Penn State’s Gadowsky to educate U.S. school group at Spengler Cup; Souza (UNH), Lammers (Niagara) named assistants

Penn State’s Man Gadowsky has been tabbed the top coach for america Collegiate Choose Crew forward of the 2025 Spengler Cup.

Together with Gadowsky, fellow NCAA bench bosses Mike Souza (New Hampshire) and Jason Lammers (Niagara) will function assistants.

“It’s an honor to be on the inaugural employees of the US Collegiate Selects and to be competing in such a prestigious event,” mentioned Gadowsky in a information launch. “The Spengler Cup will present an unbelievable expertise for the gamers chosen and might be nice for the continued publicity of school hockey outdoors of america.”

For the primary time within the 102-year historical past of the event, which dates again to 1923, making it the oldest invitational hockey event on this planet, a group of prime NCAA collegiate gamers will compete.

Held yearly in Davos, Switzerland from December 26-31, 2025, the Spengler Cup is hosted by the Swiss skilled group HC Davos with the 2025 rendition marking the 97th all-time event. HC Fribourg-Gotteron defeated the Straubing Tigers, 7-2, in final yr’s event capturing their first Spengler Cup within the course of. The hosts, HC Davos, together with Crew Canada have every gained 16 Spengler Cups, tying for essentially the most by a single membership all-time.

The U.S. Collegiate Choose group will made up of 25 gamers, named at a later date, from throughout NCAA division I males’s hockey, with every convention being represented. Together with the Selects, host HC Davos, Crew Canada, HC Fribourg-Gotteron, Sparta Praha and IFK Helsinki might be participating within the 2025 version, with the six taking part groups taking part in a minimal of two contests.