GAME DAY | Team USA Closes Preliminary Round Against Germany

Puck drop set for 7:00 p.m. in Frisco, 8:00 p.m. ET as the United States aims to finish the prelims undefeated; NHL Network broadcasts the game. FRISCO, Texas – The U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team (3-0-0-0) closes out preliminary round play of the 2025 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship today (April 28) against Germany and will look to finish it undefeated. Puck drop is slated for 7:00 p.m. local (8:00 p.m. ET) inside Comerica Center.
NHL Network will broadcast the game today and all Team USA games throughout the U18 Men’s World Championship live. The U.S. At the 2025 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship, the Under-18 Men’s National Team defeated Sweden 6-3 on April 26 to clinch Group B’s top spot. Despite trailing 2-0 early in the first period, the U.S. responded with six of the next seven goals. Will Moore (Ithaca, N.Y.) got Team USA on the board late in the first, and Jacob Kvasnicka (Plymouth, Minn.) tied it early in the second. Mikey Berchild (Minnetonka, Minn.) tied the game again after Sweden briefly regained the lead, and Cullen Potter (Minneapolis, Minn.) gave the United States its first lead just before the second intermission. Drew Schock (Green Bay, Wisconsin) increased the lead in the third period, and Teddy Mutryn (Norwell, Massachusetts) secured the victory with an empty-net goal. Goaltender Patrick Quinlan (Kennett Square, Pa.) was solid in net, stopping 25 shots, including a key save on a shorthanded Swedish breakaway. Kvasnicka was named Player of the Game with a goal and two assists. The U.S. outshot Sweden 42-28.
ALL-TIME AGAINST GERMANY
Team USA holds an all-time record of 8-0-0-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) against Germany in this tournament. The United States has won each of its six preliminary round matches, winning the most recent one 10-2, on April 26, 2022. The U.S. averages 8.8 goals per game against Germany in the preliminary round. The all-time history in the prelims between the two countries is below:
Germany 0 on April 13, 2006; USA 9, April 13, 2007 – USA 9, Germany 1
April 19, 2011 – USA 7, Germany 3
April 21, 2015 – USA 13, Germany 1
April 27, 2021 – USA 5, Germany 3
26th of April, 2022: Germany 2, 10, USA