COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Augustana hockey head coach Garrett Raboin has been named to the 2024 USA World Juniors staff, announced by USA Hockey earlier today. The 2024 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships run from December 26, 2023 - January 5, 2024 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

"I'm extremely fortunate to have been offered the opportunity to represent our country. This is one of the most exciting tournaments in our sport, and I look forward to joining Coach Carle, his staff, and our players in Sweden," Raboin said.

Raboin will join the U.S. National Junior Team coaching staff that is led by head coach David Carle (Anchorage, Alaska/University of Denver) and includes assistant coaches Brett Larson (Duluth, Minn./St. Cloud State University), Steve Miller (Sun Prairie, Wis./University of Minnesota) and David Lassonde (Durham, N.H./USA Hockey), and video coach Travis Culhane (Kalamazoo, Mich./University of Denver). 

"I'm thrilled for Coach Raboin and for Augustana hockey to get this opportunity," Augustana Vice President of Athletics Josh Morton said."Excellence is a core value of Augustana University and for our head coach to be part of the excellence of Team USA on a world stage is exciting."  

The U.S. is in Group B alongside Czechia, Norway, Slovakia and Switzerland, and will play its preliminary round games at Frölundaborg Arena.

Augustana opens its season with a pair of matchups against B1G opponent Wisconsin on October 7 and 8. Augustana makes its home debut against Bowling Green on October 14-15 at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. Fans can purchase tickets at GoAugie.com/HockeyTickets.