Game Notes Media Contacts TEAM USA Dave Fischer 2014 Olympic Winter Games • Sochi, Russia 719.207.5216 or +7 925 007 9283 USA (3-1-0-0) vs. CAN (3-1-0-0) Mike Gilbert Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 • 9:00 p.m. • Semifinals 719.207.5196 or +7 925 007 9286 • TONIGHT’S GAME -- The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team takes on Canada in the semifinal round of the XXII Olympic Winter 2014 Olympic Winter Games Games tonight at Bolshoy Ice Dome. Team USA is the home team Team USA Game Schedule and will wear its white jerseys. With a win tonight, Team USA would advance to Sunday’s (Feb. 23) gold-medal game against either Preliminary Round Sweden or Finland. Thursday, Feb. 13 • QUICK IN GOAL -- Jonathan Quick will get the call in goal tonight Slovakia vs. USA (NBCSN) W, 7-1 for the U.S. He is 3-0 in the Olympic tournament (.935, 1.62), including a 21-save effort in a 5-2 win over the Czech Republic in quarterfinal Saturday, Feb. 15 play on Wednesday (Feb. 19). Russia vs. USA (NBCSN) W, 3-2 (SO) • ALL-TIME IN THE SEMIFINALS -- The U.S. is 2-1 in the semifinal Sunday, Feb. 16 round of the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament, most recently earning a 6-1 win over Finland in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The Slovenia vs. USA (NBCSN) W, 5-1 U.S. and Canada have never met in the semifinals at the Olympics. Medal Round Feb. 26, 2010 -- USA 6, Finland 1 Wednesday, Feb. 19 - Quarterfinals Feb. 22, 2002 -- USA 3, Russia 2 Czech Republic W, 5-2 Feb. 21, 1992 -- Unified Team (Russia) 5, USA 2 Friday, Feb. 21 - Semifinals • THIS AND THAT -- Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk are the Canada 9 p.m./12 p.m. two U.S. players that have at least one point in every game of the Olympic tournament. Kessel leads the Olympics in points with 5-3-8 Saturday, Feb. 22 ... Team USA is 6-0 in Olympic Winter Games action when David Backes has a point ... The U.S. lineup tonight will not include defen- Bronze-Medal Game 7 p.m./10 a.m. seman Paul Martin, forward Derek Stepan and goaltender Jimmy Howard. Defenseman Justin Faulk makes his Olympic debut tonight. Sunday, Feb. 23 He has been part of three medal-winning U.S. teams, including the Gold-Medal Game 4 p.m./7 a.m. 2013 U.S. Men’s National Team (bronze), 2011 U.S. National Junior Team (bronze) and 2010 U.S. Men’s National U18 Team (gold) ... Game times listed are local time/EST David Backes and his wife Kelly are big advocates in helping rescue and protect homeless pets nationwide. For more information visit athletesforanimals.org ... Team USA has 19 players with at least one U.S. Medals at the point, leading all remaining teams in the tournament. Canada has 14 players with at least one point, while Finland and Sweden each have Olympic Games 18 players with one point or better ... The U.S. is attempting to advance to the gold-medal game in back-to-back Olympics for the first time Year Medal Location Head Coach ever. Team USA has earned back-to-back medals in the Olympics, the 2010 Silver Vancouver, B.C. Ron Wilson last time coming in 1952 (silver), 1956 (silver) and 1960 (gold). In those 2002 Silver Salt Lake City, Utah Herb Brooks years, the format did not include a true gold-medal game ... The U.S. 1980 Gold Lake Placid, N.Y. Herb Brooks is seeking to win its opening five games in the Olympic tournament for 1972 Silver Sapporo, Japan Murray Williamson just the fourth time. It also accomplished the feat in 2010 (silver), 2002 1960 Gold Squaw Valley, Calif. Jack Riley (silver) and 1960 (gold) ... David Backes and Joe Pavelski visited the 1956 Silver Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy John Mariucci International Broadcast Center after practice yesterday (Feb. 20) to 1952 Silver Oslo, Norway John E. Pleban chat with NBC’s Dan Patrick. The duo then went to FOX studios to visit 1936 Bronze Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Albert Prettyman with Julie Stewart-Binks and Chris Chelios ... Several players attend- 1932 Silver Lake Placid, N.Y. Alred Winsor ed the U.S.-Canada women’s hockey gold-medal game last night, 1924 Silver Chamonix, France William Haddock including Phil Kessel, James van Riemdsyk, Kevin Shattenkirk 1920 Silver Antwerp, Belgium Cornelius Fellowes and Max Pacioretty and Paul Martin to name a few. In addition, the entire U.S. coaching and management staff attended ... The Team • ALL-TIME vs. CANADA -- The U.S. Olympic Men’s USA training staff has had to move the contents of the team’s lock- Ice Hockey Team is 3-0-2-9-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) erroom back and forth between rooms six times during the course of against Canada in Olympic competition. The last meet- the tournament ... All but three skaters on the U.S. roster have at least ing between the two teams was in the gold-medal game one point. Exceptions are defensemen Paul Martin and Justin Faulk at the 2010 Olympics, which Canada won in overtime and forward Derek Stepan ... Julie Chu, four-time Olympic medalist by a 3-2 count on Feb. 28. The U.S. and Canada have with the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team, has been chosen played in two of the last three gold-medal games in the flag bearer for the U.S. delegation for the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics. Olympic Winter Games. Team USA Game Notes vs. Canada • Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 • 2014 Olympic Winter Games • Page Two
- LAST TIME OUT -- Five players scored goals and Jonathan Quick made 21 saves to help Team USA USA vs. CAN defeat the Czech Republic, 5-2, in the quarterfinal 2014 Olympic Winter Games Statistical Comparison round. David Backes posted a goal and an assist, Ryan Suter had three assists and Phil Kessel scored Category USA CAN his team-leading fifth goal of the tournament. Record 3-1-0-0 3-1-0-0 Goals For Average 20/5.00 13/3.25 - ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE -- Media can find player and Goals Against Average 6/1.50 3/0.75 staff bios and historical information pertinent to the 2014 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team online at olympics. Power Play .273 (3-11) .286 (2-7) usahockey.com. A printed media guide is not available. Penalty Killing .900 (9-10) .909 (10-11) Shots For Gm/Avg 30.00 42.00 - ROSTER NUGGETS -- The 2014 U.S. Olympic Men’s Shots Against Gm/Avg 23.75 18.50 Ice Hockey Team includes 13 returnees from the silver Shorthanded Goals 0 1 medal-winning 2010 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Goaltender Saves % .937 .959 Team. The 25 members of Team USA represent 17 Leading Scorers Kessel (5-3--8) Doughty (4-2--6) NHL teams and seven states. The New York Rangers Pavelski (1-4--5) Weber (3-2--5) and St. Louis Blues each have three players. Minnesota is the home state for the most U.S. Olympians (eight). JVR (1-4--5) Carter (3-1--4) The U.S. roster includes 15 first-round draft choices, Four Players (4 pts) Sharp (3-1--4) including Patrick Kane, the No. 1 overall selection in Getzlaf (1-2--3) the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Twenty members of Team USA played U.S. college hockey, with the University of • OSHIE -- T.J. Oshie scored the deciding goal in the bottom of the eighth Wisconsin leading the way with four players. round of the shootout to lift the U.S. to an epic 3-2 victory over Russia on Feb. 15. Oshie shot six times in the shootout and converted on four - CAPTAIN AMERICA -- Zach Parise is captain of the occasions. Oshie shot five times in a shootout in the IIHF Men’s World 2014 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Parise, Championship in Cologne, Germany, on May 18, 2010, converting three who played for the U.S. at the 2010 Olympic Winter times, including the game-winner, to help the U.S. to a 3-2 win over Italy Games, is a two-time gold medalist (2002 U18 World in the relegation round ... Oshie made the media rounds after the game, Championship, 2004 World Junior Championship). including spending 30 minutes in the mixed zone after the game; meeting Forward Dustin Brown and defenseman Ryan Suter more media at the Main Press Center with teammates Paul Stastny, are serving as Team USA’s alternate captains. All three James van Riemdsdyk and Cam Fowler for 20 minutes; and then finish- players wear a letter for their respective NHL clubs. ing the night at the International Broadcast Center for interviews with Dan Brown is the captain of the L.A. Kings, while Parise Patrick and Al Michaels. Oshie was greeted with enthusiastic applause and Suter are both alternate captains for the Minnesota at the NBC compound at the IBC and stopped for photos with many NBC Wild. staffers ... Oshie came into the Olympics with approximately 90,000 fol- lowers on Twitter and today has more than 240,000. Oshie was trending • COACHING STAFF -- The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice worldwide on Twitter following the Russia game and received shoutouts Hockey Team is led by head coach Dan Bylsma, head from many, including President Obama. coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Peter Laviolette, captain of the 1994 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey • BACK IN THE OLYMPICS -- Team USA returns 13 players from its silver Team and Stanley Cup-winning NHL coach; Todd medal-winning 2010 Olympic Team, including goaltenders Ryan Miller and Richards, head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets; Jonathan Quick; defensemen Brooks Orpik and Ryan Suter; and for- and Tony Granato, assistant coach with the Pittsburgh wards David Backes, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Kane, Ryan Penguins, are serving as assistant coaches. Kesler, Phil Kessel, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski and Paul Stastny.
- NTDP ROOTS -- Nine members of the U.S. Olympic • TEAM USA EXPERIENCE -- Members of the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice squad played at USA Hockey’s National Team Hockey Team have played in a combined 651 games in a U.S. uniform. Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., including Ryan Suter (67), Phil Kessel (56), Dustin Brown (55), Zach Parise (41), Justin Faulk, Cam Fowler, Jimmy Howard, Patrick Ryan Kesler (37) and James van Riemsdyk (37) lead the pack for the Kane, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel, Kevin Shattenkirk, U.S. Most recently, three members of the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Ryan Suter and James van Riemsdyk. Team -- Justin Faulk, T.J. Oshie and Paul Stastny -- helped the 2013 U.S. Men’s National Team capture the bronze medal at the IIHF Men’s • FAMILY AFFAIR -- Ryan Suter made his Olympic World Championship. debut in 2010, but he isn’t the first member of his family to play for Team USA at the Olympics. Suter’s - TEAM USA HOST -- Nikita Evsey is the team host for the 2014 U.S. dad, Bob, was a member of the gold medal-winning Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. He lives in Minsk, the capital of Belarus 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team and his and is fluent in English, Belorussian and Russian. Evsey founded a mar- uncle, Gary, captured a silver medal with the 2002 U.S. keting agency called Eting Mark Agency and also works as a lecturer at Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. In addition, Paul Belarusian National Technical University. Stastny’s father, Peter, played for Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games and Slovakia at the - INTERNATIONAL HONORS -- Ten members of Team USA have 1994 Games. received directorate awards or have been selected to media all-star teams at IIHF tournaments. The list includes goaltender Ryan Miller, who was • YOUNG GUNS -- Of the U.S. 25-man roster, 22 awarded most valuable player, best goaltender and all-star honors at the members are under 30 years old. Justin Faulk is the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and forward Zach Parise, who was a media youngest member of Team USA at 21 years old, while all-star pick at the 2010 Olympics. Ryan Miller is the oldest at 33 years old. Team USA Game Notes vs. Canada • Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 • 2014 Olympic Winter Games • Page Three
• JUNIOR CONNECTION -- Eight members of the U.S. Team USA Overall Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team played in either the United States Hockey League or the North American Average Height...... 6-1 Hockey League, including Ryan Miller, who suited up for Average Weight...... 203 the Soo Indians of the NAHL. Average Age...... 27 Shoots/Catches Left...... 14 - INTO THE RECORD BOOKS -- Ryan Miller set the all- Shoots/Catches Right...... 11 time U.S. Olympic record with a 1.35 GAA during the 2010 Olympics and with his win over Slovenia on Monday (Feb. 20) is just one win shy of the all-time United States career Home State of Team USA wins record (Miller (and Jim Craig) has six; Jack McCartan Minnesota...... 8 holds the record with seven). New York...... 5 Connecticut...... 3 - TIDBITS FROM PAST GAME NOTES -- Many of Team Michigan...... 3 USA’s players and coaches, including head coach Dan Bylsma, were at the U.S.-Canada women’s game on Feb. Wisconsin...... 3 12. In addition, players have been taking in other events, New Jersey...... 2 both in the coastal and mountain clusters, since their arrival Missouri...... 1 ... Zach Parise, Ryan Suter and Patrick Kane appeared on Today on NBC with Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie NHL Connection on Feb. 12 and also stopped for an interview with The New York Rangers...... 3 Weather Channel’s Al Roker and a photo with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush ... Zach Parise and Ryan Suter St. Louis Blues...... 3 sat down with Amy Kobach of Good Morning America Los Angeles Kings...... 2 on Feb. 14 at the Main Press Center and then journeyed Minnesota Wild...... 2 to the International Broadcast Center to do an inter- Pittsburgh Penguins...... 2 view with NBC’s Rebecca Lowe. Suter and Parise met Toronto Maple Leafs...... 2 Nastia Luikin in the NBC commisary and also chatted with NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood ... Ron Anaheim Ducks...... 1 DeGregorio, president of USA Hockey; Dave Ogrean, Buffalo Sabres...... 1 executive director of USA Hockey; and Gavin Regan, Carolina Hurricanes...... 1 vice president of USA Hockey and chair or the organi- Chicago Blackhawks...... 1 zation’s International Council, are all in Sochi and will be Colorado Avalanche...... 1 here through the duration of the Olympic Winter Games Detroit Red Wings...... 1 ... The 2014 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team includes five Ryans (Callahan, Kesler, Suter, McDonagh Montreal Canadiens...... 1 and Miller). Incidentally, the name Ryan means “little San Jose Sharks...... 1 king.” ... The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team stays Vancouver Canucks...... 1 in the Olympic Village ... U.S. general manager David Washington Captails...... 1 Poile turned 64 on Feb. 14. Poile is recovering from injury Winnipeg Jets...... 1 suffered after getting hit with a puck in St. Paul on Feb. 6 and will not be with the team here in Sochi ... Both times the U.S. has won the gold medal in the Olympics, College Connection its journey has included a victory over Czechoslovakia University of Wisconsin...... 4 ... Ryan Suter’s father, Bob, who helped the U.S. to a University of Minnesota...... 3 gold medal in men’s ice hockey in 1980, arrived in Sochi University of North Dakota...... 2 on Feb. 19 ... Patrick Kane had his four-game Olympic Boston College...... 1 point streak end on Sunday (Feb. 16) vs. Slovenia ... Boston University...... 1 T.J. Oshie and Jonathan Quick appeared on Today Monday (Feb. 17). The duo met Olympic silver medalist Michigan State University...... 1 Andrew Weibrecht (super-G) while on the set. In addi- Minnesota State University...... 1 tion, Oshie’s mom, Tina, who watches Today regularly, Ohio State University...... 1 came along to enjoy the experience. She made such an University of Denver...... 1 impression off-camera that host Willie Geist asked her to University of Maine...... 1 come on the show at the top of the 9 o’clock hour to chat. University of Massachusetts...... 1 She was tracked down by the USA Hockey PR staff at the University of Michigan...... 1 women’s hockey semifinal game between the U.S. and Sweden and agreed to come back across Olympic Park University of Minnesota Duluth...... 1 to be on the show ... Captain Zach Parise and alternate University of New Hampshire...... 1 captain Ryan Suter were back on Today Monday (Feb. 17) as well, handing out mittens to the crowd and doing NHL Draft by Round a fun segment on the Russian language with Al Roker. First Round...... 15 The duo left there and did an interview with Lester Holt Second Round...... 6 for NBC’s afternoon primetime show and then visited the Third Round...... 1 FOX studio for an interview with Chris Chelios and Julie Stewart-Binks ... Phil Kessel recorded three goals to Fourth Round...... 1 help the U.S. to a 5-1 win over Slovenia on Sunday (Feb. Fifth Round...... 1 16). It was the first hat trick by an American player in the Sixth Round...... 0 Olympics since John LeClair scored three times in a 6-0 Seventh Round...... 1 win over Finland on Feb. 15, 2002. Team USA Game Notes vs. Canada • Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 • 2014 Olympic Winter Games • Page Four
- MEDAL HAUL -- The 25 players on the U.S. roster have combined to capture 39 medals in International Ice Hockey TEAM USA 2013-14 NHL PLAYER STATS Federation World Championships, including 15 gold medals, Through Feb. 8 games 17 silver medals and 7 bronze medals GOALTENDERS • GOLD MEDALISTS -- Eleven members of Team USA have won a gold medal at an IIHF-sanctioned event. No Name GP W L OTL GAA SV% SO 32 Jonathan Quick 32 16 13 2 2.18 .911 3 2010 IIHF World Junior Champ. - Carlson, Fowler, Stepan Los Angeles Kings 2010 IIHF Men’s U18 World Champ. - Faulk 35 Jimmy Howard 34 12 13 9 2.65 .914 2 2009 IIHF Men’s U18 World Champ. - Fowler Detroit Red Wings 2006 IIHF Men’s U18 World Champ. - Kane, van Riemsdyk 39 Ryan Miller 39 14 22 3 2.74 .923 0 2005 IIHF Men’s U18 World Champ. - Kessel Buffalo Sabres 2004 IIHF World Junior Champ. - Kesler, Parise, Suter 2002 IIHF Men’s U18 World Champ. - Howard, Kesler, DEFENSEMEN Parise, Suter No Name GP G A PTS PIM • SILVER MEDALISTS -- Sixteen members of Team USA have won a silver medal at an IIHF-sanctioned event. 3 Cam Fowler 60 6 25 31 12 Anaheim Ducks 2010 Olympic Winter Games - Backes, Brown, Callahan, 4 John Carlson 59 10 13 23 16 Kane, Kesler, Kessel, Miller, Orpik, Parise, Pavelski, Quick, Washington Capitals Stastny, Suter 7 Paul Martin 33 2 10 12 8 2007 IIHF Men’s U18 World Champ. - McDonagh, Pittsburgh Penguins Shattenkirk, van Riemsdyk 20 Ryan Suter 59 6 27 33 24 2004 IIHF Men’s U18 World Champ. - Kessel Minnesota Wild 22 Kevin Shattenkirk 56 8 28 36 20 • BRONZE MEDALISTS -- Six members of Team USA St. Louis Blues have won a bronze medal at an IIHF-sanctioned event. 27 Ryan McDonagh 59 8 22 30 18 New York Rangers 2013 IIHF Men’s World Champ. - Faulk, Oshie, Stastny 44 Brooks Orpik 50 1 11 12 42 2011 IIHF World Junior Champ. - Faulk Pittsburgh Penguins 2007 IIHF World Junior Champ. - Kane, van Riemsdyk 72 Justin Faulk 57 3 19 22 31 2004 IIHF Men’s World Champ. - Brown Carolina Hurricanes
• TEAM OF CHAMPIONS -- In addition to the 39 combined FORWARDS medals won by Team USA members at IIHF-sanctioned events, Team USA’s roster is filled with champions. No Name GP G A PTS PIM 8 Joe Pavelski 59 29 25 54 26 David Backes -- USHL Clark Cup (2003-Lincoln Stars) San Jose Sharks Dustin Brown -- Stanley Cup (2012) 9 Zach Parise 44 19 17 36 20 Justin Faulk -- NCAA (2011-Univ. of Minnesota Duluth) Minnesota Wild Patrick Kane -- Stanley Cup (2010, 2013) 12 Derek Stepan 59 10 25 35 12 Paul Martin -- NCAA (2002, 2003-Univ. of Minnesota) New York Rangers Brooks Orpik -- NCAA (2001-Boston College); Stanley Cup 17 Ryan Kesler 60 20 18 38 63 (2009) Vancouver Canucks Zach Parise -- USA Hockey Tier I Youth 17 & Under 21 James van Riemsdyk 58 24 23 47 34 National Championship (2001-Shattuck-St. Mary’s) Toronto Maple Leafs Joe Pavelski -- USHL Clark Cup (2004-Waterloo); 23 Dustin Brown 58 10 6 16 56 NCAA (2006-Univ. of Wisconsin) Los Angeles Kings Jonathan Quick -- Stanley Cup (2012) 24 Ryan Callahan 42 11 13 24 14 Kevin Shattenkirk -- NCAA (2009-Boston University) New York Rangers Paul Stastny --NCAA (2005-Univ. of Denver) 26 Paul Stastny 52 17 24 41 20 Colorado Avalanche - NHL LEADERS -- Several U.S. players rank in the top- 28 Blake Wheeler 60 22 26 48 42 five among all NHLers in league statistical categories. Phil Winnipeg Jets Kessel (65) and Patrick Kane (63) are fourth and fifth in 42 David Backes 52 20 22 42 78 points. Kessel is second in goals (31), while Joe Pavelski St. Louis Blues is tied for fourth with 29. Ryan Suter leads the league in 67 Max Pacioretty 50 26 11 37 24 average TOI (29:49). Kevin Shattenkirk is third among Montreal Canadiens NHL defensemen with 20 power-play points. Kane, Pavelski and Zach Parise are tied for third in the NHL in power-play 74 T.J. Oshie 57 14 32 46 30 goals (10). Max Pacioretty is tied for second in the league St. Louis Blues with seven game-winning goals. Ryan Kesler is tied for fifth 81 Phil Kessel 60 31 34 65 19 in shots (205). Kessel leads the league in assists (17) and Toronto Maple Leafs points (28) since Jan. 1, while Pavelski leads the league in 88 Patrick Kane 59 27 36 63 18 goals (13) during that time. Jonathan Quick ranks fourth Chicago Blackhawks overall in goals against average (2.05) since Jan. 1. Team USA Game Notes vs. Canada • Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 • 2014 Olympic Winter Games • Page Five
Team USA Statistics in the XXII Olympic Winter Games USA Hockey Happenings GP G A PTS PIM +/- GWG PPG SHG SOG Phil Kessel 4 5 3 8 2 +6 1 0 0 17 - The U.S. Paralmypic Sled Hockey Team is cur- J. van Riemsdyk 4 1 4 5 2 +7 0 0 0 11 rently taking part in a 10-day training camp in Char- Joe Pavelski 4 1 4 5 0 +2 0 1 0 5 lotte, N.C., as part of its final preparations for the David Backes 4 3 1 4 4 +3 1 0 0 9 Paralympic Winter Games. A PBS documentary on Ryan Kesler 4 1 3 4 0 +6 1 0 0 5 the Paralympic team will air nationally Feb. 24 at T.J. Oshie 4 1 3 4 2 +1 1 0 0 5 10 p.m. ET. Patrick Kane 4 0 4 4 2 +3 0 0 0 11 Dustin Brown 4 2 1 3 4 +5 0 0 0 7 - The ninth annual Labatt Blue/USA Hockey Pond Kevin Shattenkirk 4 0 3 3 0 +3 0 0 0 7 Hockey National Championships took place Ryan Suter 4 0 3 3 0 +4 0 0 0 0 Feb. 7-9 in Eagle River, Wis. Some 340 teams par- Paul Stastny 4 2 0 2 0 E 0 0 0 9 ticipated in the event on Dollar Lake. John Carlson 4 1 1 2 0 +2 0 0 0 2 Ryan McDonagh 4 1 1 2 0 +3 0 0 0 7 - The seventh edition of Hockey Weekend Across Cam Fowler 4 1 0 1 0 +5 0 1 0 4 America will take place Feb. 28-Mar. 2. The three- Brooks Orpik 4 0 1 1 2 +3 0 0 0 2 day nationwide celebration of the sport features Max Pacioretty 3 0 1 1 2 E 0 0 0 6 Wear Your Favorite Jersey Day (Friday), Try Hock- Blake Wheeler 4 0 1 1 2 E 0 0 0 3 ey Day (Saturday) and Celebrate Local Hockey Ryan Callahan 4 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 5 Heroes Day (Sunday). This year, nearly 450 rinks Paul Martin 4 0 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 2 across the U.S. have signed up to host a Try Hock- Zach Parise 4 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 3 ey for Free event as part of Saturday’s Try Hockey Derek Stepan 1 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0 Day. Justin Faulk 0 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0
- USA Hockey’s National Team Development Pro- GP-GS MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W-OTW-OTL-L SO Jimmy Howard 0-0 0 0 0.00 0 .000 0-0-0-0 0 gram had both its teams competing during the most Ryan Miller 1-1 60 1 1.00 17 .944 1-0-0-0 0 recent international break. The U.S. National Un- Jonathan Quick 3-3 185 5 1.62 72 .935 2-1-0-0 0 der-18 Team took first place in the Under-18 Five Nations Tournament, held Feb. 5-9 in Moscow, Russia. The U.S. National Under-17 Team trav- • STATISTICAL LEADERS -- Below is a look at where members of Team eled to Sundsvail, Sweden, to play in the Under-17 USA rank in various statistical categories in the 2014 Olympic men’s ice Five Nations Tournament and came home with a hockey tournament. first-place finish. Points - The U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Under-18 1. Kessel 5-3--8 Teams will compete in their respective IIHF World T7. Pavelski 1-4--5 Championships in the coming weeks. The wom- JVR 1-4--5 en will travel to Budapest, Hungary, March 23-30, while the men will be in Lappeenranta and Imatra, Goals Finland, April 17-27. Full tournament coverage from T1. Kessel 5 both events will be provided on USAHockey.com. T5. Backes 3 - To receive the latest news and information from Faceoff Leaders USA Hockey, follow us on Twitter (@USAHockey) 7. Kesler .657 (67-102) and “like” our Facebook page (USA Hockey). 8. Pavelski .647 (33-51) Plus/Minus 1. JVR +7 T2. Kessel +6 Kesler +6 T4. Brown +5 Fowler +5 Team USA Game Notes vs. Canada • Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 • 2014 Olympic Winter Games • Page Six
Preliminary Round • Slovakia vs. USA Preliminary Round • USA vs. Slovenia Februrary 13, 2014—Shayba Arena • Sochi, Russia (4,119) Februrary 16, 2014—Shayba Arena • Sochi, Russia (4,892) United States (v) 1 6 0 — 7 United States (v) 2 2 1 — 5 Slovakia (h) 0 1 0 — 1 Slovenia (h) 0 0 1 — 1
1st: USA-Carlson (Kessel, van Riemsdyk), 14:27 1st: USA-Kessel (Pavelski), 1:04 2nd: SVK-Tatar (Hossa), 0:24 USA-Kessel (Pavelski, Orpik), 4:33 USA-Kesler (Kane), 1:26 2nd: USA-Kessel (van Riemsdyk, Pavelski), 11:05 USA-Stastny (Pacioretty, Oshie), 2:32 USA-McDonagh (Wheeler, Oshie), 12:17 USA-Backes (Kessel), 8:16 3rd: USA-Backes (Callahan, Brown), 3:26 USA-Stastny (Shattenkirk, Oshie), 13:30 SLO-M. Rodman (D. Rodman, Urbas), 19:42 USA-Kessel (Kesler, vanRiemsdyk), 14:20 USA-Brown (Carlson, Kane), 15:37 Penalties: SLO 2-4; USA 3-6 Power Plays: SLO 0-3; USA 0-2 3rd: No scoring Saves: SLO-Gracnar (6-9-8--23), 60:00; USA-Miller (7-4-6--17), 60:00 Shots: SLO 7-4-7--18; USA 8-11-9--28 Penalties: SVK 2-4; USA 1-2 Power Plays: SVK 0-1; USA 0-2 Saves: SVK-Halak (10-8-x--18), 33:30; USA-Quick (4-12-6--22), 60:00 Officials: Refs-Mike Leggo, Jyri Ronn; Lines-Miroslav Valach, Mark Wheeler SVK-Budaj (x-2-6--8), 26:30 Shots: SVK 4-13-6--23; USA 11-16-6--33 Notes: Phil Kessel recorded the first hat trick by a U.S. Olympic men’s player since John LeClair score three times against Finland at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games Officials: Refs-Antonin Jerabek, Kevin Pollock; Lines-Mark Wheeler, Jesse Wilmot to help the U.S. clinch a bye into the quarterfinals and the second overall seed in the Olympic Tournament. Joe Pavelski assisted on all three Kessel goals. In addition, Notes: Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists and 11 different players registered Ryan Miller moved into a tie for second all-time among U.S. goaltenders in career points overall as the U.S. downed Slovakia for the first time ever in Olympic play. Olympic wins with six. Derek Stepan made his Olympic debut. Six players had two points apiece and Jonathan Quick made 22 saves to pick up the victory in his Olympic debut. Quarterfinal Round • USA vs. Czech Republic Preliminary Round • USA vs. Russia Februrary 19, 2014—Shayba Arena • Sochi, Russia (4,606) Februrary 15, 2014—Bolshoy Ice Dome • Sochi, Russia Czech Republic (v) 1 0 1 — 2 (11,678) United States (h) 3 1 1 — 5
Russia (v) 0 1 1 0 — 2 1st: USA-van Riemsdyk (Kesler, Kane), 1:39 United States (h) 0 1 1 1 — 3 CZE-Hemsky (unassisted), 4:31 USA-Brown (Backes, Suter), 14:38 1st: No scoring USA-Backes (Suter, McDonagh), 19:58 2nd: RUS-Datsyuk (Markov, Radulov), 9:15 2nd: USA-Parise (Pavelski, Suter), 9:31 (pp) USA-Fowler (van Riemsdyk, Kessel), 16:34 (pp) 3rd: USA-Kessel (Kesler, Shattenkirk), 2:01 3rd: USA-Pavelski (Kane, Shattenkirk), 9:27 (pp) CZE-Hemsky (unassisted), 13:00 RUS-Datsyuk (Markov), 12:44 (pp) OT: No scoring Penalties: CZE 3-6; USA 1-2 Power Plays: CZE 0-1; USA 1-3 SO: USA-Oshie (goal); RUS-Malkin (miss) Saves: CZE-Pavelec (6-2-x--8), 29:31; USA-Quick (6-6-9--21), 60:00 USA-van Riemsdyk (save); RUS-Datsyuk (save) CZE-Salak (x-6-6--12), 30:29 USA-Pavelski (save); RUS-Kovalchuk (goal) Shots: CZE 7-6-10--23; USA 9-9-7--25 RUS-Kovalchuk (save); USA-Oshie (miss) RUS-Datsyuk (goal); USA-Oshie (goal) Officials: Refs-Konstantin Olenin, Kevin Pollock; Lines-Derek Amell, Ivan Dedioulia RUS-Kovalchuk (goal); USA-Oshie (goal) RUS-Datsyuk (save); USA-Oshie (save) Notes: Phil Kessel recorded his fifth goal and Olympic-leading eighth point, Ryan RUS-Kovalchuk (save); USA-Oshie (goal) Suter had three assists and David Backes scored once and assisted on another U.S. tally to help the Americans to the Olympic semifinals for the third time in the Penalties: RUS 5-10; USA 6-12 Power Plays: RUS 1-6; USA 2-5 last four Olympics. Saves: RUS-Bobrovsky (10-12-7-2--31), 65:00; USA-Quick (13-7-6-3--29), 65:00 Shots: RUS 13-8-7-3-0--31; USA 10-13-8-2-1--34
Officials: Refs-Brad Meier, Marcus Vinnerborg; Lines-Greg Devorski, Jesse Wilmot
Notes: T.J. Oshie scored four times in six shootout attempts, including the game-winner in the eighth round, and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves, to lead the U.S. to victory in an epic preliminary-round game before a sold-out crowd that included Russian president Putin. Cam Fowler and Joe Pavelski both scored their first Olympic goals (both on the power play) and the U.S. killed five-of-six Russian power play chances to help key the win. Patrick Kane had an assist to extend his Olympic point-scoring streak to four games. $ U VW XYZ P /KL 10/ [Z\]^ P 33
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