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2018 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY TEAM GAME NOTES 2018 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES | PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA | FEB. 11-22, 2018 GOLD-MEDAL GAME • USA (3-0-0-1) VS. CAN (4-0-0-0) • GANGNEUNG HOCKEY CENTRE • FEBRUARY 22, 2018 TODAY'S GAME THINGS WORTH MENTIONING The U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team will compete in the gold- Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minn.) leads the team in points coming out medal game of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games today against Canada of the semifinals with five (3-2), while Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, marking the two teams' fifth time (Grand Forks, N.D.) follows closely behind with four (3-1)... In the semi- squaring off in the Olympic tournament final. Team USA will wear its finals, U.S. goaltender Maddie Rooney (Andover, Minn.) recorded her royal blue third jerseys. Today's game will be televised on NBCSN and second career shutout in a USA sweater, and her first as an Olympian. live game updates will be provided on Twitter @USAHockey. TALKING POINTS TEAM USA SCHEDULE ALL-TIME VS. CANADA IN THE OLYMPICS DATE OPPONENT TIME (LOCAL/ET) The U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team has a long history against the Canadians in the Olympic Winter Games, having faced each other seven times since 1998, including in four SUN, FEB. 11 FINLAND W, 3-1 gold-medal games. The U.S. holds a 2-0-1-4 (W-OTW-OTL-L) Kwandong Hockey Centre NBCSN record against Canada, and has fallen to its northern rivals in the previous five match-ups on the Olympic stage. The U.S. holds a TUES., FEB. 13 O.A.R. W, 5-0 1-0-1-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record in games with the gold medal on Kwandong Hockey Centre NBCSN the line, having most recently fallen to Canada in a 3-2 overtime loss to claim a silver medal at the Sochi Games. Though each of the games have been decided by two or fewer goals, Canada THURS., FEB. 15 CANADA L, 2-1 holds the advantage in goal differential (+2). Kwandong Hockey Centre NBCSN BORDER RIVALRY MON., FEB. 19 FINLAND W, 5-0 The U.S. and Canada are the only gold-medal winners in Olympic SEMIFINALS Winter Games and International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s Gangneung Hockey Centre World Championship history. The United States is the four-time NBCSN defending world champion and has captured gold at seven of the last eight IIHF Women’s World Championships (2008, 2009, THURS., FEB. 22 CANADA 1:10 P.M./ 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) and eight overall, including 2005. Gangneung Hockey Centre GOLD-MEDAL GAME 11:10 P.M. (FEB. 21) The U.S. has medaled at every Olympic Winter Games since the NBCSN sport was introduced to the Olympic program at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games, winning one gold (1998), three silvers (2002, 2010, 2014) and one bronze (2006). 2018 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES The U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team is one of eight PRE-OLYMPIC TOUR teams competing at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter The U.S. played a series of international games in preparation Games between February 10-25, 2018. for the Olympic Winter Games, finishing with a record of 5-0- 2-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L) overall on the season. The U.S. defeated The tournament features eight teams divided into two groups of Canada in three out of eight meetings, the other two games four. Team USA competed in Group A alongside Canada, Finland were wins against Sweden and Finland. The U.S. fell to Canada and Olympic Athletes From Russia. Group B included South in their final four meetings of the series: 2-1 in overtime on Dec. Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Japan. 17 in Edmonton, Alta., 3-1, on Dec. 15 in San Jose, Calif., 2-0, on Dec. 5 in Winnipeg, Man., and 2-1 in overtime on Dec. 3 The teams played a round robin within their groups, with the top in St. Paul, Minn. Previously, the U.S. had won all four games two teams from Group A earning byes to the semifinal round and it played to earn its third-straight championship at the 2017 the remaining six teams playing quarterfinal games. The winners Four Nations Cup, which was held Nov. 7-12 in Wesley Chapel of the two quarterfinal contests advance to the semifinals, and and Tampa, Fla. The U.S. split a pair of games with Canada in the two semifinal winners will square off in the gold-medal game October, defeating its rival, 5-2, on Oct. 22 in Quebec City, Que., while the two semifinal losers will meet for bronze. and then falling, 5-1, in The Time is Now Tour opener Oct. 25 in Boston, Mass. MEDIA INFORMATION USA V. CAN SINCE SOCHI Team USA players and head coach Robb Stauber will be available for interviews in designated mixed zone areas following games Year Date Event Result 2017 Dec. 17 Exhibition Game Loss, 2-1 (OT) and non-gameday practices. Media availability on day-of-game 2017 Dec. 15 The Time is Now Tour Loss, 3-1 morning skates will be limited and by request only. Members of 2017 Dec. 5 Exhibition Game Loss, 2-0 the media are not allowed in the U.S. dressing room at any time. 2017 Dec. 3 The Time is Now Tour Loss, 2-1 (OT) 2017 Nov. 12 Four Nations Cup - Championship Win, 5-1 2017 Nov. 8 Four Nations Cup - Preliminary Win, 4-2 All media availability with U.S. team members must be arranged 2017 Oct. 25 The Time is Now Tour Loss, 5-1 through Andrea Mazzarelli and Brian Kelley, both of whom will be 2017 Oct. 22 Exhibition Game Win, 5-2 on-site throughout the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. 2017 April 7 IIHF WWC GMG Win, 3-2 (OT) 2017 Mar. 31 IIHF WWC Preliminary Win, 2-0 2016 Dec. 19 Team USA Winter Champions Series Loss, 2-3 (OT) MEDIA CONTACT: ANDREA MAZZARELLI 2016 Dec. 17 Team USA Winter Champions Series Loss, 3-5 +82 010-9875-8035 [email protected] 2016 Nov. 5 Four Nations Cup - Championship Win, 5-3 2016 Nov. 4 Four Nations Cup - Preliminary Loss, 2-3 2016 Apr. 4 IIHF WWC GMG Win, 1-0 (OT) MEDIA CONTACT: BRIAN KELLEY 2016 Mar. 28 IIHF WWC Preliminary Win, 3-1 +82 010-9801-8035 [email protected] 2015 Nov. 8 Four Nations Cup - Championship Win, 3-2 (OT) 2015 Nov. 5 Four Nations Cup - Preliminary Win, 3-0 2015 Apr. 4 IIHF WWC GMG Win, 7-5 ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE 2015 Mar. 28 IIHF WWC Preliminary Win, 4-2 Information on the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team, 2014 Nov. 8 Four Nations Cup - Championship Loss, 2-3 (SO) including bios, schedule, news and team history is available 2014 Nov. 5 Four Nations Cup - Preliminary Loss, 2-3 online at teamusa.usahockey.com/2018womensolympichockey. @USAHOCKEY • TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM • USAHOCKEY.COM • #WINTEROLYMPICS 1 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM GAME NOTES GOLD-MEDAL GAME • USA VS. CANADA • FEBRUARY 22, 2018 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM OPPONENT BREAKDOWN KEY TEAM USA OLYMPIC STATISTICS PRELIMINARY ROUND GAMES PREVIOUS U.S. OLYMPIC FINISHES FINLAND Year Finish Coach Record* Feb. 11, 2018: USA 3, FIN 1: Maddie Rooney (Andover, Minn.) made 23 saves 2014 Silver Katey Stone 3-2-0 and Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minn.), Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, 2010 Silver Mark Johnson 4-1-0 Ill.) and Monique Lamoureux-Morando (Grand Forks, N.D.) each scored 2006 Bronze Ben Smith 4-1-0 as the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team defeated Finland, 3-1, in its 2002 Silver Ben Smith 4-1-0 opening game of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. With the win, the U.S. 1998 Gold Ben Smith 6-0-0 extended its win streak over Finland in Olympic competition to seven and *W-L-T kept alive its perfect streak of Olympic opening game victories. O.A.R OLYMPIC RECORD VS. OPPONENTS Feb. 13, 2018: USA 5, OAR 0: Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (Grand Forks, Opponent GP Record* GF GA N.D.) set an Olympic record for the fastest two goals scored by a single Canada 7 2-0-1-4 17 18 player (within :06) to lead the U.S. to a 5-0 victory over the Olympic Athletes China 3 3-0-0-0 29 2 from Russia. Kacey Bellamy (Westfield, Mass.), Gigi Marvin (Warroad, Finland 8 8-0-0-0 37 7 Minn.) and Hannah Brandt (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) added goals in the Germany 2 2-0-0-0 15 0 victory, and Nicole Hensley (Lakewood, Colo.) recorded her first Olympic Japan 1 1-0-0-0 10 0 CANADA shutout. Russia 2 2-0-0-0 18 0 Sweden 5 4-0-1-0 28 6 Feb. 15, 2018: USA 1, CAN 2: Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.) scored and Maddie Rooney (Andover, Minn.) made 21 saves but the U.S. fell to Canada, Switzerland 2 2-0-0-0 15 0 2-1, in its final preliminary round game at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. TOTAL 30 24-0-2-4 169 33 Outshooting Canada 45-23, the U.S. saw a number of high quality scoring *W-OTW-OTL-L chances – including a shot off the post – nearly tie the game toward the end, but none were able to connect as time expired.