The USA U17 team dominated Switzerland with a commanding 7-0 victory, featuring goals from seven different players, including a standout performance by Nathaniel Pederson with a goal and two assists. USA controlled the game early with a 2-0 lead in the first period and continued to pressure throughout, outshooting Switzerland 34-25. USA's goalie Ryder Fetterolf was flawless with 25 saves, securing a shutout while Switzerland struggled to find any offensive rhythm.
Czechia beat Germany 10-1, scoring three goals in each of the first two periods and adding four more in the third. Czechia's Nikolas Marik and Vojtech Svancar each netted two goals, while Germany's only goal came on a power play by Max Penkin late in the game. Czechia outshot Germany 30-21, with goaltender Frantisek Poletin stopping 20 of 21 shots.
(16 Aug 2024)
USA Blue dominated Sweden with a decisive 7-2 victory at the USA Hockey Arena.
USA Blue opened strong, leading 3-0 after the first period with goals from Max Plante, Brandon Svoboda, and Brodie Ziemer. Gabriel Perreault scored twice, extending the lead to 5-0 by the second period. Lukas Fischer and Oliver Moore added goals in the third period, making it 7-0.
Sweden managed two late goals from Isac Hedqvist and Jack Berglund.
(29 Jul 2024)
In the opening game of the World Junior Summer Showcase on July 28, 2024, Team USA White edged out Finland with a 3-2 victory.
Joona Saarelainen scored twice for Finland, putting them ahead early and again in the second period. Quentin Musty and Cole Hutson scored for the USA to tie the game twice. The decisive goal came from James Reeder with just under a minute left, assisted by Hutson. Team USA had a stronger showing in shots, with a total of 25 compared to Finland's 19.
(28 Jul 2024)
Two players of Team USA at the World Juniors tested positive and the team is placed in quarantine. Today's game against Switzerland is canceled. The result will be recorded as a 1-0 win for Switzerland.
Whether tomorrow's game against Sweden can be played or not is not yet known.
(28 Dec 2021)
Russia beat Czech Republic, Slovakia and USA to win the 4-nation tournament for U17 teams in Piestany.
Results: Czech Republic - Russia 0-3, Slovakia - USA 2-5, USA - Czech Republic 4-1, Slovakia - Russia 2-5, Russia - USA 3-0 and Slovakia - Czech Republic 4-6.
(18 Dec 2021)
Alexander Pashin scored three goals when Russia beat Finland 4-1 in one of today's semi finals of the prestigeous U18 tournament in Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the other semi final Canada beat Sweden 3-2 in a shootout game. Cole Perfetti scored all Canadian goals.
Czech Republic beat USA 4-3 for place five while Slovakia beat Switzerland 7-5 in the 7th place game.
(09 Aug 2019)
Results of the third day from Breclav/Piestany: USA - Sweden 4-5 (SO), Switzerland - Finland 0-6, Czech Republic - Canada 1-7 and Slovakia - Russia 1-2 (OT).
Friday's semi finals: Canada - Sweden, Russia - Finland.
(08 Aug 2019)
On the second day of the U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Roni Hirvonen scored three goals when Finland beat Czech Republic 5-1. Other games today: Canada - Switzerland 8-0, Sweden - Russia 0-3 and Slovakia - USA 3-4 (OT).
(06 Aug 2019)
The U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup started today in Breclav and Piestany. Results: Russia - USA 6-2, Finland - Canada 0-6, Czech Republic - Switzerland 4-3 (SO) and Slovakia - Sweden 2-3.
(05 Aug 2019)
With the World Championship three days away three tournament preparing games was played today. The World Championship host Slovakia beat Norway 3-2 in overtime. USA beat Germany 5-2 and Canada beat Austria 7-5 (7-6 after overtime).
(07 May 2019)