Team USA Game Notes USA (3-0-0-1) vs. Russia (3-0-1-0) Paralympic Winter Games | March 15, 2014 | Shayba Arena | Sochi, Russia Media Contact: Matt Trevor ([email protected]) | Olympics.USAHockey.com | @USAHockey | @USAHockeyScores | Facebook: USA Hockey RUSSIAN RIVALRY 2014 Paralympic Winter Games The gold medal is on the line as the United States and Russia meet Team USA Schedule for the second time in five days during the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Russia topped Team USA, 2-1, in the preliminary round on March 11. The Russians scored once in the first and second periods, Date Opponent Time/Result while Adam Page scored for the U.S. in the third period. Team USA Sat., March 8 Italy W, 5-1 outshot Russia, 23-10. Though the U.S. and Russia had never met in the Paralym- Sun., March 9 South Korea W, 3-0 pics prior to this year, the countries matched up four times in the Tues., March 11 Russia L, 1-2 14 months leading up to the Games. In January 2013, Team USA blanked Russia, 4-0, at the USA Hockey Sled Cup. In the semifinals Thurs., March 13 Canada (semifinal) W, 3-0 of the 2013 International Paralympic Committee World Champion- Sat., March 15 Russia (gold medal game) Noon ET ship, the U.S. earned a 2-1 victory. Team USA won by margins of 2-1 and 4-1 at last December’s World Sledge Hockey Challenge. ** All games at Shayba Arena NBC will broadcast today’s game live at noon ET. A live web stream is available at TeamUSA.org. 2014 U.S. Paralympic Sled Team Stats GOLD STANDARD Team USA is playing in the gold-medal game for the third time in four Name GP G A PTS PIMS Paralympic Winter Games. In 2002, the U.S. won gold on home ice Declan Farmer 4 3 2 5 0 in Salt Lake City. Team USA captured gold once again at the 2010 Games. The U.S. can become the first nation to repeat as Paralym- Nikko Landeros 4 0 5 5 0 pic gold medalist with a victory tonight. Adam Page 4 3 0 3 2 Eight players return from the 2010 U.S. squad that captured the Taylor Chace 4 1 2 3 4 gold medal in Vancouver, including goaltender Steve Cash; defen- Josh Pauls 4 1 2 3 0 seman Taylor Chace, Nikko Landeros and Andy Yohe; and for- Brody Roybal 4 2 0 2 2 wards Adam Page, Josh Pauls and Greg Shaw. Team USA is guaranteed to win a medal for a fourth consecu- Dan McCoy 2 0 2 2 0 tive Paralympic Winter Games. Cash, Chace, Lipsett and Yohe all Paul Schaus 4 1 0 1 8 played on the 2006 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team that earned Josh Sweeney 4 1 0 1 0 the bronze medal in Torino, Italy. Andy Yohe 4 0 1 1 4 Tyler Carron 4 0 0 0 0 HARVESTING POINTS Declan Farmer factored into each of Team USA’s goals in the 3-0 Rico Roman 4 0 0 0 4 win over Canada in the semifinals. He scored twice in the first period Greg Shaw 3 0 0 0 0 and assisted on Josh Pauls’ marker in the second period. The 16 Taylor Lipsett 1 0 0 0 0 year old is tied for the U.S. lead in goals (3) and points (5) in the 2014 Kevin McKee 1 0 0 0 0 Games. He had a goal and an assist versus Italy in the tournament opener. Name GP W-L MINS SV% GAA MONEY IN THE BANK Steve Cash 4 3-1 175:06 .949 0.51 Steve Cash stopped 11 Canadian shots in the semifinals to notch his Jen Lee 1 0-0 4:42 .667 9.57 second shutout of the 2014 Games and his seventh career shutout in the Paralympics. Named Best Goaltender of the 2010 Paralympic Games, he did not allow a goal in 210 minutes en route to the gold U.S. Paralympic Sled Team History medal in Vancouver. Cash yielded the first goals of his Paralympic Year Finish Record Head Coach Team Captain career in the 2-1 loss to Russia Tuesday. His shutout streak reached 2010 Gold 5-0-0 Ray Maluta Andy Yohe 313 minutes and 17 seconds. Dating back to the 2006 Paralympic 2006 Bronze 3-0-2 Keith Blase Joe Howard Games, Cash denied 38 consecutive shots before Russia converted 2002 Gold 6-0-0 Rick Middleton Joe Howard a five-on-three power play at 11:57 of the first period. On Friday, Cash 1998 Sixth 1-1-3 Angelo Bianco Dave Conklin was named flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony by the USOC. SERVING THEIR COUNTRY AGAIN Four members of the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team -- Jen Lee, Rico Roman, Paul Schaus and Josh Sweeney -- have served or currently serve in the U.S. military. Lee is an active-duty sergeant in the U.S. Army. Roman is retired U.S. Army, while Schaus and Swee- ney are both former U.S. Marines. Sweeney, Roman and Schaus play on the same forward line together. Team USA Game Notes vs. Canada • Thursday, March 13, 2014 • 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Team USA Game Notes vs. Russia • Thursday, March 15, 2014 • 2014 Paralympic Winter Games • Page Three SUPPORTING TEAM USA 2010 PARALYMPIC AWARD WINNERS More than 60 family and friends are in Sochi to support Team Steve Cash and Taylor Chace were both honored following their USA. Each player has at least two fans who have made the trip. performances at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. Cash, who Tyler Carron has the largest personal cheering section with 11. posted five straight shutouts in the tournament, was named Best Goaltender by the tournament directorate and earned a spot on LANDEROS LOOMS LARGE the media all-star team. Chace, who tallied five points (3-2) in five Defenseman Nikko Landeros leads the U.S. with five assists outings, was tabbed Best Defenseman by the tournament direc- and is tied with Declan Farmer for the team lead in points (5). He torate and, like Cash, picked for a spot on the media all-star team. posted three assists against Italy and had a helper versus Russia and Canada. Also, Landeros has been playing nearly two-thirds COACHING PEDIGREE of each game, averaging 28:53 of ice time per night. Head Coach Jeff Sauer is in his third year with Team USA. He led the squad to the gold medal at the 2012 IPC World Championship CHACE CLOCKING IN and the silver medal at the 2013 IPC World Championship. He Defensemen Taylor Chace has logged the most ice time of any coached the 1995 U.S. Men’s National Team at the International American player in the Paralympics. In four games, Chace has Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship. He has averaged 29:33 of playing time, scored once and added two as- also coached the last three U.S. Deaflympic Ice Hockey Teams. sists. The three-time Paralympian has six goals and four assists Sauer spent 31 seasons as a head coach in NCAA Division I, in 14 career Paralympic contests. racking up 655 career wins. He won two national championships with the University of Wisconsin (1983, ‘90) and also coached for THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT Colorado College, his alma mater. In 2011, Sauer was honored Teenagers Brody Roybal (15) and Declan Farmer (16) are with the Lester Patrick Award for “outstanding service to hockey the youngest and second-youngest Americans to score in the in the U.S.” Paralympics. Against Italy, Roybal notched the first two goals Assistant Coach Guy Gosselin is also in his third season. He and points of his U.S. National Team career. Farmer also tallied is two-time Olympian, skating for U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey against the Italians. Team in 1988 and 1992. He was an alternate captain in 1992. He also played on three U.S. Men’s National Teams (1986, ‘90-91). CAPTAINS AMERICA Andy Yohe is the captain of the 2014 Paralympic Sled Hockey ICE WARRIORS Team. Team USA’s alternate captains are Taylor Chace and The 2014 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team was featured in Josh Sweeney. Yohe wore the ‘C’ for the 2010 Paralympic Team a PBS documentary entitled ‘Ice Warriors,’ that debuted Feb. as well. 24. The 60-minute film follows Team USA from its first training camp last September through its three-game series vs. Canada U.S. NATIONAL SLED TEAM EXPERIENCE in January. The documentary can be viewed in full at www.pbs. Fifteen players on the Paralympic roster were members of the org/wgbh/medal-quest/ice-warriors/ 2012-13 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team that garnered the silver medal at the 2013 IPC Sled Hockey World Championship. Brody ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE Roybal is in his first season with the U.S. National Team. Andy Player and staff bios and historical information pertinent to the Yohe returned to Team USA for the first time since 2009-10. 2014 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team online at olympics. usahockey.com. 2013-14 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team Game-By-Game Statistics (includes Paralympic Games) Player 12/1 vs. RUS 12/2 vs. KOR 12/4 vs. CAN 12/5 vs. RUS 12/7 vs. CAN 1/9 vs. CAN 1/10 vs. CAN 1/11 vs. CAN 3/8 vs. ITA 3/9 vs. KOR 3/11 vs.