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Team USA wins in Ivan Hlinka tune-up

By Michael Trzinski, WiPH Staff, 08/05/16, 7:00PM CDT

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Tournament games to begin on Monday

Team USA U-18 won their first pre-tourney match-up, with a victory over the Hungary U-20 squad today by a tally of 4-1 in Budapest.

The boys from USA, including Wausau's Charlie Dovorany and Madison's Mick Messner, will face Slovakia tomorrow in a final exhibition face-off prior to the beginning of the 26th annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament.

The 26th edition of the prestigious U-18 summer hockey tournament, which since 2004 has bore the name of deceased Czechoslovakian hockey legend Ivan Hlinka, will be played from August 8th to 13th, 2016, in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Bratislava, Slovakia.