Team USA Game Notes 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship • Montreal • Bell Centre Team USA (2-1-0-1) vs. Russia (1-1-0-2) Jan. 2, 2015 • 1 p.m. ET • Quarterfinal Team USA Schedule USA Hockey Communications Contact: Dave Fischer Friday, Dec. 19 -- Pre-Tournament Email:
[email protected] • Cell: 719.684.5940 at Boston University (visitor/white) W, 5-2 TODAY’S GAME Sunday, Dec. 21 -- Pre-Tournament The United States faces Russia today at Bell Centre (capacity: 21,287) in the quarterfinals of the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship. vs. Germany (home/blue) W, 5-2 The game will be broadcast live in the U.S. on NHL Network and Tuesday, Dec. 23 -- Pre-Tournament streamed live on NHL.com. The U.S. and Russia last met in the World vs. Sweden (visitor/blue) W, 10-5 Juniors a year ago, with Russia coming away with a 5-3 win in the Friday, Dec. 26 -- Group A quarterfinals in Malmo, Sweden. vs. Finland (visitor/blue) W, 2-1 SO PREVIOUS QUARTERFINAL GAMES -- The playoff format was Sunday, Dec. 28 -- Group A adopted for the IIHF World Junior Championship beginning in 1996. vs. Germany (home/white-2014) W, 6-0 The U.S. has qualified for the playoffs 18 out of 20 years, including 15 of Monday, Dec. 29 -- Group A the last 16 tournaments. From 1977-95, teams played each other once in vs. Slovakia (home/white-1960) W, 3-0 a round robin format and medals were awarded based on final standings. Team USA is 7-6-0 in 13 previous quarterfinal games in the World Wednesday, Dec.