Cole Guttman and Nicklaus Perbix are wearing the red, white, and blue to play for Team USA at the World Junior ‘A’ challenge. The tournament is held prior to the IIHF Men’s U20 World Championship (or World Juniors) and is run by Hockey Canada. It’s an invitational tournament featuring what can essentially be called the ‘B’ teams for national junior hockey. The Bolts prospects have left their USHL teams and played one pre-tournament game for USA so far, and the real games kicked off last night.
For the World Juniors, the Lightning have four players currently attending Team Canada camp in St.