Monday, December 19, 2016

U.S. Captures WJAC Title

Team of USHL stars beat Canada East, 4-0, in championship game.

U.S. Captures WJAC Title

The U.S. Junior Select Team, comprised of USHL stars and featuring 20 NCAA commits, won the 2016 World Junior A Challenge with a 4-0 championship game victory against Canada East Saturday in Bonnyville, Alta.

Cayden Primeau (Northeastern) posted his second shutout of the tournament in the title game, and was joined on the all-tournament team by forward Nick Swaney (Minnesota Duluth).

The tournament championship was the seventh for the United States in the 10-year history of the World Junior A Challenge. The U.S. finished the event with four straight victories after falling to the Czech Republic, 1-0, in the tournament opener.

Canada East’s Owen Grant (Vermont) and Canada West’s Cale Makar (Massachusetts) joined Primeau and Swaney on the all-tournament team.

2016 U.S. Junior Select Roster

NameCurrent TeamNCAA Commitment
Goaltenders
Cayden PrimeauLincolnNortheastern
Dayton RasmussenTri-CityDenver
Defensemen
Matt HellicksonSioux CityNotre Dame
Mikey AndersonWaterlooMinnesota Duluth
Wyatt AamodtChicagoMinnesota State
Jake RyczekWaterlooProvidence
Alex GreenLincolnCornell
Matt KierstedChicagoNorth Dakota
Clayton PhillipsFargoMinnesota
Forwards
Collin AdamsMuskegonNorth Dakota
Hank CroneFargoBoston University
Paul WasheTri-CityWestern Michigan
Mick MessnerMadisonWisconsin
Blake LizotteFargoSt. Cloud State
Alex LimogesTri-CityCornell
Tarek BakerBloomingtonWisconsin
Nick SwaneyWaterlooMinnesota Duluth
Brannon McManusOmahaMinnesota
Ethen FrankLincolnWestern Michigan
Isaac JohnsonDes MoinesUncommitted
Zach SolowDubuqueNortheastern