Unbeaten Team USA Extends Their Lead with James Hagen’s Beautiful Pass and Trevor Connelly’s Tic-Tac-Toe Disruption Against Slovakia

In the second period, Team USA’s top line scored again, this time from James Hagens. With 5:18 left in the period, Hagens added another goal for the U.S. with a beautiful passing play in the offensive zone. Trevor Connelly set up the sequence with a tic-tac-toe pass that disrupted Slovakia’s defense.

Defenseman John Whipple also contributed to Team USA’s offense, scoring his first goal of the tournament on a wrist shot from the left dot. Eiserman passed the puck back to Dakoda Rheaume-Mullen, who then passed it to Whipple for the score.

Christian Humphreys also made his debut for Team USA and scored his first goal of the tournament on a tic-tac-toe sequence set up by Trevor Connelly and Hutson. Eiserman completed his hat-trick late in the period and brought the final score to 6-0 in favor of Team USA after two periods.

Kempf earned a shutout in his IIHF debut, keeping Slovakia off the board throughout the game. The U.S will face Norway on Saturday after a day off, with