FARGO — USA Hockey announced its roster for the 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 Men's World Championship on Tuesday morning and it features three familiar names in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Fargo's Andrew O'Neill, West Fargo's Lincoln Kuehne and Moorhead's Garrett Lindberg will represent the red, white and blue at this year's tournament, which commences Wednesday, April 23 with preliminary play in Frisco and Allen, Texas.
The 2025 U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team roster is here‼️#U18MensWorlds | Details: https://t.co/fVDPEjO27r pic.twitter.com/8iuoPzJ5kY
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) April 22, 2025
The roster also features Fargo Force forward Matthew Lansing, who finished the 2024-25 USHL season with 13 goals and 15 assists for 28 points in 56 games.
Lansing was traded to the Force from Waterloo in February. The Tonawanda, New York, native and Quinnipiac commit finished with five goals and six assists for 11 points in 16 games with Fargo.
O'Neill, Kuehne and Lindberg have skated together on the U.S. National Team Development Program the last two seasons, lacing up for the U17 team in 2023-24 and the U18s this season.
Lindberg, a defenseman and North Dakota commit, recorded one goal and seven assists for eight points for the U18s this season. He'll wear a letter for Team USA at the U18 Men's Worlds, serving as an alternate captain alongside Concord, Massachusetts' Richard Gallant and Green Bay, Wisconsin's Drew Shock IV. Asher Barnett of Wilmette, Illinois, will captain this year's Worlds roster.
Oh captains, my captains. 👨✈️
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) April 22, 2025
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Kuehne, a defenseman who will skate for Arizona State, recorded two goals and seven assists for nine points during the U18 season.
O'Neill, a forward and Fighting Hawks recruit, tallied five goals and 10 assists for 15 points for the U18s this year.
USNTDP head coach Greg Moore will lead Team USA for the first time at this year's Worlds tournament. The U.S. is seeking its 12th gold medal, last taking gold at the 2023 tournament, held in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland, with a 3-2 overtime win over Sweden.
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The U.S. fell in last year's gold-medal game in a 6-4 result to Canada in Espoo, Finland.
Team USA opens preliminary play against Czechia at 7 p.m. Wednesday. All U.S. will be broadcast live on NHL Network.
The tournament concludes with the gold-medal game at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.
The U.S. will compete in Group B with Czechia, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Group A consists of Canada, Finland, Latvia, Norway and Slovakia to round out the 10-team field.
Group A games will be contested at Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Texas while the Group B portion will be held at Frisco's Comerica Center. Each site will host two quarterfinal contests while both semifinals, bronze and gold-medal games will be held in Frisco.
Twenty-four of the 25 players on this year's roster have skated for the USNTDP. Twelve states are represented with Minnesota leading the way with five players. Twenty-two players are eligible for the 2025 NHL Draft.
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