Team USA cut roster for the the 2017 World Junior Hockey Championship down to 24 players on Thursday morning and will make just one more cut before the tournament begins next Monday.
That cut will be a defenseman, meaning that Flyers prospect and forward Tanner Laczynski will be on the team, which begins play on December 26 against Latvia.
There were two big shockers in today’s cuts: Alex DeBrincat, the 39th overall pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, who played on the top line for the Americans at last year’s WJC, will not make the team. DeBrincat has 30 goals and 30 assists in 28 games so far this season with the OHL’s Erie Otters.