Denver – Richard and Kizzia Goodman Hockey Coach of the University of Denver david carl USA Hockey announced Tuesday that he will return as head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Karl will lead the Americans to their second consecutive Under-20 Games after leading the United States to a gold medal at the 2024 Games in Gothenburg, Sweden. The U.S. went undefeated in seven games en route to its sixth championship in the past 20 years, and its win in the final on Jan. 5 clinched the country’s first gold medal in 2004, when Denver defenseman and Karl played. That very day happened. His younger brother Matt is also on the roster.
“I am honored to be asked to represent our country again.” curl. “We have a great staff and we are all excited about the opportunity to work with our nation’s top athletes with the goal of winning back-to-back gold medals at the World Juniors for the first time in our nation’s history.”
The 2024 World Junior Championships will be Carl’s first time coaching the U.S. team at any level, and he will be the second Denver coach to coach Team USA at the World Juniors, following Marshall Johnston in 1977. became.
Karl is the third NCHC head coach to lead the U.S. to a gold medal at the World Junior Championships, following former St. Cloud coach Bob Motzko (2017) and North Dakota/Omaha coach Dean Brace (Omaha, 2010). It became.
The Anchorage, Alaska, native is in his seventh season at the helm of the Denver hockey program in 2024-25, leading the Pioneers to the NCHC Regular Season Champions, two Penrose Cup wins, and the 2024 NCHC Frozen Face. Led him to three off-championship and Frozen Fours. qualification and two national championship wins. DU won an NCAA-record 10th national title by defeating Boston University and Boston College in the 2024 Frozen Four April 11-13 in St. Paul, Minn.
He has a career record of 148-62-16 and a winning percentage of .690, which is currently the highest among Denver hockey coaches. On Nov. 25, he passed his predecessor Jim Montgomery (125 wins) for sole fourth place on the school’s all-time wins list, earning his 125th career win in 13 fewer games than Montgomery.
Karl coached his 200th game in the Western Michigan Conference on Dec. 9, becoming the fifth DU bench coach to reach the milestone. His winning percentage of .675 was the second-highest of any Pioneer coach through his first 200 games, and only the legendary Murray Armstrong surpassed that winning percentage of .735 through his first 200 games. That included winning three U.S. national championships in his first six-plus years. program.
Starting in 2024, Karl’s entire coaching staff will return next year, taking over as Denver’s director of hockey operations. travis culhane While serving as video coach, former DU assistants Steve Miller (University of Minnesota) and David Lassonde (USA Hockey), St. Cloud State University head coach Brett Larson and Augustana State head coach Garrett Lavoin will be joining the U.S. He returned as an assistant coach.A freshman defenseman also participated in last year’s U.S. World Junior National Team. Zeev Buium and equipment manager nick meldrum.
Team USA will compete in the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship from December 26, 2024 to January 2024. 5, 2025, Ottawa, Ontario. The United States is in Group A with Finland, Canada, Latvia and Germany and will play their qualifying round matches at the Canadian Tire Center. Group B includes Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland and Kazakhstan, with qualifying round matches to be played at TD Place Arena.
