USA Hockey has announced Dean Lombardi, president and general manager of the Los Angeles Kings, will be the general manager of Team USA for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto next September.

Lombardi has been a member of USA Hockey's advisory board since 2009, but this is his first opportunity with USA Hockey in an official management capacity.

"It is only fitting that this announcement takes place in Lake Placid, New York -- the site of the greatest spiritual victory in the sport of ice hockey for this country. It is an illustrious example of the power of team, an example of the power of burying your ego, the power of accepting roles and the power of the pursuit of a higher cause," he said. "It's time for the Parises, the Suters, the McDonaghs and the Quicks to understand their legacy and build upon that legacy as the next generation of great American players."