CALGARY, Alta. – Twelve coaches have been selected to lead Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team and Canada’s national men’s under-17 teams throughout development and selection camps, and 2017 events, including Ryan Oulahen from the Flint Firebirds. Paul McFarland (Richmond Hill, Ont./Kingston, OHL) will return as head coach of Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team,
If you are a glass half empty person you will see a fifth place showing for Team USA and maybe be a little disappointed the team which has had much success at the annual U-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup didn’t finish in the medals this time around. If you are a glass half full person,
Mathematically — at least for the moment– their may be some kind of hope, but a 5-2 loss to the Russians likely spelled the end of medal hopes for the USA U-18 Select team at the annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup tournament early on Aug. 12. For the second day in a row, the Americans
The USA Hockey U-18 team endured a rough start at the annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup tournament at Bratislava, Slovakia, Aug. 10 falling to Finland 5-1. The Finns exploded into a 4-0 lead in the opening period and held at 12-3 edge in shots in the frame. Both teams added one in the middle period,