USA Women's Hockey

The 2015 U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team continues preliminary action at the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 Women’s World Championship against Russia today, with a 7 p.m. face-off at HARBORCENTER (Rink 1) in Buffalo, New York. The match-up will be streamed live at FASTHockey.com.

After two games, the U.S. has secured one of the top two seeds in Group A and will advance automatically to the Semifinals.

Three players scored and Brittany Bugalski (Lake Worth, Fla./Assabet Valley) made eight saves to help the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team shut out Czech Republic, 3-0, in preliminary-round action on Tueday (Jan. 6).

Team USA defeated Canada, 2-1, in a thrilling shootout in the opening game of the tournament on Monday (Jan. 5).