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2021 U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM GAME NOTES 2021 IIHF Men’s World Championship | Arena Riga | Riga, Latvia | May 21-June 6, 2021 Bronze-Medal Game • USA (7-0-0-2) vs. Germany (4-0-0-4) • Sunday, June 6, 2021 TODAY'S GAME TEAM USA THREE BEST PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT The U.S. meets Germany in the bronze-medal game here at the Cal Petersen, Goaltender 4-2, 1.34 GAA, .950 SV%, 2 SO 2021 IIHF Men's World Championship. All-time, the U.S. is 12- Conor Garland, Forward 5g, 5a=10pts in 8 GP 0-1-4-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) in 20 meetings against Germany. It is Zac Jones, Defenseman 0g, 3a=3pts; 20:21 TOI the second meeting between the two teams after a preliminary- round 2-0 win for Team USA on May 31. Cal Petersen, who TEAM USA STAT LEADERS earned U.S. Player of the Game honors, put forth a 33-save Goals Garland.....5 shutout performance while Jason Robertson converted on a Assists Garland.....5 U.S. powerplay and Colin Blackwell added an empty-netter Points Garland.....10 (5-5) tally to secure the win for the United States. Shots on Goal Moore.....27 Faceoff Win % Rooney.....67.24 TEAM USA'S ALL-TIME MEN'S WORLD MEDALS +/- Robertson.....+7 A win today would give the U.S. its 13th tournament medal after Time On Ice Jones.....20:21 earning gold once (1933), silver four times (1950, 1939, 1934, Wins Petersen.....4 1931) and bronze seven times (2018, 2015, 2013, 2004, 1996, Goals Against Average Petersen.....1.34 1952, 1949). Of Team USA's seven bronze medals, five were Save Percentage Petersen.....0.949 claimed by winning bronze-medal games while two came via TEAM USA AMONG TOURNAMENT LEADERS tournament standings and round-robin play. PLAYERS Goals Garland, T-Sixth.....5 U.S. BRONZE-MEDAL GAME APPEARANCES Assists Garland, T-Ninth.....5 The U.S. is 5-4 in nine previous bronze-medal games in the Points Garland, Fourth.....10 IIHF Men's World Championship. The IIHF has The IIHF has Points, Defensemen Clendening, Eighth.....(2-2=4; 6GP) used various formats over its history, including round robin, Tennyson, T-Ninth.....(2-2=4; 9GP) double round robin and round-robin medal play among the most Faceoff Win % Rooney, First.....67.24 common. All-time, the United States has claimed seven bronze +/- Robertson, Fifth.....+7 medals in the world championship. Of those six, two have come Goals Against Average Petersen, Second.....1.34 by virtue of the medal being determined by standings. Save Percentage Petersen, Second.....0.949 ALL-TIME BRONZE-MEDAL GAME APPEARANCES YEAR OPPONENT W OTW OTL L GF GA TEAM 2018 Canada W 4 1 Goals For T-First.....29 2016 Russia L 2 7 Goals Against Second.....13 2013 Czech Republic W 3 0 Power Play % Ninth.....20.00 2009 Finland SOW 3 2 Penalty Kill Efficiency First.....95.65 2004 Sweden L 2 4 Fewest Penalties Seventh.....26 2004 Slovakia SOW 1 0 TEAM USA SCHEDULE 2001 Sweden L 2 3 1996 Russia OTW 4 3 1994 Sweden L 2 7 Date Game Time (Local/ET)/Result Record: 2 3 0 4 23 27 Sat., May 22 Finland vs. USA L, 1-2 Arena Riga U.S. POG: Jason Robertson QUICK HITS Sun., May 23 Canada vs. USA W, 5-1 Defenseman Matt Roy (upper body) and forward Matty Beniers Arena Riga U.S. POG: Trevor Moore (lower body) are both listed as day-to-day ... The U.S. is 9-1- Tues., May 25 USA vs. Kazakhstan W, 3-0 0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) on the second night of back-to-backs in Arena Riga U.S. POG: Cal Petersen IIHF Men's World Championship play dating back to 2016 ... Yesterday's 4-2 loss was the first this tournament in which the U.S. Thurs., May 27 USA vs. Latvia W, 4-2 allowed more than two goals ... Team USA's eight goals allowed Arena Riga U.S. POG: Brian Boyle in the preliminary-round is the fewest by a U.S. entry in group play Sat., May 29 Norway vs. USA W, 2-1 and tied for third-fewest by any team since the tournament format Arena Riga U.S. POG: Colin Blackwell change in 2012 ... In attendance here today are USA Hockey Mon., May 31 USA vs. Germany W, 2-0 representatives Dave Ogrean (former executive director), Ron Arena Riga U.S. POG: Cal Petersen DeGregorio (former president) and Gavin Regan (vice president, Tues., June 1 Italy vs. USA W, 4-2 international) who are here in Latvia for IIHF meetings. Arena Riga U.S. POG: Conor Garland GARLAND, JONES AND PETERSEN TABBED TOP 3 U.S. PLAYERS Thurs., June 3 USA vs. Slovakia (QF) W, 6-1 Following Team USA's semifinal loss to Canada, the IIHF Arena Riga U.S. POG: Colin Blackwell announced that forward Conor Garland (Scituate, Mass.), Sat., June 5 USA vs. Canada (SF) L, 2-4 defenseman Zac Jones (Glen Allen, Va.) and goaltender Cal Arena Riga U.S. POG: Christian Wolanin Petersen (Waterloo, Iowa) were tabbed Team USA's top three Sun., June 6 USA vs. (Bronze) 3:15 p.m./8:15 a.m. players of the tournament, as named by the team's staff. Arena Riga Through nine games, Garland leads the U.S. in goals (5), assists (5) and points (10). Following his two-goal effort against Home Team Listed First • All U.S. games televised live on NHL Network Italy in the preliminary-round, he was tabbed the U.S. Player of the Game. Jones registered three points -- all assists -- while lead Team USA Media Officer: the team in time-on-ice averaging 20:21 through nine games. Jon Gomez • +1.310.508.2880 • [email protected] Petersen ranks second in the tournament in save percentage (.949), goals-against-average (1.34) and is one of two goaltenders Per the IIHF, media are encouraged to submit requests for Team USA with two shutouts. In the preliminary-round, he registered two players and head coach Jack Capuano. Media availability on day- of-game skates will be limited. Postgame zoom conferences will be shutouts (3-0 vs. KAZ; 2-0 vs. GER) while accumulating a total of moderated by the IIHF and feature two players and Coach Capuano. 51 shots between the two games, including 33 in the Germany win alone. He is currently 4-2 in his six starts. Online Media Information: TeamUSA.USAHockey.com/2021mensworlds @usahockey • teamusa.usahockey.com/2021mensworlds • usahockey.com • #MensWorlds 1 2021 U.S. Men's National Team Game Notes Bronze-Medal Game vs. Germany • Sunday, June 6, 2021 USA 2, Canada 4 • Semifinal, Game 9 • June 5 BATTLING THROUGH INJURIES In Team USA's quarterfinal win, both Matt Roy (upper body) and United States (h) 1 0 1 - 2 Matty Beniers (lower body) left the game due to injury. Listed Canada (v) 1 1 2 - 4 as day-to-day, they become the fourth and fifth U.S. players to 1st: CAN-Pirri (Walker, Paul), 2:02 miss games due to injury after Anthony Stolarz (lower body USA-Blackwell (Wolanin, Labanc), 17:17 suffered vs. Canada), Tage Thompson (upper body) and captain 2nd: CAN-Mangiapane (Brown), 4:15 Justin Abdelkader (lower body suffered vs. Germany). Stolarz, 3rd: CAN-Mangiapane (Brown, Kuemper), 0:46 who returned to the U.S. for additional treatment and evaluation, USA-Chmelevski (Rooney, Mackey), 3:36 has missed seven games, Abdelkader will be missing his fourth- CAN-Danforth (Paul), 19:36 straight game and both Roy and Beniers are missing their first due to injury. also missed two games earlier in the tournament. Penalties: USA 1-2, CAN 0-0 Power Plays: USA 0-0, CAN 0-1 Saves: USA-Petersen (11-12-6=29) USA-GERMANY CONNECTIONS CAN-Kuemper (15-8-13=36) Today's game will feature a few current/future teammate Shots: USA (16-8-14=38) connections between the U.S. and Germany. CAN (12-13-8=33) Buffalo Sabres (2): Tobias Rieder (GER), Tage Thompson (USA) Officials: Refs: Andrew Bruggeman, Olivier Gouin San Jose Sharks (4): Leon Bergmann (GER), Sasha Chmelevski Lines: Dustin McCrank, Brian Oliver (USA), Ryan Donato (USA), Kevin Labanc (USA) TEAM USA IN RECENT BACK-TO-BACKS AT MEN'S WORLDS Detroit Red Wings (2): Moritz Seider (GER), Piet VanZant (USA, athletic trainer) Today closes the 12th set of back-to-backs in tournament play In addition to the above-mentioned connections, the four for Team USA dating back to 2016. Including last night's loss LA Kings players (Trevor Moore, Cal Petersen, Matt Roy and to Canada, n that span the U.S. has accumulated a 15-2-0-5 Christian Wolanin) skating for Team USA are coached during the (W-OTW-OTL-L) overall record in back-to-back series. Entering tonight, the U.S. is 9-1-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) on the second night season by Marco Sturm, assistant coach with the Kings. Sturm, of back-to-backs. a 14-year NHL veteran, served as head coach for Germany at the Three of Team USA's back-to-backs has featured a game 2016 and 2017 IIHF Men's World Championships before serving in against Germany, including today's game. In the previous two the same capacity for the German entry that claimed a surprising meetings, the U.S. edged Germany, 3-1, in the 2019 IIHF Men's silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.