The roster includes eight players who were part of the 2025 gold medal-winning U.S. National Junior Team, including defensemen Logan Hensler (Woodbury, Minn./University of Wisconsin), Cole Hutson (North Barrington, Ill./Boston University) and Adam Kleber (Chaska, Minn./University of Minnesota Duluth) along with forwards Cole Eiserman (Newburyport, Mass./Boston University), James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y./Boston College), Max Plante (Hermantown, Minn./University of Minnesota Duluth), Teddy Stiga (Sudbury, Mass./Boston College) and Brodie Ziemer (Chaska, Minn./University of Minnesota).
ROSTER HIGHLIGHTS
• The group includes 14 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders.
• Twenty-two of the 25 players have been drafted in the NHL, with six first-round picks and seven second-round choices. Three players are eligible for the 2026 NHL Draft.
• Twenty-four of the 25 players have competed in the USHL, while 19 are alumni of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program.
• Twenty-one players are currently playing college hockey. Nine different schools are represented, led by Michigan with four players and Boston University with three.
• A total of nine states are represented, with seven players from both Minnesota and Illinois, four from Michigan, two from Massachusetts and one each from California, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
NHL Network is the exclusive home of the IIHF World Junior Championship in the United States and will air every Team USA game in addition to many others, including all quarterfinal, semifinal and medal games. E.J. Hradek, Tony Granato and Jon Morosi will call all U.S. contests.
