US EditionKelowna Rockets prospect helps USA win gold at Hlinka Gretzky Cup
- Kalder Varga celebrated winning gold with Team USA at the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup after defeating Sweden 5-3 in the final.
- Varga scored two goals and provided one assist during the tournament, although one of his goals in the final was disallowed.
- This victory marked Team USA's second Hlinka Gretzky Cup win and their first since 2003.
- Frantisek Poletin, a new member of the Rockets, played for Team Czechia and made 56 saves over two games.
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Kelowna Rockets prospect helps USA win gold at Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Kalder Varga collected three points over five tournament games
Ben Syer & Team USA Win Gold At Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Princeton men's ice hockey head coach Ben Syer will return to campus this week with a special souvenir from his summer adventures -- a gold medal with Team USA at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Serving as Associate Head Coach with the United States, Syer was behind the bench as the Americans defeated Sweden, 5-3, in the gold medal game on August 16 in Trencin, Slovakia. The win is just the second all-time for Team USA in the 34 years of…
IIHF - USA ends long drought at Hlinka Gretzky Cup
For the first time since 2003, the USA has won the summer U18 tournament that’s now called the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, following a 5-3 victory over Sweden in the final on Saturday night in Trencin, Slovakia. Since then, the Americans have lost in the finals four times. This year, they were due. “We were the underdogs – no one expected us to win,” said victorious goaltender Brady Knowling, who plays in the U.S. National Team Development Program a…
Varga captures Hlinka Gretzky Cup championship with Team USA
Kelowna Rockets forward Kalder Varga and goaltender prospect František Poletin recently finished off international duty at the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, held Aug. 11–16 in Brno, Czechia, and Trenčín, Slovakia, as the tournament came to a close today.
The Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, the first major event in the screening schedule for the NHL Draft 2026, has just been concluded in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This tournament brings together eight of the best junior hockey nations each summer and serves as an important showcase to assess the greatest talent under the age of 18.This year, the United States had the last word, winning gold for the first time since 2003. In the finals, they defeated Sw…
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