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USA Hockey Names Under-18 Championships Team

It's basically the NTDP U18 team.

Bruce Bennett

Today, USA Hockey announced the team that would represent the United States at this year's World U18 championships in Sochi, Russia.

This team is usually comprised of the US NTDP U18 team, with the occasional player from outside the program. This year, they didn't stray from outside the program at all. Connor Hurley, Vinni Lettieri, Adam Erne, Anthony DeAngelo, and Evan Cowley were all listed as possibilities on the preliminary roster, but with a relatively healthy group, USA Hockey didn't need to bring anyone new in, with the exception of defenseman Tommy Vannelli, who had played with the U18's since his season at Minnetonka HS ended.

The number of call-ups from the U17 team to play at the U18s was relatively scant this year as well. Only goalie Blake Weyrick(likely the back-up to Thatcher Demko), and forward Jack Eichel are repsenting the '96 age group at this tournament.

The United States has typically dominated this tournament in recent years, having won the last four gold medals. Canada is a bit hampered in this event, by the ongoing CHL playoffs, which limits their roster selection to players whose seasons' have already ended.

Here's the official roster:

2013 U.S. National Under-18 Team Roster

No. Name Ht (cm) Wt (kg) Birthdate S/C Hometown
29 Thatcher Demko 6-3 (191) 190 (76) 12/8/95 Left San Diego, Calif.
1 Hunter Miska 6-0 (183) 171 (78) 7/7/95 Left North Branch, Minn.
30 Blake Weyrick 6-2 (188) 200 (91) 2/5/96 Left Ojai, Calif.







27 Gage Ausmus 6-1 (185) 204 (93) 4/22/95 Left East Grand Forks, Minn.
4 Will Butcher 5-10 (178) 200 (91) 1/6/95 Left Sun Prairie, Wis.
2 Connor Clifton 5-11 (180) 171 (78) 4/28/95 Right Matawan, N.J.
21 Clint Lewis 6-2 (188) 206 (93) 1/12/95 Left Burnsville, Minn.
16 Steven Santini 6-1 (185) 208 (94) 3/7/95 Right Mahopac, N.Y.
6 Keaton Thompson 6-0 (183) 182 (83) 9/14/95 Left Devils Lake, N.D.
5 Tommy Vannelli 6-2 (188) 170 (77) 1/26/95 Right Minnetonka, Minn.







10 Evan Allen 5-10 (178) 195 (88) 2/3/95 Right Sterling Heights, Mich.
7 J.T. Compher 5-10 (178) 178 (81) 4/8/95 Right Northbrook, Ill.
8 Dawson Cook 6-1 (185) 197 (89) 6/15/95 Left Cadillac, Mich.
18 Jack Eichel 6-1 (185) 177 (80) 10/28/96 Right North Chelmsford, Mass.
28 Shane Eiserman 6-2 (188) 196 (89) 10/10/95 Left West Newbury, Mass.
22 Hudson Fasching 6-2 (188) 214 (97) 7/28/95 Right Burnsville, Minn.
15 John Hayden 6-3 (191) 221 (100) 2/14/95 Right Greenwich, Conn.
19 Tyler Kelleher 5-6 (165) 154 (70) 1/2/95 Right Longmeadow, Mass.
12 Kevin Labanc 5-10 (178) 172 (78) 12/12/95 Right Staten Island, N.Y.
9 Anthony Louis 5-6 (168) 142 (64) 2/10/95 Left Winfield, Ill.
13 Sean Malone 5-11 (180) 185 (84) 4/30/95 Left West Seneca, N.Y.
24 Michael McCarron 6-5 (196) 227 (103) 3/7/95 Right Macomb, Mich.
14 Tyler Motte 5-9 (175) 184 (83) 3/10/95 Left St. Clair, Mich.