Highlighting the returnees from last year's gold medal-winning team are forwards Declan Farmer (Northlake, Ill.) and Brody Roybal (Northlake, Ill.); defenseman Josh Pauls (Green Brook, N.J.); and goaltender Steve Cash (Overland, Mo.). At the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, Roybal was named tournament MVP after accumulating a tournament-leading 17 points (10-7) in five games while Farmer, who equaled Roybal's 17 points, tied the U.S. and Paralympic records for most goals in a single Paralympics with 11, including the game-tying and game-winning goals in the gold-medal game against Canada. Additionally, the 2017-18 season saw long-time U.S. national team members Pauls and Cash help lead the U.S. to a trio of championships as Pauls served his first season as team captain while Cash won championship games at the 2017 World Sled Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown, P.E.I., the 2018 Turin Para Ice Hockey International Tournament in Turin, Italy; and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Other notable returnees to the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team include forwards Kevin McKee (Chicago, Ill.) and Rico Roman (Portland, Ore.) and goaltender Jen Lee (San Francisco, Calif.), all who were part of Team USA's Paralympic gold medal-winning efforts at the 2014 and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Additionally, forward Josh Sweeney (Portland, Ore.) and defenseman Chris Douglas (St. Cloud, Fla.), who were on the 2014-15 U.S. roster that went undefeated season en route to winning the 2015 IPC Sled Hockey World Championship on home ice in Buffalo, N.Y., are both entering their second stints with the U.S. national team. Sweeney, who captained the gold medal-winning U.S. team, previously played five seasons (2011-16) while Douglas skated two seasons (2014-16).

Newcomers to the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team include defenseman Colin Gooley (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) and forwards Josh Hargis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Kyle Zych (South Hadley, Mass.), all who skated with the U.S. Development Sled Hockey Team in 2017-18. Gooley and Hargis served as co-captains along with Douglas.

For the complete U.S. National Sled Hockey Team roster, click here. The 2018-19 U.S. Men's Development Sled Hockey Team roster was also unveiled today and can be found here. The team will be coached by 2002 Paralympic gold medalist Kip St. Germaine (East Falmouth, Mass.).