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2018 Men's Worlds Schedule Announced

By USAHockey.com, 08/08/17, 9:00AM EDT

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The complete game schedule for the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Championship was announced today by the IIHF. The U.S. Men's National Team will open the competition against rival Canada on Friday, May 4th at 10:15 a.m. ET.

All of Team USA's preliminary-round games will be played at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark, as the U.S. competes in Group B alongside Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Korea, Latvia and Norway. 

Group A, which includes Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland, will compete at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

The knockout round begins with four quarterfinal matchups on Thursday, May 17, followed by the semifinals on Saturday, May 19, and the gold and bronze-medal games on Sunday, May 20. 

See Team USA's complete schedule at the 2018 IIHF Men's World Championship below. 

2018 MWC U.S. Schedule

Date Opponent Round Result Location
Tues., May 1 Denmark Exhibition W, 3-2 KVIK Hockey Arena
Herning, Denmark
Fri., May 4 Canada Preliminary W, 5-4 (SO) Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Sat., May 5 Denmark Preliminary W, 4-0 Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Mon., May 7 Germany Preliminary W, 3-0 Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Thurs., May 10 Latvia Preliminary W, 3-2 (OT) Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Fri., May 11 Korea Preliminary W, 13-1 Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Sun., May 13 Norway Preliminary W, 9-3 Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Tues., May 15 Finland Preliminary L, 2-6 Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Thurs., May 17 Czech Republic Quarterfinals W, 3-2 Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, Denmark
Sat., May 19 Sweden Semifinals L, 0-6 Royal Arena
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sun., May 20 Canada Bronze-Medal Game W, 4-1 Royal Arena
Copenhagen, Denmark

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