Grand Rapids' Gavin Hain (in gray). Credit: Nick Wosika.
Following a week-long player development camp in New York, USA Hockey named unveiled its roster for the 2017 U.S. Under-18 Select Team that will compete Aug. 7-12 at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup Tournament in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Bratislava, Slovakia.
The Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup is an annual event held each August for national under-18 teams from around the world.
The U.S. team includes five players from the State of Hockey, including:
St. Cloud's Cory Laylin, current Hamline University men's hockey head coach and a former Golden Gopher player, was named an assistant coach to the U.S. squad.
According to USA Hockey, the 2017 U.S. Under-18 Select Team features nine players who helped the U.S. Under-17 Select Team win the 2016 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament, held last summer in Frisco, Texas. That group includes McLaughlin, who finished as the 2016 Five Nations Tournament's leading scorer (6G, 4A in 4 GP).
For more on the event and the U.S. team, visit usahockey.com.
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