Team USA, featuring Buffalo Sabres prospect Will Borgen, faces Russia on Monday afternoon in the semifinals of the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championships.
The United States opened the preliminary round with a huge 4-2 victory over Team Canada on December 26. They then fell to Sweden 1-0 two days later but came out with a commanding 10-1 victory over Switzerland on December 30.
The Americans closed out the preliminary round with a 4-1 win over Denmark.
They faced the Czech Republic in quarterfinal action on Saturday and came out on top 7-0.
Nick Schmaltz opened the scoring just over five minutes in to give the Americans a 1-0 lead.