Bellows Named to Team USA for IIHF World Championships

Kieffer Bellows will represent Team USA at the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championships, USA Hockey announced on Thursday. The tournament will run from May 13-29 in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland
The Edina, MN, native had 19 points (6G, 13A) in 45 games for the New York Islanders this season, and finished the season with six points (2G, 4A) in his last nine games.

This marks Bellows' first World Championships, but the 23-year-old has a long history of representing the US. Bellows won a gold and bronze medals at the 2017 and 2018 World Juniors, respectively, and is a product of the US National Team Development Program.

Per USA Hockey:
Team USA will depart the U.S. for Helsinki on Saturday (May 7) and train there until departing for Tampere following its lone exhibition game on May 11 against Canada in the Helsinki Ice Hall. The U.S. begins play in the world championship on May 13 against Latvia at 9:15 a.m. ET. All U.S. games in the tournament will air live on NHL Network.
The U.S. has medaled in four of the last eight IIHF Men's World Championships (bronze in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021).