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Notre Dame hockey: Two Irish stars invited to Team USA’s World Junior Summer Showcase

A big-time accomplishment for a couple of Notre Dame hockey stars

The following press release is courtesy of Notre Dame Athletics:

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame hockey players Landon Slaggert and Sasha Pastujov have been invited to Team USA’s 2021 World Junior Summer Showcase, USA Hockey announced on Monday (June 28).

The showcase is set for July 24-31 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan and will serve as an evaluation for athletes seeking to make their respective national teams for the 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship Dec. 26, 2021 through Jan. 5, 2022 in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. With Team USA divided into two squads and Finland and Sweden also taking part, the Showcase will include 11 games over eight days.

Slaggert, who will be playing his sophomore season in 2021-22, and Pastujov, who joins the Irish for his freshman season, are two of the 24 forwards who have been invited to the event.

Last season, Slaggert was part of a Team USA team that claimed the gold medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship (Jan. 6) and he became the seventh Fighting Irish player to medal at the prestigious event. He is one of five returning players invited to this summer’s event.

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Notre Dame’s Alex Steeves Up For Hobey Baker Fan Vote

Notre Dame and Team USA Hockey forward Alex Steeves is up for a national award in the collegiate ranks.

Notre Dame star hockey forward Alex Steeves is up for a national award based on fan voting.  Details can be found the University of Notre Dame’s official release below:

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Junior forward Alex Steeves has been selected to Phase One of the Hobey Baker Award’s fan ballot.

To vote, visit the website www.hobeybaker.com.

Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker award includes candidates exhibiting the exceptional character traits of the award’s namesake, Hobey Baker, with consideration given to scholastic achievement and sportsmanship.

Steeves has scored nine goals and added six assists for 15 points in 18 contests this season for the Irish, including a six-game point streak from Dec. 4 – Jan. 9. Steeves’ nine markers lead the team and are currently tied for the third-most in the Big Ten. The Eden Prairie, Minnesota, native has earned at least one point in 13 of 18 games in the 2020-21 campaign.

The Fan Balloting (Phase I) of the Hobey Baker award calendar will continue until March 7. On March 17, the Top 10 Finalists will be announced, at which time Phase II Fan Balloting will begin and run through March 28, 2021. The Hobey Hat Trick Finalist Announcement will be made on April 1. The 2021 Hobey Baker Award winner will be announced from a field of three Hobey Hat Trick finalists on Friday, April 9, 2021.

Up Next For The Irish

  • Notre Dame stays on the road to take on Big Ten foe Ohio State this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 5-6) in Columbus, Ohio.
  • Friday’s contest is set for 4:30 p.m. ET before the teams wrap up the weekend series on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET.
  • Both games will be televised on BTN.

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2021 World Junior Hockey Championship: USA vs. Canada live stream, TV channel, start time

The United States will face Canada in the Gold Medal game at the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship from Edmonton, stream it live here.

The United States will face Canada in the Gold Medal game at the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship from Edmonton, Alberta on Tuesday night.

This will be the first time these two teams have met in the title game since 2017 when the United States beat Canada 5-4 in a shootout. They both arrived in the gold medal game in different fashion. Team USA gave up a 3-1 lead last night and were searching for a goal with only 76 seconds left in the game, they got it from Arthur Kaliyev to beat Finland 4-3. Canada has just cruised through the tournament without allowing a goal, they are coming off an onslaught win over Russia 5-0.

This will be a fantastic game tonight against the two biggest rivals in hockey, USA versus Canada. Here is everything you need to know to stream the action tonight:

USA vs. Canada

  • When: Tuesday, January 5
  • Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: TSN (Canada), NHL Network (USA)
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Prediction: This is a tough one since Canada has steamrolled opponents in this tournament but it’s always a good one when these two meet. I do see value in this United States team, they have never given up and have played very well as of late. I’ll take the 1.5 goals with the US as well as USA ML.

Bet: USA +1.5 (-105). USA ML +260

2021 IIHF Team USA Schedule

1/5/21 Bronze Medal Game: Finland vs. Russia, 5:30 p.m. ET

1/5/21 Gold Medal Game: USA vs. Canada, 9:30 p.m. ET

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2021 World Junior Hockey Championship: United States vs. Czech Republic live stream, TV channel, start time, Team USA schedule

We have a big matchup this afternoon when the United States faces the Czech Republic at 2 p.m. ET, stream the IIHF championship live.

The 2021 World Juniors are here and we have a big-time matchup this afternoon when the United States faces the Czech Republic at 2 p.m. ET.

Team USA is coming off an incredible win over Austria where they scored 11 goals while Austria came up with a goose egg on the board. Trevor Zegras led Team USA with four points. As for the Czechs, they struggled against Sweden in the first game but came out and stunned the Russians, 2-0.

This should be a fantastic game to watch this afternoon if you’re a hockey fan with both squads going for the gold medal. Here is everything you need to know to stream the action this afternoon.

United States vs. Czech Republic

  • When: Tuesday, December 29
  • Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: NHL Network
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Prediction: I’m sticking with Team USA in this game, they have way too much talent this year in IIHF. Expect the Czech team to try to keep Team USA’s offense at bay.

2021 IIHF Team USA Schedule

12/25/20 USA vs. Russia, L, 5-3

12/26/20 USA vs. Austria, W, 11-0

12/29/20 USA vs. Czech Republic, 2 p.m. ET

12/31/20 USA vs. Sweden, 9:30 p.m. ET

1/2/21 Quarterfinals, TBD

1/4/21 Semifinals, TBD

1/5/21 Bronze/Gold Medal, TBD

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Landon Slaggert Makes U.S. World Junior Championship Camp Roster

Landon Slaggert could have something other than Notre Dame on his mind for most of December.

Landon Slaggert could have something other than Notre Dame on his mind for most of December. The Irish’s freshman forward has been named to the U.S. roster for the camp in preparation for the World Junior Championship. The camp begins Dec. 6, and the roster will have 25 names for the tournament, which runs from Christmas Day to Jan. 5 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Slaggert, a South Bend native, recorded the first point of his collegiate career in the Irish’s 3-2 win over No. 3 Michigan on Friday. He and his brother, Graham, both had assists on Nate Clurman’s goal. He has played in all four of the Irish’s games played thus far.

Notre Dame has sent 22 players to the World Junior Championship previously. Last year, Spencer Stastney and Jake Pivonka became the most recent Irish players to take part. Irish medalists in this tournament over the years are Andrew Peeke, Anders Bjork, Mario Lucia, Kyle Palmieri, Kyle Lawson and Ben Simon.

Was 1988 Notre Dame’s Closest Thing to a “Miracle” Type Championship?

It did get me thinking though, was Notre Dame’s 1988 squad the equivalent of the the 1980 Miracle on Ice squad?

Before you scream and yell that nothing could ever be know that I already agree with you on that.  However, let’s just make a few comparisons real fast on the anniversary of this great event.

Forty years ago today perhaps the greatest upset in the history of team sports as the United States men’s hockey team upset the Soviet Union in one of the most iconic moments in the history of sports at any level.

Based off the timing of the game in conjunction with the Cold War and other world events of the time, it’s almost impossible to imagine quite a perfect storm even presenting itself again, let alone playing out like those 1980 Olympics did.  If I could go back in time to witness one sporting event I wasn’t alive for it’d be this and it really wouldn’t be particularly close as to whatever number two even is.

It did get me thinking though, was Notre Dame’s 1988 squad the equivalent of the the 1980 Miracle on Ice squad?

Before you scream and yell that nothing could ever be know that I already agree with you on that.  However, there are some parallels worth at least bringing up.

For instance – the hardship the United States was going through in the late seventies and the Cold War being on everyone’s mind doesn’t allow for really any comparison.  But for at least comparison’s sake, Notre Dame football hadn’t won a national championship in eleven years entering 1988 (which doesn’t seem like very long anymore) but had finished  a season ranked just one time in the previous seven years, six of which were in consecutive years which remains the worst run since the AP Poll has begun being taken.

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