From: USA Hockey WebsiteDU Forward Tyler Ruegsegger has been named as an assistant captain of Team USA for the World Junior Hockey Championship in the Czech Republic.
Brian Strait was named the captain and Ruegsegger, Blake Geoffrion and Chris Summers are the alternates.
Strait already has captain experience on the international stage (2006 Under-18 World Championship) and brought home gold. Ruegsegger, Geoffrion and Summers bring strong international experience to these leadership positions as well. Summers was with Strait on that 2006 squad while Geoffrion was on last year's junior team and saw heated battle with Canada. Ruegsegger helped Team USA to a silver medal in 2003-04 at the Five Nations Tournament.
Ruegsegger is currently an Assistant Captain for University of Denver as a Sophomore.
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