We already knew that Chris Kreider was going to play for Team USA at the 2018 Men’s World Championship. But today we learned that the big winger will be joined by Rangers’ rookie defenseman Neal Pionk.
Pionk joins an American blue line featuring fellow NHL rookie Will Butcher, Quinn Hughes, Connor Murphy, Nick Jensen, Alec Martinez, and Jordan Oesterle. Pionk and his peers will play in front of a goaltending corps comprised of Scott Darling, Keith Kinkaid, and Charlie Lindgren.