The meeting between the U.S. and Denmark will be the 10th in the IIHF Men’s World Championship history. The U.S. is 7-0-1-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) all-time against the Danes. The two teams last battled in the 2023 tournament in Finland with the U.S. gaining a 3-0 win in preliminary round play. Cutter Gauthier scored a goal in the contest.
Team USA played its lone pre-tournament game against Germany on Sunday (May 4) in Dusseldorf and came away with a 5-2 victory. Tage Thompsonand Frank Nazar each scored twice for the U.S.
Clayton Keller is the captain of the U.S. Men’s National Team with Brady Skjei, Tage Thompson, and Conor Garland serving as alternate captains.
Team USA features a tested goaltending trio, including NHL stars Joey Daccord from the Seattle Kraken and Jeremy Swayman from the Boston Bruins, as well as college star Hampton Slukynsky, who backstopped the Western Michigan University Broncos to the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey national championship last month.
