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Game Notes Vs. Finland • Thursday, May 18, 2017 • 2017 IIHF Men’S World Championship • Page Two Team USA Game Notes 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Cologne, Germany USA (6-0-0-1) vs. Finland (2-2-1-2) Thursday, May 18, 2017 • LANXESS Arena • Quarterfinals Team USA Schedule (times are local/ET) USA Hockey Media Officer: Dave Fischer Email: [email protected] • Cell: +447771830718 Friday, May 5 -- Group A (Cologne) USA vs. Germany* L, 1-2 • TODAY’S GAME The U.S. Men’s National Team faces Finland today Sunday, May 7 -- Group A (Cologne) (live on NBCSN in U.S.) in the quarterfinal round of the USA vs. Denmark* W, 7-2 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Monday, May 8 -- Group A (Cologne) Championship at LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany. USA vs. Sweden* W, 4-3 The winner advances to play either Sweden or Switzerland in Wednesday, May 10 -- Group A (Cologne) the semifinals on Saturday, while the loser goes home. USA vs. Italy^ W, 3-0 Saturday, May 13 -- Group A (Cologne) • JIMMY HOWARD GETS NOD IN GOAL TODAY Latvia vs. USA* W, 5-3 Jimmy Howard will start in goal today against Finland. In Howard’s other appearance in the men’s worlds (2012), Sunday, May 14 -- Group A (Cologne) he faced Finland twice. In the preliminary round, Howard Slovakia vs. USA* W, 6-1 recorded an 18-save shutout in a 5-0 win. In the quarterfinals Tuesday, May 16 -- Group A (Cologne) that year, he made 28 saves in a 3-2 loss. Finland’s Jesse Russia vs. USA^ W, 5-3 Joenssu scored with :09 left in regulation to secure the victo- Thursday, May 18 -- Quarterfinals (TBD) ry. Howard has played in five of the first seven games of the vs. Finland 4:15 p.m. 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship and is 4-1 with a 1.81 Saturday, May 20 -- Semifinals (Cologne) goals against average and .923 save percentage. He was vs. TBD TBD slated also to start against Latvia, however, became ill just Saturday, May 21 -- Medal Games (Cologne) prior to game time. vs. TBD 4:15 p.m. & 8:45 p.m. • ALL-TIME vs. FINLAND Games with * above live on NHL Network Games with ^ above live on NBC Sports Network The U.S. has won five of the last seven meetings against Finland at the IIHF Men’s World Championship. In the all-time All games streamed live on NBC Sports app and NBCSports .com series, Finland has a 28-2-1-22-8 (w-otw-otl-l-t) advantage. The teams last met in the preliminary round a year ago with QUARTERFINAL BITS AND PIECES Finland earning a 3-2 win on May 9 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The current format of the IIHF Men’s World Championship, with The U.S. and Finland have met five times in the quarterfinals seven games in the preliminary round, began in 2012. Outside of the world championship with Finland having won four of this year, Team USA has won its group just one other time, that in 2015 (2012-2nd, 2013-3rd, 2014-2nd, 2015-1st, 2016-4th, of those contests, including one in overtime and one in a 2017-1st) ... Never previously has the U.S. won seven straight shootout. All but one game was decided by a single goal with games in a single IIHF Men’s World Championship. With a victo- the other game a two-goal affair. See the all-time game-by- ry today, the 2017 U.S. Men’s National Team would become the game series breakdown later in these notes. first ... Team USA has scored three goals in the second period four times in this world championship ... The U.S. has outshot • LEADERS six of its first seven opponents (Sweden) ... With eight assists in Johnny Gaudreau is tied for the lead in the world champi- the world championship, Dylan Larkin is just two shy of tying the onship with six goals and fourth in points with 11 (6-5--11) ... single tournament U.S. record of 10 shared by Max Pacioretty (2012) and Craig Smith (2013). Seth Jones is second with nine Dylan Larkin has 10 points in the world championship (2-8- assists in 2014, and Larkin is currently tied with six other players -10), sixth in the tournament. Only two players in the world for third with eight (John Mayasich & Robert Roberge, 1962; championship have more than Larkin’s eight assists. Larkin Buzz Schneider, 1975, Mikek Fidler, 1978, Dave Christian, 1981, is also 6th in faceoff percentage at .621 (77-121) ... Clayton Butsy Erickson, 1986) ... The U.S. is the home team today and Keller and Anders Lee each have five goals in the world will wear its white jerseys (5-0-0-0 wearing white) ... The U.S. championship, tied for second in the tournament. Lee’s five will use the same lineup it has for its last two games meaning D Daniel Brickley, F Anders Bjork and G Cal Peterson will not goals have all come on the power play. dress ... All U.S. players but Anders Bjork, Jordan Greenway and Trevor van Riemsdyk have recorded at least a point in • GOAL SCORING the world championship ... Team USA has advanced to the QF The U.S. has four players with four or more goals in the tour- round of the IIHF Men’s World Championship for the seventh nament, including Johnny Gaudreau (6), Clayton Keller straight year ... The U.S. has come-from-behind to beat Sweden, (5), Anders Lee (5), and Brock Nelson (4). Over the last Latvia and Russia ... Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck turns 24 tomorrow (May 19) ... The U.S. will host the 2018 IIHF World decade, that has never happened. The closest was in 2008 Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York, from Dec. 25, 2017- when Team USA featured three players that finished with four Jan. 5, 2018. The event will feature the first-ever outdoor game or more goals, including Phil Kessel (6), Dustin Brown (5) and in the World Juniors with a Dec. 29 matchup in the preliminary Zach Parise (5). All other teams in the last decade finished round between the U.S. and Canada at New Era Field (71,870), with two or fewer players with four or more goals in a single home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills ... Jim Smith, president of USA tournament. Hockey, and Gavin Regan, vice president of USA Hockey and chair of the international council, both arrived yesterday and are Team USA Bios, History: teamusa.usahockey.com here for the duration of the championship. Twitter: @usahockey • #IIHFWorlds #2017MWC Team USA Game Notes vs. Finland • Thursday, May 18, 2017 • 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Two • THE U.S. IN QUARTERFINAL GAMES -- Quar- USA vs. Finland terfinal games have been played in the IIHF World Tale of the Tape Championship since 1992 with the exception of Category USA Finland 1997, 1998, and 1999. Of the 22 years quarterfinals Record 6-0-0-1 2-2-1-2 have been played, the U.S. has qualified for the Goals For/Avg. 31/4.43 20/2.86 quarterfinal game all but twice. Team USA is 8-12-0 Goals Against/Avg. 14/2.00 22/3.14 in 20 previous quarterfinal games. A breakdown is Power Play .280 (7-25) .227 (5-22) below. Penalty Killing .800 (20-25) .769 (20-26) Shots For Gm/Avg. 232/33.1 222/31.7 2016 USA 2, Czech Republic 1 (overtime/shootout) Shots Against Gm/Avg. 173/24.7 174/24.9 2015 USA 3, Switzerland 1 2014 Czech Republic 4, USA 3 Shorthanded Goals 1 0 2013 USA 8, Russia 3 Top Scorers Gaudreau (6-5--11) Aho (2-6--8) 2012 Finland 3, USA 2 Larkin (2-8--10) Kuchervo (5-6--11) 2011 Czech Republic 4, USA 0 Lee (5-3--8) Savinainen (2-3--5) 2010 Did Not Make Quarterfinals Top Goalie Howard Korpisalo 2009 USA 3, Finland 2 (3-1, 1.81, .923) (2-2, 3.30, .873) 2008 Finland 3, USA 2 (overtime) 2007 Finland 5, USA 4 (overtime/shootout) • HAYES CONNECTION 2006 Sweden 6, USA 0 Kevin Hayes, who plays for the NHL’s New York Rangers, arrived 2005 Czech Republic 3, USA 2 on Saturday (May 13) and was the U.S. Player of the Game with two (overtime/shootout) assists in Sunday’s (May 14) 6-1 win over Slovakia. Hayes, whose 2004 USA 3, Czech Republic 2 brother Jimmy plays for the NHL’s Boston Bruins, played on a line (overtime/shootout) with Johnny Gaudreau his senior season at Boston College (2013- 2003 Did Not Make Quarterfinals 14). Hayes is cousins with former NHL players Tom Fitzgerald and 2002 Finland 3, USA 1 2001 USA 4, Canada 3 OT Keith Tkachuk. 2000 Slovakia 4, USA 1 • WHAT’S IN A NICKNAME 1996 USA 3, Sweden 2 U.S. equipment manager Chris “Frosty” Scoppetto was given the 1995 Canada 4, USA 1 nickname Frosty by Brad McCrimmon in 1996 while serving as 1994 USA 3, Russia 1 an assistant equipment manager in Phoenix. As the story goes, 1993 Sweden 5, USA 0 Scoppetto was always seen alongside Coyotes player Keith Tkachuk, 1992 Czechoslovakia 8, USA 1 similar to how Bruins trainer John “Frosty” Forrestall was always with Bobby Orr. Scoppetto is the godparent to Tkachuk’s daughter Taryn. • NELSON FAMILY TREE Brock Nelson’s uncle Dave Christian was a member • THEY’VE PLAYED THE MOST of the 1980 “Miracle On Ice” U.S. Olympic Hockey Eric Weinrich has played in nine IIHF Men’s World Championships, Team.
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