Team USA’s second team is ready to start at the 2018 World Junior Summer Showcase (WJSS). Their first game will see them take on Team Finland which is without Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jesse Ylonen, and Joni Ikonen. However, the Montreal Canadiens will still be represented through 2017 seventh-round pick Cayden Primeau.
The goaltender is also making his debut at the WJSS in high hopes of making a good enough impression to be an option at the championship tournament in December. Primeau was among the standouts in the NCAA among netminders putting up a flashy .