The United States rebounded from a 5-2 loss to Sweden by routing last year’s runner-up Germany 6-1 at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Johnny Gaudreau and Michael Kesselring each had a goal and an assist, and captain Brady Tkatchuk, Luke Hughes, Trevor Zegras and Michael Eyssimont added goals in a Group B game in Ostrava. Goaltender Alex Lyon stopped all 14 German shots he faced before he was substituted for Trey Augustine 3:27 into the middle period due to an injury.
The NHL announced that New Jersey Devils rookie defenseman Luke Hughes was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition.” Hughes joins the Chicago Blackhawks' Connor Bedard and the Minnesota Wild's Brock Faber on the list of finalists. Hughes made his debut with the Devils at the tail end of the 2022-23 season, scoring one goal and one assist in two games.
This year’s Ice Hockey Federation World Championships open Friday in Czechia, and Lightning TV color analyst Brian Engblom will be front and center broadcasting 30 tournament games in 13 days for TSN. (Select TSN broadcasts will be shown in the United States on NHL Network.) On the eve of the tournament’s opening, the Tampa Bay Times spoke with Engblom from Ostrava, where he will provide color ...
No | Player | P |
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34 | G | |
88 | D | |
14 | RW | |
15 | C | |
63 | LW | |
57 | D | |
25 | LW | |
48 | LW | |
7 | D | |
56 | LW | |
13 | C | |
10 | RW | |
86 | C | |
43 | D | |
31 | G | |
79 | LW | |
42 | C | |
32 | RW | |
23 | D | |
6 | D | |
28 | RW | |
91 | C | |
17 | D | |
92 | LW | |
18 | LW | |
79 | C | |
71 | D | |
2 | D | |
11 | C | |
46 | C |