WORLD
CHAMPIONS
Thanks to help from a quartet of Wolverines
— from left to right: freshman forwards Matty
Beniers and Brendan Brisson, U-M assistant Kris
Mayotte and sophomore defender Cam York
— Team USA won the 2021 World Junior Cham-
pionship with a 2-0 victory over Canada Jan. 5.
Mayotte served as an assistant coach for the
squad, while York was the team captain for a
unit that won its final six contests after a 5-3
setback against Russia in its opening game
of preliminary play. The Americans outscored
their six foes 33-5 after that.
Across the seven games, York tallied one goal
and five assists — the latter tied for fifth at the
event — and he finished second among all de-
fensemen in points. Meanwhile, Beniers posted
a goal with two assists, and Brisson notched a
pair of goals.
It was the second time Mayotte helped guide
a gold-medal effort on the junior level and the
third time he assisted a medal-winning squad
(also won a bronze in 2018). The triumph also
increased the number of junior medals won by
Michigan players representing America to 20.
PHOTO BY KRIS MAYOTTE/COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETICS
THE BIG PICTURE