2015 U18 World Championship Preview: For the USA, no goal but gold

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Photo: U.S. NTDP forward and 2016 prospect Auston Matthews will lead the way for Team USA at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship (courtesy of Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)


</p> When it comes to USA Hockey’s U18 team, coming off gold in Belarus, gold in Germany, gold in the Czech Republic, silver in Russia and then gold again in Finland, there is little the program accepts other than excellence at the U18 level.

And excellence is once again exactly what*Team USA is*bringing with them to the*2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in*Lucerne, Switzerland.

It all begins with Auston Matthews, a 2016 draft-eligible prospect who has been nothing short of spectacular the whole winter, putting up 48 points in 24 USHL games along with a whopping 47 goals and 102 points in 53 USNDP contests.… read more

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