2018 U.S. UNDER-18 MEN'S SELECT TEAM GAME NOTES 2018 | & RED DEER, | AUGUST 6-11, 2018

GAME ONE • USA (0-0-0-0) VS. (0-0-0-0) • SERVUS ARENA • AUGUST 6, 2018 TONIGHT'S GAME THINGS TO KNOW Team USA is 2-3 (W-L) in its last five meetings with Czechia at the The U.S. will play in a fiercely competitive Pool B this week with Hlinka Tournament. In 2017, the teams met in preliminary-round Czechia, Russia and Finland. play with the winning 7-3. In 2016, the teams met twice, Team USA competed in one exhibition game prior to the 2018 with Team USA skating to a 4-2 win in pool play before falling Hlinka Gretzky Cup, a 10-4 victory over on Saturday in 4-3 to Czechia in the Hlinka Cup championship game. In 2015, Sylvan Lake, Alberta, . Nicholas Robertson (Northville, the U.S. closed Hlinka Cup play with a 4-3 win over the Czechs. Mich.) led all skaters with four points (2G, 2A). In all, 13 players In 2014, Czechia skated to a 4-2 win over the U.S. in pool play. recorded points for the U.S. The Czech Republic finished second at last year's Hlinka Cup Over the years, a number of players who skated with Team USA and first in 2016, the country's successful two-year run at at the Hlinka Tournament went on to establish prominent NHL and the event since consecutive runner-up finishes in 2004 and 2005. international careers. Among them are Stanley Cup champions The U.S. and Czechia are tied for the third-most top-three Dustin Brown, John Carlson and Alec Martinez. For an expanded finishes at the Hlinka Tournament with 13 each. list, see page 2. TALKING POINTS TEAM USA SCHEDULE LAYLIN LEADING THE WAY DATE EVENT TIME (LOCAL)/RESULT Cory Laylin (St. Cloud, Minn.) is the head coach of the 2018 U.S. City Venue (Eastern) Under-18 Men's Select Team after serving as an assistant coach at the 2017 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. In 2016, he guided the U.S. SAT., AUGUST 4 SLOVAKIA (exh.) W 10-4 Under-17 Men's Select Team as head coach to an undefeated Sylvan Lake Sylvan Lake NexSource Centre championship at the 2016 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament. Prior to that, Laylin served as an assistant coach for the Under-17 MON., AUGUST 6 CZECH REPUBLIC 7:00 P.M. Men's Select Team that won first place at the 2015 Under-17 Red Deer Servus Arena 9:00 P.M. Five Nations Tournament. Laylin, who is head coach of the TUES., AUGUST 7 FINLAND 7:00 P.M. men's hockey team at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Red Deer Servus Arena 9:00 P.M. is joined on the U.S. coaching staff by assistant coaches Pat Ferschweiler (Rochester, Minn.), Shane Connelly (Cheltenham, WED., AUGUST 8 RUSSIA 7:00 P.M. Pa.) and Joe Bonnett (Colorado Springs, Colo.). Pat Boller Red Deer Servus Arena 9:00 P.M. (Danbury, Conn.) is serving as the team's video coach. FRI., AUGUST 10 SEMIFINALS TBD NINE BACK FOR ANOTHER TOUR Edmonton Rogers Place Nine of the 20 skaters on the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team SAT., AUGUST 11 THIRD PLACE GAME 1:30 P.M. competed in the 2017 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament Edmonton Rogers Place 3:30 P.M. with Team USA. John Farinacci (Chatham, N.J.), Josh Groll SAT., AUGUST 11 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 6:00 P.M. (San Diego, Calif.), Arthur Kaliyev (Delray Beach, Fla.), Mike Koster (Chaska, Minn), Robert Mastrosimone (East Islip, N.Y.), Edmonton Rogers Place 8:00 P.M. Mitchell Miller (Sylvania, Ohio), Josh Nodler (Oak Park, Mich.), All U.S. preliminary games will be streamed live on HockeyTV Grant Silianoff (Edina, Minn.) and Cade Webber (Meadville, Pa.) helped lead the U.S. squad to an undefeated 4-0-0 record and ALL-TIME FINISHES first place at the tournament. Farinacci, captain of the U.S. team, recorded two goals and Since the tournament was renamed the Ivan Hlinka Memorial two assists in four Five Nations games while Silianoff led all U.S. Tournament in 2006, the U.S. has claimed five top-three finishes, skaters with seven points (4G, 3A). Team USA outscored its three of which have come in the last five years. opponents 26-5 over the four contests played in Ostrava, Czech Republic. TEAM USA TOP-THREE FINISHES SINCE 2006 YEAR FINISH RECORD BACK IN NORTH AMERICA 2017 Fiffth 1-1-0-2 The Hlinka Tournament hasn't been played on North American 2016 Second 2-2-0-1 soil since 1996, when it was known as the Pacific Cup and hosted 2015 Fifth 2-0-0-2 in Nelson and Castlgar, British Columbia, Canada. The U.S. 2014 Third 3-0-0-2 Under-18 Men's Select Team skated to a second-place finish 2013 Second 3-0-1-1 at the event, paced by 10 points (4G, 6A) from Erik Westrum 2012 Seventh 1-0-1-2 (Apple Valley, Minn.), who would go on to star at the University of 2011 Fifth 1-2-0-1 Minnesota before playing in the NHL with the Phoenix Coyotes, 2010 Second 2-1-1-1 Minnesota Wild and Toronto Maple Leafs. Westrum also helped the U.S. Men's National Team claim a bronze medal at the 2004 2009 Fourth 2-0-0-2 IIHF Men's World Championship, scoring the game-winning 2008 Seventh 1-0-0-3 in a shootout against Slovakia. 2007 Fifth 1-1-0-2 Among the other members of the 1996 U.S. Under-18 2006 Second 2-1-0-0 Men's Select Team was Brian Gionta, who served as captain MEDIA INFORMATION of the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men's Team, as well as future NHLers Scott Gomez, John Pohl, Paul Mara and Mike Team USA players and head coach Cory Laylin will be available Pandolfo. for interviews in designated mixed-zone areas following games. U.S. Olympian Mark Kumpel (Wakefield, Mass.) served on Media availability on day-of-game skates will be limited. the 1996 team's coaching staff and he's serving as team leader Members of the media are not allowed in the U.S. dressing room. for the 2018 U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team. MEDIA CONTACT: CHRIS KRENN PLAYING AT SERVUS ARENA 813.210.3376 [email protected] Built in 1952, the original Servus Arena was torn down and All media availability with U.S. team members must be arranged replaced in the exact same location in 2016. The building through Chris Krenn, who is on-site with the U.S. Under-18 features room-temperature spectator seating for 1,360 fans, Men's Select Team here in Alberta. an indoor walking track and concession options for spectators. 2018 is the first year the building will serve as host to the Hlinka ONLINE GUIDE TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM/2018HLINKA Gretzky Cup. Team USA information, including player and staff bios, team schedule, news and team history is available online.

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BY THE NUMBERS TEAM USA TIDBITS Average Height 6ft. 0in. USA HOCKEY HAPPENINGS Tallest Webber (6-5/196 cm) Each August, USA Hockey invites approximately 40 players to the World Junior Summer Shortest Robertson (5-9/175 cm) Showcase, which took place in 2018 in Kamloops, British Columbia, from July 28 - Aug. Average Weight 179.1 lbs 4. The Summer Showcase serves as part of the process to select the U.S. National Heaviest Paquette (200 lbs) Junior Team that will compete at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Lightest Wolf (150 lbs) : : Championship, which takes place each December. Shoot/Catch Left 14 Right 8 The 2018 USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, which features the top HOME STATES (11) 40 American-born prospects eligible for the 2019 NHL Draft, will be hosted by the Michigan 5 Minnesota Wild and Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday, September 19. The seventh Minnesota 5 annual contest, which will be staged in Minnesota for the very first time, is set for a 7 California 2 p.m. CT faceoff. Massachusetts 2 The 2018 USA Hockey Women's National Festival, which takes place Aug. 6-13, is a Pennsylvania 2 training session that will also be used to select two 22-player rosters for a pair of series Florida 1 against Canada that will be held simultaneously from Aug. 14-19 in Calgary, Alberta. The Illinois 1 U.S. entries will feature an Under-18 Select Team and Under-22 Select Team. Iowa 1 New Jersey 1 New York 1 USA HOCKEY PLAYER DEVELOPMENT CAMPS Ohio 1 The 2018 U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team was chosen from players skating at USA Hockey's 2018 Boys Select 17 Player Development Camp in Amherst, New York. The COLLEGE COMMITMENTS (17) USA Hockey National Player Development Camps for 15-year olds, 16-year olds, and University of Minnesota 3 17-year olds provide the nation's top young players with age-appropriate on- and off-ice University of North Dakota 3 training and coaching from elite-level instructors, as well as the opportunity to compete Boston University 2 against their peers from throughout the country. Harvard University 2 Players earn invitations to the national camps through their performance at a series Michigan State University 2 Colorado College 1 of state- and district-level camps held each season. The camps are designed so players Northeastern University 1 return home afterward with the toold to further develop their skills over the course of Penn State University 1 the coming season and beyond. Since their launch in 1977, USA Hockey's National University of Michigan 1 Player Development Camps have been a springboard for countless future Olympians University of Notre Dame 1 and professional players. Uncommitted 1 NOTABLE U.S. ALUMNI 2018 U.S. UNDER-18 MEN'S SELECT TEAM GAME-BY-GAME SCORING PLAYER YEAR PLAYED SVK CZE FIN RUS TBD TBD 2018 Cam Atkinson 2006 W, 10-4 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD HGC Brock Boeser 2014 NO NAME POS. 08/04 08/06 08/07 08/08 05/10 05/11 TOTAL Dustin Brown 2001 2 Dylan Davies D ------0-0 (0) 2013 3 Mike Koster D G ------0-0 (0) John Carlson 2007 4 Mitchell Miller D A ------0-0 (0) Charlie Coyle 2009 5 Luke Reid D A ------0-0 (0) 6 Michael Feenstra D G ------0-0 (0) Brian Dumoulin 2008 7 Jackson LaCombe D ------0-0 (0) Alex Galchenyuk 2011 8 Sam Colangelo F ------0-0 (0) Jake Gardiner 2007 9 John Farinacci F GAA ------0-0 (0) 2010 10 Josh Groll F GGA ------0-0 (0) 2009 11 Arthur Kaliyev F GA ------0-0 (0) 2011 12 Aaron Huglen F ------0-0 (0) Alec Martinez 2004 14 Jackson Jutting F A ------0-0 (0) Ryan McDonagh 2006 15 Tyler Paquette F G ------0-0 (0) Matt Niskanen 2003 16 Michael Mancinelli F A ------0-0 (0) 17 Robert Mastrosimone F ------0-0 (0) Kyle Okposo 2005 18 Josh Nodler F AA ------0-0 (0) Max Pacioretty 2005 19 Nicholas Robertson F GGAA ------0-0 (0) Zach Parise 2000 20 Grant Silianoff F GA ------0-0 (0) Brett Pesce 2011 21 Cade Webber D ------0-0 (0) Jaccob Slavin 2011 22 Luke Toporowski F ------0-0 (0) 2010 1 Derek Mullahy G 29:00 ------0-0 (W-L) Keith Yandle 2003 9/11 ------0.00 GAA 30 Dustin Wolf G W, 31:00 ------0-0 (W-L) 16/18 ------0.00 GAA TEAM USA STAT LEADERS Key: G - goal P* - A* - assist on GWG SKATERS A - assist U - unassisted goal P - powerplay goal W - game-winning goal ^ - Exhibition Game S - shorthanded goal GOALS TBD W* - shootout game-winning goal DNP - Did Not Play ASSISTS TBD *Exhibition game statistics do not count towards Hlinka Gretzky Cup totals POINTS TBD

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