COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (WKBW) — Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel was named to the Team USA roster for the IIHF Men's World Championship Thursday.
#TeamUSA names its first 17 players to the 2019 U.S. Men’s National Team. #IIHFWorlds 🇺🇸
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) April 18, 2019
Details → https://t.co/j5QZHC8ZMT pic.twitter.com/cUfL4MIyTM
Team USA will head to Mannheim, Germany for training which begins May 4th, they will begin World Championship play on May 10th against host Slovakia.
The team won bronze at the World Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2018.
Buffalo native Patrick Kane was announced as the captain of Team USA earlier in the week.
.@88PKane will captain the 2019 U.S. Men's National Team for #IIHFWorlds → https://t.co/eIlJnec6G6#TeamUSA's preliminary roster is expected to be unveiled later this week. pic.twitter.com/sRNJRC3Pjw
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) April 15, 2019
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