St. Cloud State center, No. 14 on Central Scouting midterm ranking, to play for U.S. at tournament.
Two players ranked in the top 30 in NHL Central Scouting’s midterm ranking will play for the United States at the 2017 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.
The tournament will be held April 13-23 in Slovakia. The U.S. has won a medal the past 13 years, including bronze at the 2016 tournament in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Ryan Poehling, No. 14 on Central Scouting’s midterm ranking of the top North American skaters for the 2017 NHL Draft, is the only one of the 22 players on the roster who doesn’t play with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. A freshman center (6-foot-2, 183 pounds) at St. Cloud State University, he had 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in 35 games. He didn’t turn 18 until Jan. 3; he graduated high school early to enter school with his older twin brothers as teammates.
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