The first-round pick dominated USA White's 6-1 victory, fueling the offense with a crucial primary assist and a clinical third-period redirection to solidify his World Junior candidacy.
Nashville Predators first-rounder Wyatt Cullen had a goal and an assist in USA White's 6-1 win over Sweden in the World Junior Summer Showcase on Sunday.
The tournament, which acts a selection process for the IIHF World Junior Championship, is in Windsor, Ontario from July 26 to Aug. 3.
In the final five minutes of the first period, Cullen cut into the right face-off circle from the high slot and let a shot go that was put away by Penguins prospect Carter Sanderson to make it 1-0 USA.
Cullen wasn't done; late in the third period, he deflected a shot from Carolina Hurricanes prospect Mikey Berchild to make it 5-1 USA.
Fellow Predators first-rounder, defenseman Tommy Bleyl, had an impressive coast-to-coast goal in the third period, but it was immediately called back due to goaltender interference on Bleyl.
Cullen and Bleyl are two of three Predators prospects playing for Team USA in the tournament alongside defenseman Jacob Rombach (2025, 35th overall).
Center Brady Martin (2025, 5th overall), defenseman Cameron Reid (2025, 21st overall), goalie Jack Ivankovic(2025, 58th overall) and defenseman Alex Huang (2025, 122nd overall) will all be playing for Team Canada.
All games can be watched on HNLive.ca.
Predators Prospects Games At WJSS
Monday, July 27: USA Blue vs. Finland at 2 p.m. CST
Wednesday, July 29: USA vs. Finland at 2 p.m. CST; Sweden vs. Canada at 6 p.m. CST
Thursday, July 30: USA vs. Sweden at 3 p.m. CST; Canada vs. Finland at 6 p.m. CST
Saturday, Aug. 1: USA vs. Canada at 4 p.m. CST
