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Team USA Game Notes 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships Team USA (4-0-0-0) vs. Canada (4-0-0-0) • May 3, 2015 • 2:30 p.m. ET Gold Medal Game • Buffalo, New York • HARBORCENTER USA Hockey Communications Contact: Jon Gomez Team USA Schedule Email: [email protected] • Cell: 973.723.5744 Sunday, April 26 -- Preliminary Round #1 TODAY’S GAME vs. Russia W, 6-1 The United States faces Canada today at HARBORCENT- Monday, April 27-- Preliminary Round #2 ER (capacity: 1,800) in the gold-medal game of the 2015 International Paralympic Committee Ice Sledge Hockey vs. Germany W, 7-0 World Championships. Team USA has won all four meet- Wednesday, April 29 -- Preliminary Round #3^ ings against Canada this season, outscoring them 9-1, in- vs. Italy W, 7-0 cluding three shutouts. Both teams enter the game with a perfect 4-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) tournament record. Friday, May 1 -- Semifnal^ The U.S. has allowed just one goal in four games while vs. Norway W, 6-0 Canada has conceded two. In the United States, today’s Sunday, May 3 -- Gold Medal Game* game will be streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra and televised live nationally on NBC Sports Network. vs. Canada 2:30 p.m. ET All times Eastern. All games will be streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra ^Same-Day Tape Delay on NBC Sports Network at approximately 10:30 p.m. ET USA VS. CANADA *Live Television Coverage on NBC Sports Network - In the last ten meetings, Team USA has posted a 7-0- 0-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record against Canada, outscoring U.S. MEN’S NAT’L TEAM WISHES GOOD LUCK them 17-3 and shutting them out four times in that span. The U.S. Men’s National Team, currently in Ostrava, - In world championship play, The Two Teams lasT meT in Czech Republic, for the 2015 International Ice Hockey The gold-medal game of The 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Federation Men’s World Championships, which Canada won, 1-0. Since The World Championship, loss, The U.S. has won seven sTraighT games againsT Canada. sent the U.S. National - In March, the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team hosted Sled Hockey Team a Canada in Indian Trail, North Carolina, for the traditional video wishing them three-game series. Led by two shutouts from goaltender best of luck today. Steve Cash, the U.S. swept Canada for the frst time ever. Matt Hendricks, cap- tain of the U.S. squad HOW THEY GOT HERE in Ostrava, met the sled Team USA defeated Russia (6-1), Germany (7-0), and It- team in Leduc, Alberta, aly (7-0) to claim the top spot in Group B before shutting in February, during out Norway, 6-0, in the semifnal to reach the gold-medal the 2015 World Sled game. Canada fnished frst in Group A play by defeating Hockey Challenge. Japan (17-0), Norway (5-0), and Czech Republic (2-0), for a semifnal matchup against Russia, who they defeated, CASH MONEY 3-2. This is just the second time they are meeting in the Goaltender Steve Cash will start in goal for the U.S. On tournament’s gold-medal game. the season, he is 11-1-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) with a 0.49 GAA, 0.95 SV%, and seven shutouts in 460 minutes of GOLD STANDARD play. Between the Paralympic Winter Games and IPC Ice The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team is playing in the Sledge Hockey World Championships, this is Cash’s sixth gold-medal game for the fourth consecutive time and ffth straight gold-medal game for the U.S. time overall in tournament history. The U.S. has a pair of gold (2009, 2012) and silver (2004, 2013) medals, in ad- 2009 World Championship Norway W, 1-0 dition to one bronze medal (2008). Today’s game marks 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Japan W, 2-0 the seventh straight major international tournament in 2012 World Championship Korea W, 5-1 which the U.S. has reached the championship game. Over 2013 World Championship Canada L, 0-1 the last six events, Team USA has claimed the event’s 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Russia W, 1-0 top prize four times, including the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Hamar, Norway; the LAST TEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES 2012 World Sled Hockey Challenge in Calgary, Alberta; In the last 10 games in world championship play, the U.S. the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia; and holds a 9-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record, outscoring their the 2015 World Sled Hockey Challenge in Leduc, Alberta. opponents 50-4. Their lone loss occurred in the 2013 gold- medal game when Canada prevented the U.S. from claim- USA Hockey on the Web: sledworlds.usahockey.com ing its third consecutive World Championship title. Team Twitter: @usahockey • @usahockeyscores • #Buffalo2015 USA has claimed six shutouts and not allowed more than Facebook: facebook.com/usahockey one goal in a single game in that span. Game Notes • USA vs. Canada • May 3, 2015 • Page 2 TEAM USA TOURNAMENT LEADERS ROSTER BREAKDOWN Adam Page leads the U.S. in points (10) and shares the team lead in assists (5) with Brody Roybal. Declan HOME STATES OF TEAM USA Farmer’s fve goals are a team best while Steve Cash Illinois 3 Arizona 1 leads the team with 24 saves on 25 shots in 120 minutes. New York 3 New Jersey 1 Colorado 2 Ohio 1 U.S. PLAYERS CHASING TEAM RECORDS Florida 2 Pennsylvania 1 With 10 points in the tournament, Adam Page tied former Missouri 2 Texas 1 Team USA player Alexi Salamone for most points by a U.S. player in a single world championship. His 18 career BIRTH YEAR world championship points also tie Salamone for most ca- 1989 3 1994 2 reer world championship points by a U.S. player. Several 1987 2 1985 1 other players are chasing U.S. tournament records: 1988 2 1995 1 1990 2 1997 1 Record In Jeopardy: Most Goals, Single Tournament 1992 2 1998 1 Holder: Taylor Lipsett (6) Contender(s): Declan Farmer (5), Adam Page (5), Average Age: 23 years, 10 months Average Height: 5’6” Record in Jeopardy: Most Points, Single Tournament Average Weight: 152 lbs. Holder(s): Adam Page, Alexi Salamone, (10) Oldest Player: Billy Hanning (4/18/85) Contender(s): Brody Roybal (7), Declan Farmer (6), Youngest Player: Brody Roybal (5/25/98) Josh Misiewicz (6), Josh Pauls (6), Josh Sweeney (6) Record in Jeopardy: Most Goals, Tournament Career BUFFALO BILLS WELCOMED TEAM USA Holder: Taylor Lipsett, Taylor Chace (11) With no tournament games on Tuesday (April 28, the U.S. Contender(s): Declan Farmer (9), Adam Page (9) National Sled Hockey Team visited the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. There, they took part in a pick- Record in Jeopardy: Most Assists, Tournament Career up game inside Ralph Wilson Stadium and were shown Holder: Alexi Salamone (13) the press conference room where Josh Pauls answered questions as the Bills’ newest draft pick in his dream posi- Contender: Adam Page (9) tion: punter. After seeing the game-day locker rooms, the team caught the last few minutes of practice where they Record in Jeopardy: Most Points, Career meet the Bills players and head coach Rex Ryan. Holder(s): Adam Page, Alexi Salamone (18) Contender(s): Declan Farmer (14), Josh Pauls (14) #BUFFALO2015 The eighth edition of the event, the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge SEASON LEADERS Hockey World Championships features an eight-team Through 12 games, Declan Farmer leads the team in pool. Group A consists of Canada, Czech Republic, Japan goals (9) and points (20) and shares the team-lead for as- and Norway. The U.S. will face Germany, Italy, and Rus- sists (11) with Brody Roybal, the only U.S. player to re- sia in Group B. Each team will play three preliminary- cord a point in every game this season. In net, Steve Cash round contests and the tournament will culminate with the is now 11-1-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) with a 0.49 GAA, 0.95 bronze-medal and gold-medal games on Sunday, May 3. SV%, and seven shutouts in 460 minutes of play. The bottom two fnishers from the A-Pool event will be relegated to the B-Pool for the 2017 edition of the event, U.S. DEVELOPMENTAL SLED TEAM IS IN TOWN and the top two fnishers from the B-Pool will be promot- The U.S. National Developmental Sled Hockey Team, in ed to the A-Pool for 2017. town for a three-game series versus Canada, traveled from nearby Amherst, New York, to cheer on the national team in Friday’s (May 1), 6-0 semifnal victory over Norway. TEAM USA ALL-TIME RECORD Everyone, including ser- IPC ICE SLEDGE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS vice dogs, jumped on the ice after the game for a Year Record Location Result collective USA Hockey (W-OTW-OTL-L) Sled Program photo. 2013 4-0-0-1 Goyang, South Korea Silver Team USA returned the favor by traveling 2012 3-1-1-0 Hamar, Norway Gold to Northtown Center in 2009 3-1-0-1 Ostrava, Czech Republic Gold Amherst to watch the 2008 4-0-0-2 Marlborough, Massachusetts Bronze ‘D-Team’ defeat Canada, 3-1, to close the three- 2004 4-0-0-1 Ornskoldsvik, Sweden Silver game series with two 2000 1-0-0-4 Salt Lake City, Utah Sixth victories and one shoot- 1996 1-0-0-4 Nyashamn, Sweden Sixth out loss.