Jack Hughes still on United States roster at World Junior Summer Showcase

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia --Jack Hughes, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2019 NHL Draft, is among 29 players remaining with the United States after the roster for the World Junior Summer Showcase was trimmed Wednesday.

Hughes, 17, had two assists in USA White's 7-5 win against Canada Red on Tuesday, including the game-winning goal scored by his brother, defenseman Quintin Hughes (Vancouver Canucks).
"I think it's been a strong start for me, been pretty good," Jack Hughes said. "Good competition out here. … I just play my game. I can slow the game down if I want and speed the game up whenever I want to. I feel the game out and see how the pace is and read off that."
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Thirteen players were cut: defensemen Joshua Ess (Chicago Blackhawks), David Farrance (Nashville Predators), Maxwell Gildon (Florida Panthers), Thomas Miller (2019 draft eligible) and Alec Regula (Detroit Red Wings), and forwards Cole Coskey (2019 drat eligible), Jonathan Gruden (Ottawa Senators), Curtis Hall (Boston Bruins), Logan Hutsko (Florida Panthers), Brandon Kruse (Vegas Golden Knights), Ivan Lodnia (Minnesota Wild), Jacob McGrew (San Jose Sharks) and Jake Wise (Blackhawks).
"They were very difficult decisions," U.S. general manager John Vanbiesbrouck said. "I think that you come into these things, you do charts, you do a series of exercises to put players together that will best perform with other players when given an opportunity in a short period of time. Lot of the decisions were hard."
Here is the remaining United States roster that will play games against Sweden on Thursday (4 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN), Finland on Friday (4 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN) and Canada on Saturday (5 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN).
GOALTENDERS: Kyle Keyser, Oshawa, OHL (Boston Bruins); Spencer Knight, USA U-18, USHL (2019 draft eligible); Keith Petruzzelli, Quinnipiac, ECAC (Detroit Red Wings); Cayden Primeau, Northeastern, H-EAST (Montreal Canadiens)
DEFENSEMEN: Matt Anderson, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (2019 draft eligible); Michael Anderson, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (Los Angeles Kings); Quintin Hughes, Michigan, BIG10 (Vancouver Canucks); Joey Keane, Barrie, OHL (New York Rangers); Philip Kemp, Yale, ECAC (Edmonton Oilers); Benjamin Mirageas, Providence, H-EAST (New York Islanders); Dylan Samberg, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (Winnipeg Jets); Mattias Samuelsson, Western Michigan, NCHC (Buffalo Sabres); Reilly Walsh, Harvard, ECAC (New Jersey Devils)
FORWARDS: Evan Barratt, Penn State, BIG10 (Chicago Blackhawks); Noah Cates, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (Philadelphia Flyers); Alexander Chmelevski, Ottawa, OHL (San Jose Sharks); Logan Cockerill, Boston University, H-EAST (New York Islanders); Paul Cotter, Western Michigan, NCHC (Vegas Golden Knights); Sean Dhooghe, Wisconsin, BIG10 (2019 draft eligible); Jack Drury, Harvard, ECAC (Carolina Hurricanes); Joel Farabee, Boston University, H-EAST (Philadelphia Flyers); Jack Hughes, USA U-18, USHL (2019 draft eligible); Grant Mismash, North Dakota, NCHC (Nashville Predators); Joshua Norris, Michigan, BIG10 (San Jose Sharks); Jay O'Brien, Providence, H-EAST (Philadelphia Flyers); Ryan Poehling, St. Cloud State, NCHC (Montreal Canadiens); Jason Robertson, Kingston, OHL (Dallas Stars); Brady Tkachuk, Boston University, H-EAST (Ottawa Senators); Oliver Wahlstrom, Boston College, H-EAST (New York Islanders)

Veleno could play vs. Sweden on Friday

Joseph Veleno (Detroit Red Wings) has an injury that will keep him out against Finland on Thursday (9 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN2).
Veleno was scratched from Canada Red's game against USA White on Tuesday. Canada coach Tim Hunter said he's hopeful Veleno can play against Sweden on Friday (9 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN2).
"Joe's got a bit of a nagging injury and he won't play tomorrow, but we look to get him into the game against Sweden," Hunter said. "Just give him a little more time to feel comfortable. Today we didn't go on the ice, we had a team-building function. … He'll probably get a little twirl on the ice tomorrow. We only have a half-hour, see how it goes, see if he can play against Sweden."
Canada plays its final game against the United States on Saturday (5 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN).
"I don't know if we've ever really seen Joe's best game," Hunter said. "He's kind of been so-so. Been a lot of expectations on him. We just want to him to play relaxed and be himself out there, especially in this environment. No pressure, just go out and be yourself, have fun and play see what you can do."

Hughes to Hughes a winning combination

It was something Quintin Hughes and Jack Hughes had done hundreds of times growing up, but the brothers combined on the winning goal for USA White against Canada Red on Tuesday.
"A lot of those in the basement and practice," Jack Hughes said. "Pretty cool that got to be the winner."
Jack Hughes started the play by jumping on a turnover behind the net and feeding it to Quintin Hughes in the bottom of the right face-off circle to give USA White a 6-5 lead with 2:25 remaining.

"[Calen Addison] fumbled it behind the net and then I saw Jack coming around," Quintin said. "The winger on my side was flying the zone, so I cut through the seam there and Jack made a heads-up play."
Oliver Wahlstrom (New York Islanders) scored an empty-net goal to make it 7-5.
Prior to Tuesday, the only time the brothers had played together was one game during Quintin's minor-midget season. His team needed an extra player and called up Jack, who was playing one level down.
"He always played a year up with 2000 (born players) and one game he got called up with the 1999s so he was playing two years up," Quintin said. "That was pretty fun. … He ended up scoring that game. That was the only time I played with him, other than mini-sticks."
As nice as it was to score the winning goal set up by his brother, Quintin said he has bigger aspirations.
"If it happened in the gold medal game five or six months from now (at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship), I think I'd be pretty excited," he said.

Glass motivated by trip to Cup Final

Cody Glass expected a lot last season. A trip to the Stanley Cup Final was not among them.
Glass, 19, was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights with the No. 6 pick of the 2017 NHL Draft and was with them as an extra player during their run to the Final.
"I was a black ace for about two weeks," Glass said. "I don't think any other 19-year-old kid got to experience that besides me, (Erik) Brannstrom and (Nick) Suzuki. It was an awesome experience seeing the atmosphere in the rink and everything like that."
Glass tied for sixth in the Western Hockey League last season with 102 points (37 goals, 65 assists) and helped Portland reach the second round of the WHL playoffs.
"He's gaining an understanding of what's going to be required to move to the next level, to move to professional hockey," Vegas assistant general manager Kelly McCrimmon said. "He's made a real commitment physically, has learned a lot in that regard. … When I take a look at where Cody is today as opposed to 12 months ago, there's been a lot of progress that's been made. He's well on his way into the journey."
A step on that journey is the World Junior Summer Showcase. Glass tried to make an impression on the Hockey Canada staff when he scored a goal for Canada White in a 3-2 loss to USA Blue on Tuesday. Then comes Golden Knights training camp and trying to earn a spot in the NHL.
"Just keep improving every day," Glass said. "Take it one day at a time. Not going to make the team first day of training camp. Just going to try to get stronger, keep improving, getting faster. Feel I've been doing that through the summer and my ultimate goal is make the NHL."