Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Commits Chase U18 Repeat
Seventeen recruits among U.S. team headed to Under-18 World Championship in Switzerland.
The United States seeks a second consecutive Under-18 World Championship gold medal with a team that features at least 17 future NCAA players, USA Hockey announced today.
The roster includes players committed to 11 schools. Boston College and Boston University each have three commits on the roster, while Michigan and Wisconsin each have two.
The IIHF Under-18 World Championship will take place April 16-26 in Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland. The U.S. squad seeks its second-straight gold medal in the event after capturing the tournament title last year in Lappeenranta, Finland. Team USA has earned 11 straight medals at the Under-18 Men’s World Championship, including gold in five of the past six tournaments. Overall, the United States boasts 12 medals in the event, most of any country.
Head coach Don Granato – former star at Wisconsin – leads Team USA in the tournament. Twenty-two of the 23 players are part of the U.S. National Team Development Program, where Granato is one of two head coaches.
U.S. National Under-18 Team
| Goaltenders | NCAA Commitment |
| Evan Sarthou | |
| Luke Opilka | Wisconsin |
| Jake Oettinger | |
| Defensemen | NCAA Commitment |
| Joseph Masonius | New Hampshire |
| Caleb Jones | |
| Casey Fitzgerald | Boston College |
| Chad Krys | |
| Nick Boka | Michigan |
| Steven Ruggiero | Providence |
| Charles McAvoy | Boston University |
| Forwards | NCAA Commitment |
| Matthew Tkachuk | |
| Luke Kunin | Wisconsin |
| Brendan Warren | Michigan |
| Jordan Greenway | Boston University |
| Michael Floodstrand | Harvard |
| Jeremy Bracco | Boston College |
| Auston Matthews | |
| Tage Thompson | Connecticut |
| Christian Fischer | Notre Dame |
| Troy Terry | Denver |
| Clayton Keller | Boston University |
| Colin White | Boston College |
| Jack Roslovic | Miami |