OSTRAVA, Czechia – Declan Farmer (Tampa, Fla.) scored three times and added three assists, while Josh Pauls (Green Brook, N.J.) tallied twice to help the U.S. National Sled Team to a 10-0 victory over Czechia here today in preliminary round play at the International Para Hockey Cup at RT Torax Arena.
With the win, the U.S. improves to 2-0 and will play its final preliminary round game Tuesday (Sept. 27) against Canada at 10 a.m. ET. A live stream of the game will be available here.
“I thought it was another solid effort tonight by all four lines,” said David Hoff, head coach of the U.S. National Sled Team, “We really moved the puck well and capitalized on our opportunities. It will be good to have tomorrow off before facing Canada.”
Farmer opened the scoring 2:52 into the game, stickhandling past three defenders and netting his third goal of the tournament. With 6:41 remaining in the period, Brody Roybal (Northlake, Ill.) scored his first of the tournament, firing one into the top corner of the net off a feed from Josh Misiewicz (La Grange, Ill.).
The U.S. scored three times in the opening 2:19 of the second period to take full command of the game. Farmer tallied his second of the contest :47 into the stanza, and then 23 seconds later, Farmer and Malik Jones (Aurora, Colo.) assisted on Evan Nichols (Haymarket, Va.) tally to further extend the U.S. advantage. Pauls added the fifth U.S. goal off of another Farmer assist just over a minute later.
