The U.S., which has won seven straight games and was the top seed in the tournament coming out of the preliminary round, will play in Saturday’s (June 5) semifinals against the lowest seeded team after the quarterfinal round. The game will either be played at 7:15 a.m. ET or 11:15 a.m. ET and can be seen live on NHL Network.

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NOTES: Colin Blackwell (North Andover, Mass.) was named the U.S. Player of the Game for the second time in the tournament… U.S. outshot Slovakia, 33-28 … The U.S. was 0-2 on the power play, while Slovakia was 0-2 … Brian Boyle (Hingham, Mass.) took over as captain of Team USA with Justin Abdelkader (Muskegon, Mich.) out indefinitely due to injury, while Colin Blackwell (North Andover, Mass.) and Matt Roy (Detroit, Mich.) are the squad’s alternate captains … For complete coverage of the U.S. Men’s National Team, click here ... The official IIHF home of the 2021 IIHF Men’s World Championship is 2021.IIHFWorlds.com.