Game Notes Vs. Russia • Sunday, May 22, 2016 • 2016 IIHF Men’S World Championship • Page Two • the U.S
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Team USA Game Notes 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Moscow/St. Petersburg, Russia Russia (7-0-0-2) vs. USA (4-0-1-4) • Game 10 Sunday, May 22, 2016 • 4:15 p.m. • Ice Palace • Moscow, Russia • Bronze Medal Game Team USA Schedule/Results (times are local/ET) USA Hockey Communications Contact: Dave Fischer Friday, May 6 - Group B (St. Petersburg) Email: [email protected] • Cell: +79 254 033 816 USA vs. Canada L, 1-5 • TODAY’S GAME Saturday, May 7 - Group B (St. Petersburg) The U.S. Men’s National Team will face Russia today at 4:15 Belarus vs. USA W, 6-3 p.m. with a chance for its second straight medal and third in four Monday, May 9 - Group B (St. Petersburg) years in the world championship in today’s bronze medal game Finland vs. USA L, 2-3 of the 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship at the Ice Palace Thursday, May 12 - Group B (St. Petersburg) in Moscow. Today’s contest is being live streamed in the U.S. via NBC Sports Live Extra. There is no television coverage. USA vs. France W, 4-0 Friday, May 13 - Group B (St. Petersburg) • LINEUP TODAY USA vs. Hungary W, 5-1 Keith Kinkaid will get his fourth straight start in goal today Sunday, May 15 - Group B (St. Petersburg) for the U.S. He is 2-3 in the world championship with a 2.71 Germany vs. USA L, 2-3 goals against average and .892 save percentage. Forward Tuesday, May 17 - Group B (St. Petersburg) Vinnie Hinostroza and goaltender Thatcher Demko will not USA vs. Slovakia L, 2-3 OT dress today. Kyle Connor returns to the U.S. lineup after not Thursday, May 19 - Quarterfinals (Moscow) having played the past two games. Czech Republic vs. USA W, 2-1 SO • ALL-TIME vs. RUSSIA Saturday, May 21 - Semifinals (Moscow) The U.S. and Russia meet for the 15th time in the world Canada vs. USA L, 3-4 championship here today. The teams have met once previ- Sunday, May 22 - Bronze-Medal Game (Moscow) ously in the bronze medal game of the world championship, Russia vs. USA 4:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. that a 4-3 U.S. victory on May 4, 1996. Russia leads the series by a 7-0-1-5-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) margin. (note: The BRONZE MEDAL BITES U.S. is 0-28-0 against the Soviet Union all-time in the world championship). The U.S. will finish in the top four of the world champion- ship for the third time in the last four years, a feat that has USA vs. Russia Series History been accomplished just once before in the country’s history Date Round Result GF-GA (1931-34) ... Team USA looks for its third medal in the last 5/16/15 Semifinal L 0-4 four years. The U.S. has won four medals in the last 50 5/4/15 Preliminary W 4-2 years (all bronze) ... Team USA returned to its hotel just after midnight last night and had a team meal before retiring 5/12/14 Preliminary L 1-6 for the evening. Today’s faceoff will come some 17 hours 5/16/13 Quarterfinals W 8-3 after last night’s game against Canada finished ... The U.S. 5/7/13 Preliminary L 3-5 finds itself in the exact situation it did last year as it played 5/8/09 Semifinals L 2-3 the second semifinal and after a loss had to get ready for 5/2/09 Qualification L 1-4 the bronze medal game against the host country ... Team 5/1/04 Qualification W 3-2 USA netminder Thatcher Demko’s girlfriend, Lexie Shaw, 4/29/03 Preliminary L 2-3 has been here at the world championship the past week. 5/1/00 Preliminary W 3-0 Shaw is a goaltender for the University of North Dakota 5/6/97 Round Robin T 1-1 women’s ice hockey team ... Brock Nelson, Dylan Larkin, 5/4/96 Bronze Medal OTW 4-3 Pat Maroon, Auston Matthews, Chris Wideman and 4/25/96 Preliminary L 1-3 Nick Foligno were the six players on the ice trying to net 5/4/94 Quarterfinals W 3-1 the equalizer in the final minute of last night’s game against TOTALS -- 5-1-0-7-1 36-40 Canada with netminder Keith Kinkaid pulled ... Team USA’s best finish previously in a world championship held • CHRIS WIDEMAN in Russia was fifth place. It will eclipse that this year ... The Chris Wideman is tied as the tournament’s leading point-get- U.S. enters play today having been in four straight one-goal ter among defensemen with 2-4--6. Wideman’s brother Alex games (five total in the tournament) ... Chris Wideman is has been here at the world championship for the last week- tied for the tournament lead in points among defensemen plus. The two played one year of college hockey together (2-4--6), while Connor Murphy is tied for second (2-3--5) at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Chris says his father ... Auston Matthews is tied for third in the tournament in estimates he made 100 car trips from his home in St. Louis, goals with six, while Dylan Larkin is tied for fifth in the world championship in assists with seven ... Ben Smith Missouri, to Oxford, Ohio, to watch his sons play. Chris’ sister, was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame here earlier today Demi, also attended Miami and helped the Redhawks win a ... Jake McCabe, Auston Matthews and Connor Murphy Mid-American Conference Tournament title in field hockey. were named Team USA’s best three players of the tourna- Chris, who knew Pat Maroon growing up in St. Louis, credits ment following last night’s game. players like Chris Butler, Paul Stastny and Ben Bishop for providing inspiration to him as a young player. Team USA Game Notes vs. Russia • Sunday, May 22, 2016 • 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Two • THE U.S. IN BRONZE MEDAL GAMES -- The U.S. is 4-3 USA vs. Russia in seven previous bronze-medal games in the IIHF Men’s Tale of the Tape World Championship. The IIHF has used various formats Category USA Russia over its history, including round robin, double round robin Record 4-0-1-4 7-0-0-2 and round-robin medal play among the most common. For a Goals For/Avg. 27/3.00 37/4.11 complete history of the tournament, including formats used Goals Against/Avg. 23/2.56 14/1.56 each year, see the IIHF media guide. Listed below are Team Power Play .231 (9-39) .195 (8-41) USA’s previous bronze medal games. (note: The U.S. has Penalty Killing .842 (32-38) .750 (21-28) won seven total bronze medals in the world championship. Shots For Gm/Avg. 263/29.2 324/36.0 Listed below are bronze medals won by virtue of a single Shots Against Gm/Avg. 208/23.1 224/24.9 bronze-medal game vs. the medal being determined by Shorthanded Goals 0 0 standings). The game summary from last year’s bronze Top Scorers Matthews (6-3--9) Shipachyov (5-11--16) medal game is below. Larkin (2-7--9) Panarin (5-7--12) Wideman (2-4--6) Dadonov (5-6--11) 5/8/1994 Sweden 7, USA 2 (in Milan) Top Goalie Kinkaid Bobrovski 5/4/1996 USA 4, Russia 3 OT (in Vienna) (2-3, 2.71, .892) (6-2, 1.69, .931) GWG scored by Brian Rolston (SHG) from Joe Sacco at 4:48 of OT 5/13/2001 Sweden 3, USA 2 (in Hanover) 2015 Men’s World Championship 5/9/2004 USA 1, Slovakia 0 OT/GWS (in Prague) A Look Back USA won shootout, 4-2 (goals by Chris Drury, The 2015 U.S. Men’s National Team finished third among Matt Cullen, Andy Roach, Erik Westrum) 16 teams at the IIHF Men’s World Championship in Ostra- 5/10/2009 Sweden 4, USA 2 (in Bern) va and Prague, Czech Republic. Team USA (7-1-0-2, Sweden scored 4 PPGs, including two 5x3 W-OTW-OTL-L) lost to Russia in the semifinals but went 5/19/2013 USA 3, Finland 2 SO (in Stockholm) on to beat host Czech Republic in the bronze medal game. Alex Galchenyuk scored in 4th round of shootout for win It was Team USA’s second bronze medal in the past three 5/17/2015 USA 3, Czech Republic 0 (in Prague) years. Previously the U.S. hadn’t medaled in two of three Connor Hellebuyck starred in goal making years in more than 50 years. Forward Brock Nelson led 39 saves for the shutout all U.S. players with 10 points (6-4), while forward Trevor Lewis contributed 9 points (3-6). Game 10 • USA vs. Czech Republic • Bronze Md Gm May 17, 2015—at O2 Arena • Prague, Czech Republic (15,007) United States (h) 2 1 0 — 3 Czech Republic (v) 0 0 0 — 0 1st: USA-Bonino (Nelson, Coyle), 7:25 USA-Lewis (Eichel), 18:13 2nd: USA-Coyle (Bonino), 9:10 3rd: No Scoring Penalties: USA 6-12, CZE 3-6 Power Plays: USA 0-2, CZE 0-5 Saves: USA-Hellebuyck (11-12-16--39); 60:00 CZE-Pavelec (9-3-1--13); 57:18 Shots: USA 11-4-1--16; CZE 11-12-16--39 Officials: Refs-Marcus Vinnerborg, Jyri Ronn; Lines-Jimmy Dahmen, Gleb Lazarev Notes: Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 39 Czech Republic shots on goal to help the U.S.