After finishing in second place in Group A during the 2015 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship preliminary round, the U.S. National Under-18 Team will face Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.
The game is set for 8:45 a.m. ET and will stream live on FASTHockey.com for free.
Team USA and Czech Republic have squared off 12 times in tournament history with the U.S. holding a 9-1-1-1-0 record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T). The Americans have won the past nine games between the countries including last year's 5-2 victory in the gold medal game.
Thursday's schedule will also include quarterfinal matchups between Canada and Sweden, Finland and Slovakia and Russia facing host Switzerland.
Latvia and Germany square off in the relegation round. For complete tournament results, click here.
Team USA's Auston Matthews is tied for the tournament lead in scoring (4-6-10) with Canada's Matt Barzal. American scorers account for four of the top-10 point producers in the tournament. Jack Roslovic and Matthew Tkachuk each have eight points while Jeremy Bracco has seven.
Thursday's game will be streamed live for free on FASTHockey.com. Check back closer to game time for the links and game stream info.
Sixteen different players earned at least one point and 10 skaters recorded multi-point games as the U.S. National Under-18 Team toppled Germany, 13-1, at Arena Lucerne. With the victory, Team USA concluded preliminary-round play with a 3-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record and earned second place in Group A.
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