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Team USA Tournament in Review 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship • Ufa, Russia (Dec. 26-Jan. 5) Team USA (5-0-0-2): Gold Medal Team USA Schedule & Results USA Hockey Communications Contact: Matt Trevor Email: [email protected] • Phone: 719-538-1176 Thursday, Dec. 27 -- Ufa Arena vs. Germany W, 8-0 THREE-TIME GOLD MEDALIST The United States captured its third gold medal at the Interna- Friday, Dec. 28 -- Ufa Arena tional Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. Team vs. Russia L, 1-2 USA has finished atop the podium in three of the last 10 tourna- ments. During that span, the U.S. also won a pair of bronze med- Sunday, Dec. 30 -- Ufa Arena als in 2007 and 2011. vs. Canada L, 1-2 In the 37-year history of the IIHF World Junior Championship, Team USA has garnered eight medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze). Monday, Dec. 31 -- Ufa Arena vs. Slovakia W, 9-3 TEAM USA IN THE PLAYOFFS Wednesday, Jan. 2 -- Ufa Arena - Team USA has won its last three gold medal games and is 3-1 all-time in the championship contest. vs. Czech Republic (Quarterfinal) W, 7-0 Thursday, Jan. 3 -- Ufa Arena USA All-Time Results in Gold Medal Game Year Opponent Result Score vs. Canada (Semifinal) W, 5-1 2013 Sweden W 3-1 Saturday, Jan. 5 -- Ufa Arena 2010 Canada W 6-5 OT vs. Sweden (Gold Medal Game) W, 3-1 2004 Canada W 4-3 1997 Canada L 0-2 U.S. MEDALS at THE IIHF WJC - The playoff format was adopted for the IIHF World Junior Championship beginning in 1996. The U.S. has qualified for the Year Medal Coach playoffs 16 out of 18 years. From 1977-95, teams played each 2013 Gold Phil Housley other once in a round-robin format and medals were awarded 2011 Bronze Keith Allain based on final standings. 2010 Gold Dean Blais Team USA by Playoff Round: 2007 Bronze Ron Rolston gold medal: 3-1 2004 Gold Mike Eaves bronze medal: 2-5 1997 Silver Jeff Jackson semifinals: 4-7 1992 Bronze Walt Kyle quarterfinals: 7-5 1986 Bronze Dave Peterson fifth-place: 5-0 placement: 2-0 TEAM USA TOP PERFORMERS John Gibson Jacob Trouba Jake McCabe John Gaudreau Goaltender Defense Defense Forward Most Valuable Player Directorate Award Media All-Star Team Media All-Star Team Directorate Award Media All-Star Team Media All-Star Team Gibson is the second U.S. player (Zach An alternate captain, Trouba is the The captain of Team USA, McCabe Gaudreau led the tournament with sev- Parise, 2004) to earn MVP honors and third U.S. defenseman to receive was third among tournament defense- en goals, tying for second-best ever the sixth U.S. goalie to earn a director- a directorate award. His four goals men with six points. Of his three goals, by a U.S. player. He tallied twice vs. ate award. For a single tournament, he and nine points led all defensemen. two came vs. Canada in the semifinals Slovakia to end the preliminary round, set the U.S. record for save percent- He scored a goal in each of the four in which he was named the U.S. Play- notched a hat trick vs. Czech Republic age (.955) and posted the third-best preliminary round games, then posted er of the Game. McCabe earned a +9 in the quarterfinals and scored twice goals against average (1.36). four assists vs. Czech Republic. plus/minus rating, tops on Team USA. vs. Canada in the semifinals. 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Review • Page 2 TEAM USA statISTICAL LEADERS 2013 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Points Goals Assists ‘D’ Points Plus/Minus FINAL RANKING Gaudreau (7-2-9) Gaudreau (7) Miller (7) Trouba (4-5-9) McCabe (+9) Trouba (4-5-9) Trouba (4) Galchenyuk (6) Jones (1-6-7) Jones (+8) 1. United States (5-0-0-2) Miller (2-7-9) Barber (3) Jones (6) McCabe (3-3-6) Biggs (+6) 2. Sweden (3-2-0-1) Galchenyuk (2-6-8) McCabe (3) Trouba (5) Reilly (1-2-3) 5 Tied (+5) 3. Russia (2-3-1-1) Jones (1-6-7) Trocheck (3) Vesey (4) Gostisbehere (1-1-2) 4. Canada (4-0-1-1) 5. Czech Republic (3-1-0-2) Full team stats on page 15 6. Switzerland (1-0-4-1) 7. Finland (3-1-0-2) UPDATING THE U.S. RECORD BOOK LOOKING AHEAD to MALMO 8. Slovakia (1-1-1-3) John Gibson stamped his name prom- The 2014 IIHF World Junior Champi- 9. Germany (1-0-1-4) inently in the U.S. record book. His .955 onship will be held in Malmo, Sweden 10. Latvia (0-0-0-6) save percentage ranks first in single- Dec. 26, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014. The U.S. tournament annals, surpassing Al Mon- will be in a group with Canada, Czech and a 5-for-13 effort against the Czech toya’s .940 mark from 2004. Gibson’s Republic, Slovakia and Germany. Republic. Of Team USA’s 34 goals, 1.36 goals-against average is third for a The 2014 tournament will also fea- 35% have come with a man-advan- single championship, falling just shy of ture a new playoff format. The top four tage. John Gaudreau had a tourna- the 1.33 GAA recorded by Montoya in teams from each of the two groups will ment-best four power-play goals. 2004 and Rick DiPietro in 2001. qualify for the playoffs where the eight For a career, Gibson boasts a 1.70 teams will play cross-over quarter-fi- PRODUCTIVE BLUE LINE GAA, good for second behind Rick nals, paired against teams placed 1-4 Team USA’s defense corps contrib- DiPietro (1.55, 2000-01) in the other group. uted 10 of the team’s 34 goals, includ- John Gaudreau tied for second on ing 4-of-12 on the power play. Jacob the U.S. single-tournament goal scor- SEE YOU IN 2014? Trouba had four goals, while Jake Mc- ing list with seven tallies. He equaled Seven players from the 2013 U.S. Na- Cabe had three, including two in the the efforts of Chris Bourque (2006), Pe- tional Junior Team are eligible for next semifinal victory over Canada. Shayne ter Ferraro (1993), Scott Young (1987) year’s squad. The list includes three of Gostisbehere, Seth Jones and Mike and Mark Green (1978). Jeremy Roe- the seven defensemen -- Seth Jones, Reilly had a goal apiece. The seven- nick owns the top spot with eight goals Patrick Sieloff, Jacob Trouba -- three man group also had 19 assists. in 1989. forwards -- Riley Barber, Alex Gal- Jacob Trouba’s four goals tied John chenyuk, Ryan Hartman -- and back- Carlson (2010) and Erik Johnson TOURNAMENT LEADERS up goaltender Jon Gillies. (2007) for the most single-tournament John Gaudreau led the IIHF World Ju- goals by a U.S. defenseman since at nior Championship with seven goals. BALANCED SCORING least the 2000 IIHF World Junior Cham- His four power-play goals are tops All 20 skaters notched at least point for pionship. among all players. His nine points (7-2) Team USA, plus goaltender John Gib- tied for fifth overall. son chipped in two assists. FACE-OFF FORTUNES Jacob Trouba led all defensemen Fifteen players had at least one goal, Each of Team USA’s four primary cen- in points (9) and goals (4). Among all while nine had multiple tallies. Rocco ters succeeded at above 50% in the scorers, his nine points tied for fifth, Grimaldi, Team USA’s Player of the face-off circle. Vince Trocheck led the while his four goals tied for eighth. Game in the gold medal contest, scored way at 60% (79-52), followed by J.T. J.T. Miller notched two goals and his only two goals of the tournament in Miller (60%, 58-39), Cole Bardreau seven assists. His seven helpers tied the final vs. Sweden. (58%, 54-39) and Sean Kuraly (52%, for second in the tournament, while his 53-49). nine points tiedd for fifth. EXTRA SPECIAL TEAMS Alex Galchenyuk posted eight points The U.S. led the tournament in penal- SHUTOUT SHOUTOUT (2-6) to tie for 10th in points. The six as- ty killing at 89.3%, having allowed three By blanking Germany, 8-0, and Czech sists tied for fourth. power-play goals over 28 chances. The Republic, 7-0, Team USA notched two Seth Jones trailed only Trouba on U.S. had perfect penalty kill games shutouts in a single tournament for the the tournament’s defenseman scoring against Germany, Canada (twice) and first time since the 2004 IIHF World Ju- chart with seven points (1-6). The six the Czech Republic, while allowing a nior Championship. John Gibson and helpers led all defensemen and tied for single power-play goal to Russia, Slo- Jon Gillies shared the shutout of Ger- fourth among all players. vakia and Sweden. many, while Gibson played all 60 min- John Gibson led all goalies with a The U.S. finished fourth in power-play utes against Czech Republic. In 2004, 1.36 goals against average and a .955 efficiency (29.3%, 12-for-41) in the IIHF Al Montoya whitewashed Austria and save percentage. World Junior Championship, highlight- Slovakia en route to a gold medal and ed by a 4-for-9 showing vs. Slovakia the directorate award for top goaltender. 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Review • Page 3 Team USA Players of the Game CaptaIN AMERICA Team Development Program.