Team USA at the World Juniors
Entering the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship, the U.S. holds an all-time event record of 140-9-6-116-11 (W-OTW-OTL- L-T) and has earned 12 podium finishes, including four gold medals (2004, 2010, 2013, 2017), two silver medals (1997, 2019) and six bronze medals (1986, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2018). The U.S. has medaled in seven of the last ten years, including the last four years (gold – 2017; silver – 2019; bronze – 2018, 2016), the first time it has accomplished the feat in U.S. history. Additionally, Team USA’s three gold medals since 2010 (2010, 2013, 2017) are tied with Finland for the most of any nation.
In each of the last four IIHF World Junior Championships, a U.S. player has earned Media All-Star Team honors, including Ryan Poehling (2019), Casey Mittelstadt and Kieffer Bellows (2018), Clayton Keller and Charlie McAvoy (2017), and Auston Matthews and Zach Werenski (2016). Poehling (Forward), Mittelstadt (Forward) and Werenski (Defense) were also tabbed with Directorate Awards.
