Minnesota leads the way with five players among the 21 chosen for the USA Hockey U-18 team that will represent the nation next month in an international tournament in Slovakia.
The five announced today on the roster are all high school players: goaltender Zane Gothberg of Thief River Falls; defenseman Ben Marshall of Mahtomedi; and forwards Nick Bjugstad of Blaine, Christian Isackson of St. Thomas Academy, and Kyle Rau of Eden Prairie.