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The NHL Network will broadcast every game of the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick.

It features extensive coverage of the United States junior national team, who will play the first of four Group B preliminary round matches against Latvia at Avenir Center in Moncton on Monday (4 p.m. ET). The United States will also play against Slovakia (December 28), Switzerland (December 29) and Finland (December 31). The playoff round starts on January 2.

Veteran NCAA hockey analyst Dave Starman, who will be broadcasting alongside Stephen Nelson and Jon Rosen, will provide his three keys to victory for the United States for each of his games during the 11-day tournament.

“The biggest challenge for the United States as World Juniors gets underway is just beginning,” said Starman. “They played two exhibition games, but the lights go out on Monday and how players react to that is always difficult to predict.”

Here are Starman’s 3 keys to victory for the United States against Latvia:

“Kaiden Mbereko (2023 draft eligible) is the first returning starter for the US in goal since Jack Campbell in 2011 and 2012. Goaltending is one of those positions where experience can be a big factor. Campbell was really good in his two early years despite how bad the United States were in 2012 (they won the relegation round and finished seventh). When we last saw Mbereko, he wasn’t having a great night against the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals in August. Since then he has been playing in Colorado Springs work on his game and it shows in a stellar first half with Colorado College of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (14 games, 6-6, one tie, 2.26 goals against average, .927 save percentage, three shutouts). Kris Mayotte and Peter Mannino, two former goalkeepers, both employed by CC, he will be given all the work and insight it takes to be a big factor this time around.”

2. Manage minutes, record roles

“If your star players on their club teams aren’t willing and eager to accept a role in the bottom six, less game time, no power play time…your team is on a breather from day one. On a drive from a Livonia, Michigan, half December bowling alley with coach Rand Pecknold we talked about past World Junior tournaments, and I offered him to buy the bottom seven to buy in, asked to give them minutes to eat, so then your big guns have energy in the playoff rounds, its huge components to winning this Legs feed the wolf.”

“I remember sitting with the late Tim Taylor in Edmonton at the 2012 WJC, at a time when the United States was 1-1 heading into a must-win game with a defensive corps that underperformed as a group. Coach Taylor said to me with gallows humor, “Well, our defenses are great, so maybe we can make it harder for people to get around us.” This is not the case here. At a time when every NHL team has a top four where everyone is six feet tall, the U.S. Corps is led by size by Luke Hughes (New Jersey Devils) at six feet meters tall. and Ryan Chesley (Washington Capitals) is 6 feet 10. After that it is 5 feet 1.5. In the August quarterfinals, the Czech Republic lost to the US in that area. The Czechs were better with pucks and dominated the neutral zone with their size and length, and owned the net front. Is there enough grunt for Mbereko to make sure he sees the puck and doesn’t face the second and third kicks on the can? We’ll see.”

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