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«Team USA U18»
At the 2026 IIHF World U18 Men's Championship in Bratislava and Trenčín, Team USA U18 arrives as the team the rest of the field measures itself against. The roster is drawn entirely from the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, which cycles two full age groups of players through in a single season and sends them on to the next level regardless of what happens at the World Championship.
The programme moved its base from Ann Arbor to Plymouth, Michigan, for the 2014–15 season, and it plays home fixtures at USA Hockey Arena, sharing ice time with the Mitchel Kiefer Memorial Rink back in Ann Arbor for some of its domestic schedule. Alumni who came through that development pipeline before ever pulling on the U18 jersey include Auston Matthews and Jack Hughes, both first overall picks in the NHL draft, along with Patrick Kane and Erik Johnson.
Canada and Russia have been the fixtures on the other side of the biggest games, and against that competition the record since the tournament's founding in 1999 has tilted heavily American: eleven gold medals at the World U18 Championship, most recently in 2023, against six silvers and four bronzes. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup tells a different story — two golds, in 2003 and 2025, next to ten silver finishes stretching back to 1993, a tournament where getting to the final has rarely been the problem.
Latest results
All matches| 9 Aug | Hlinka-Gretzky Cup |
Canada U18
A
|
1:8 | L |
| 7 Aug | Hlinka-Gretzky Cup |
Slovakia U18
H
|
5:2 | W |
| 6 Aug | Hlinka-Gretzky Cup |
Germany U18
H
|
1:8 | L |
| 5 Aug | Hlinka-Gretzky Cup |
Finland U18
A
|
1:4 | L |
| 3 Aug | Hlinka-Gretzky Cup |
Czech Republic U18
H
|
4:6 | L |
| 1 Aug | Friendly International |
Slovakia U18
H
|
4:2 | W |
Standing
USHLGroup stage · Eastern Conference
| # | Team | M | W | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Cedar Rapids
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 7:2 | 0 |
| 2 |
 Dubuque Fighting Saints
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 10:6 | 0 |
| 3 |
 Muskegon Lumberjacks
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 4:6 | 0 |
| 4 |
USA U18
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 5 |
 Chicago Steel
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 6 |
 Madison Capitols
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 7 |
 Youngstown Phantoms
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 3:7 | 0 |
| 8 |
 Green Bay Gamblers
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 4:10 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 460| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 460 | 235 | 225 |
| Scored | 1869 | 998 | 871 |
| Conceded | 1868 | 888 | 980 |
| Scored per game | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Conceded per game | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Difference | +1 | +110 | −109 |
Fixtures of USA U18
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19 Sep · 21:30
Tri-City Storm
A
USHL
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20 Sep · 18:00
Sioux Falls Stampede
H
USHL
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26 Sep · 00:10
Muskegon Lumberjacks
A
USHL
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26 Sep · 23:10
Muskegon Lumberjacks
A
USHL
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9 Aug
Canada U18
A
1:8
L
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7 Aug
Slovakia U18
H
5:2
W
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6 Aug
Germany U18
H
1:8
L
-
5 Aug
Finland U18
A
1:4
L
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3 Aug
Czech Republic U18
H
4:6
L
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1 Aug
Slovakia U18
H
4:2
W
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29 Apr
Latvia U18
H
2:5
L
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27 Apr
Germany U18
H
11:2
W
Honours of USA U18
- IIHF World U18 Championship 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2023 11
- Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2003, 2025 2
- Hlinka Gretzky Cup 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2026 10
- IIHF World U18 Championship 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2024 6
- Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2004, 2009, 2014, 2023 4
- IIHF World U18 Championship 2008, 2016, 2019, 2025 4