LUCERNE, Switzerland - Auston Matthews (Scottsdale, Ariz./2-3) and Matthew Tkachuk (St. Louis, Mo./1-4) earned five points each and Jack Roslovic (Columbus, Ohio) totaled four points (2-2) as the U.S. National Under-18 Team downed Slovakia, 10-0, here this afternoon at Arena Lucerne. With the win, Team USA improves to 1-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) at the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 World Championship.

The United States struck quickly in the first frame, lighting the lamp when Troy Terry (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) backhanded his own rebound home. Michael Floodstrand (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Brendan Warren (Carleton, Mich.) assisted on the play. Midway through the period, Tkachuk doubled the U.S. lead on the power play, jamming the puck past Team Slovakia goaltender Vladimir Cibulka. Roslovic and Matthews combined to help set up the play. Roslovic then scored back-to-back markers to push the Team USA lead to four. Tkachuk, Matthews and Roslovic cycled the puck on the power play before the puck found Roslovic's stick and finally the back of the net. Roslovic shoveled in a Matthews feed with 1:43 left in the first for the fourth U.S. tally. Charles McAvoy (Long Beach, N.Y.) also assisted.

Team USA notched six goals in the second stanza to build a 10-0 advantage. Matthews scored just 28 seconds in the period before adding another tally at 4:49. Less than two minutes later, Jeremy Bracco (Freeport, N.Y.) added to the U.S. goal total, chasing Cibulka to the bench. Casey Fitzgerald (North Reading, Mass.), Luke Kunin (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Warren closed out the scoring with tallies in 1:41 of action.

Evan Sarthou (Black Diamond, Wash.) kicked out all seven shots he faced in the third period and 15 total in the contest to complete the shutout of Slovakia.

The U.S. National Under-18 Team next faces Sweden on Sunday, April 19. Puck drop is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET and live, streaming video is available free of charge through FASTHockey.com.