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St. Cloud State's Ryan Poehling to participate in upcoming World Junior Summer Showcase
7/27/2017 12:54:00 PM | Men's Hockey
The event is an audition for players seeking to make their federation team that will compete at the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2017 – Jan. 5, 2018, in Buffalo, New York.
In total, 116 of the 144 players set to take part in the week-long showcase have been drafted or signed by an NHL club, including 65 who were first or second round selections. Of those players, 17 are American with 10 having been chosen in the first round, including 2017 pick Poehling (Montreal).
Poehling will skate for the USA White team at the Showcase - Complete Team Roster.
St. Cloud State University head coach Bob Motzko will serve as the head coach of the U.S. National Junior team at the upcoming 2018 IIHF World Junior Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. He served as Team USA's head coach last and helped lead the United States to a first place finish at the 2017 World Junior Championships. He will be joined on the U.S. National Junior team staff by video coach Matt Chapman, who works as the Hockey Operations and Video Coordinator at St. Cloud State.
Poehling will be looking to carry on the tradition of SCSU players participating in the World Juniors. Last year, SCSU defender Jack Ahcan was part of the U.S. National Junior team that won gold. Since 1991, a total of nine SCSU players have played for the U.S. National Junior Team and four other Huskies have skated for their respecitve national teams at the IIHF World Junior championships. This list includes SCSU notables such as Matt Cullen, Mark Parrish, Bobby Goepfert, Casey Borer, Mike Lee, Kevin Gravel, Will Borgen, Andreas Nodl (Austria), Peter Szabo (Slovakia), Oliver Lauridsen (Denmark), Mike Ilvonen (Finland) and Ahcan.
NHL Network will televise the final three days of games at the 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase. The six-game NHL Network coverage begins on Wed., Aug. 2, with Canada-Finland at 1 p.m. ET and USA-Sweden at 4 p.m., while on Fri., Aug. 4, fans will see Sweden vs. Canada at 1 p.m. and Finland vs. USA at 4 p.m. NHL Network's coverage concludes with two of the biggest rivalry games in the sport on Sat., Aug. 5, with Sweden facing Finland at 4 p.m., and USA taking on Canada at 7 p.m.
In addition, HockeyTV will provide live streaming coverage of the first three days of competition – six games total – including a pair of U.S.-Canada split-squad matchups on Tues., Aug. 1.
2017-18 SCSU SEASON TICKETS
Season tickets are now available for the upcoming 2017-18 men's hockey season at St. Cloud State. To order tickets or for more information, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX.
