada did not have a power play.

U.S. Women's Development Sled Hockey Team 5 | Canada 0

THOROLD, Ont. – Lera Doederlein (San Diego, Calif.) scored three times to help lift the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Hockey Team to a 5-0 victory over Canada here today in game two of the 2025 Women’s Sled Series at Canada Games Park.

Doederlein opened the scoring 5:15 into the contest when she stickhandled past the Canadian defense before deking goaltender Maggie Manning at the top of the crease and capitalizing with a right-handed finish.

With 4:40 to play in the first, Doederlein forced an offensive zone turnover and lifted the puck into the top corner to give Team USA a 2-0 lead.

Catherine Faherty (Norwell, Mass.) added to the U.S. advantage 3:33 into the middle frame with a top-shelf tally from the left circle off a backhand feed from Kelsey DiClaudio (Plum, Pa.).

GAME PHOTOS

At the 5:58 mark of the final stanza, Doederlein completed her hat trick, lasering a shot from the slot into the upper corner of the net. Faherty recorded an assist on the play.

DiClaudio went bar-down from just outside the crease with 4:34 to play for the final goal of the contest.

Hope Magelky (Bismarck, N.D.) stopped all 13 shots she faced to pick up the win in the U.S. net.

The third and final contest of the series against Canada is set for tomorrow (March 29) at 12 p.m. ET. Every game from the 2025 Sled Series will stream live here.

NOTES: The U.S. outshot Canada 20-13 … Team USA did not have a power play, while Canada was 0-2.