December 28, 2007

Foley at Work at World Juniors

LIBEREC, Czech Republic -- Harvard men's hockey assistant coach Patrick Foley and the U.S. National Junior Team began play at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Wednesday, defeating Kazakhstan, 5-1, at Tipsport Arena.

Foley is serving as an assistant coach with Team USA. Wednesday's game was the first of four Pool B games in six games for the Americans. Team USA takes on Switzerland Friday, Russia Saturday and Finland Monday. Medal-round play begins with the quarterfinals Jan. 2.

Fans can keep track of all the tournament action with schedules, results, live stats and audio broadcasts at USAHockey.com.

Before beginning tournament play, Team USA played a pair of exhibitions, defeating Western Michigan, 4-2, Dec. 18 and falling to the Czech Republic, 5-2, Dec. 22.