Mikey Eyssimont (Littleton, Colo./Tampa Bay Lightning), Kevin Hayes (Dorchester, Mass./St. Louis Blues), Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass./Boston College), Brock Nelson (Warroad, Minn./New York Islanders) and Will Smith (Lexington, Mass./Boston College) are the forwards who have been added, while blueliners Matthew Kessel (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./St. Louis Blues), Michael Kesselring (New Hampton, N.H./Arizona Coyotes) and Jeff Petry (Ann Arbor, Mich./Detroit Red Wings), along with netminder Trey Augustine (South Lyon, Mich./Michigan State University) are also part of Team USA.
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The U.S. is currently training here in Bratislava where it will play a pre-tournament game against Slovakia on Tuesday (May 7) before heading to Ostrava on Wednesday (May 8) for its seven preliminary round games in the world championship, beginning Friday (May 10) against Sweden.
NOTES: Dylan Larkin, who was previously announced as part of Team USA, is unable to compete due to injury … The U.S. finished fourth in last year’s world championship and for the first time ever won its first eight games in the men’s world championship … Team USA has finished in the top four in seven of the last 10 men’s world championships with four bronze medals to its credit.
