Recap of last night's 6-1 victory over Finland in the Four Nations Faceoff.

Big game Saturday night vs. Canada.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/4-nations-face-off-united-states-6-finland-1~3080589

USA women beat Canada in overtime this past week to win gold at the Women's World Championships. Yay.

U18 Men's World Championships start today in Frisco and Allen (Texas).

Team USA plays Czechia tonight at 7pm on NHL Network (DirecTV channel 215).

https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1337288

I won't be there unfortunately as DFW is way to far for me to travel on a workday. Small off chance, however, I'll make it up for Saturday's game vs. Sweden.

Down 2-1 late in the third, Team USA scores 2 (plus an empty netter) in the last five minutes to win 4-2 over the Czechs.

Really dominated in the final period, which was good to see, and Frisco native (son of NHLer) Blake Fiddler gets the all-important equalizer in the third.

Tomorrow we get the Swiss, which should be a little easier.

Here's what I've been able to ascertain regarding TV availability for the U18 games underway in Frisco/Allen:

Team USA games will be broadcast live on the NHL Network (DirecTV channel 215).

Team Canada games will be broadcast live (and presumably on demand) on the ESPN+ app. It appears that at least some of the knockout stage games will be on ESPN+ as well.

The remaining teams' games should be available on IIHF TV streaming through the IIHF website (and their app), but the tournament is apparently geo-blocked in the USA. I presume a VPN could get around that.