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Team USA Game Notes 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship • Malmo, Sweden Team USA (3-0-0-1) vs. Russia (2-0-0-2) Jan. 2, 2014, Noon CET (6:00 a.m. ET) • Quarterfinal Round Team USA Schedule (times are local/ET) USA Hockey Communications Contact: Matt Trevor Thursday, Dec. 26 -- Group A Email: [email protected] • Cell: +46 738 539 885 vs. Czech Republic W, 5-1 TODAY’S GAME Saturday, Dec. 28 -- Group A The U.S. faces Russia at Malmo Isstadion (capacity: 5,140) in the quarter- vs. Slovakia W, 6-3 finals of the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. Today’s winner faces the winner of Sweden/Slovakia in the semifinals on Saturday (Jan. 4). Sunday, Dec. 29 -- Group A Team USA finished Group A in second place with a record of 3-0-0- vs. Germany W, 8-0 1 (W-OTW-OTL-L). Russia (2-0-0-2) placed third in Group B, beating Norway (11-0) and Switzerland (7-1) before losing to Finland (4-1) and Tuesday, Dec. 31 -- Group A Sweden (3-2). vs. Canada L, 2-3 At the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship, Team USA won the gold medal, while Russia earned the bronze medal. Thursday, Jan. 2 -- Quarterfinal In the U.S., the game will be televised live on NHL Network (DirecTV vs. Russia Noon/6:00 a.m. 215, Dish 477) and streamed live on NHL.com. It will also be re-aired at 7 p.m. on NHL Network. Saturday, Jan. 4 -- Semifinal Sweden/Slovakia TBD TEAM USA IN THE PLAYOFFS Sunday, Jan. 5 -- Medal Round - The playoff format was adopted for the IIHF World Junior TBD TBD Championship beginning in 1996. The U.S. has qualified for the playoffs 17 out of 19 years, including 14 of the last 15 tourna- All games: live on NHL Network U.S. (DirectTV 215, Dish 477), live streamed on NHL.com in U.S. ments. From 1977-95, teams played each other once in a round robin format and medals were awarded based on final standings. USA vs. Russia - The U.S. has won six of its last seven quarterfinal games and is 7-5 Tale of the Tape all-time in the round. - Team USA is 4-7 in semifinals, 2-5 in bronze medal games and 3-1 in Category USA Russia gold medal games. Record 3-0-0-1 2-0-0-2 THE SERIES VS. RUSSIA Goals For/Avg. 21/5.25 21/5.25 - The U.S. trails in the all-time series vs. Canada, 5-0-0-9-0 (W-OTW- Goals Against/Avg. 7/1.75 8/2.00 OTL-L-T). Series game-by-game history available on page 5. Power Play .500 (11-22) .471 (8-17) - In last year’s tournament, Russia won a preliminary round meeting, 2-1. Penalty Killing .733 (11-15) .813 (13-16) - Team USA’s last win was three games ago (3-2) on Dec. 29, 2007. Shots For Gm/Avg. 133/39.8 123/30.8 - In the playoffs, the U.S. is 0-4, including a quarterfinal loss in 2002. Shots Against Gm/Avg. 69/23.3 103/25.8 Shorthanded Goals 1 1 LAST GAME: USA 2, CANADA 3 Top Scorers Grzelcyk (2-4-6) Grigorenko (3-3-6) Riley Barber and Stefan Matteau scored, yet Team USA lost its pre- Kerdiles (1-5-6) Barabanov (3-2-5) liminary round finale to Canada. Barber opened the scoring with a Top Goalies Gillies Vasilevski shorthanded goal at 3:29 of the second period. Canada knotted the score at 12:19. Canada seized a 3-1 lead with goals at 3:54 and 6:13 (2-1, 2.35, .910) (2-1, 1.61, .939) (power play) of the third period. Matteau tallied at 17:15, but the U.S. could not score the equalizer. Jon Gillies posted 21 saves. USA HOCKEY WINTER EVENTS UPDATE • The U.S. Olympic Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Teams were CONSISTENT CONTRIBUTORS announced yesterday at the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic in Ann Arbor, Mich. Visit olympics.usahockey.com for details. Four players have notched a point in all four games. Captain Riley Bar- • The U.S. National Under-17 Team is off to a 3-0 start at the ber has a goal each game and five points (4-1) overall. Nic Kerdiles 2014 World Under-17 Challenge in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. has six points, (1-5), which ties for the team lead. Will Butcher (2-3--5) Team USA has beaten Russia, Germany and Canada Atlantic. and Hudson Fasching (2-2--4) have also factored into the scoring every FASTHockey.com will stream today’s game vs. Canada Ontario, game. Complete Team USA game-by-game scoring is on page 4. as well as all games at the tournament. • The U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team continues its prepara- USA Hockey on the Web: usahockey.com tion for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games with a three-game Bios, Record Book, Video, Clips: worldjuniors.usahockey.com series vs. Canada next week (Jan. 9-11) in Indian Trail, N.C. All Twitter: @usahockey • @usahockeyscores • #USAWJC games will be streamed live on FASTHockey.com. Facebook: facebook.com/usahockey Game Notes • vs. Russia • Jan. 2, 2014 • Page 2 HEAD COACH DON LUCIA TEAM USA STATISTICAL LEADERS Points Goals Assists ‘D’ Points Plus/Minus Grzelcyk(2-4-6) Barber (4) Copp (5) Grzelcyk (2-4-6) Carrick (+5) Kerdiles (1-5-6) Hinostroza (3) Kerdiles (5) Butcher (2-3-5) Copp (+5) Barber (4-1-5) Butcher (2) Grzelcyk (4) Carrick (0-3-3) 5 Tied (+3) Hinostroza (3-2-5) Grzelcyk (2) 4 Tied (3) Santini (1-0-1) Butcher (2-3-5) Fasching (2) Slavin (1-1-2) Copp (0-5-5) Matteau (2) Don Lucia is serving as head coach of the Full stats on page six U.S. National Junior Team for the fi rst time. In his 27th season as a head men’s ice hockey coach at the NCAA Division I level, SCORING DEPTH 4). He’s also tied for Team USA’s lead in Lucia’s 634 wins rank fourth all-time among In the preliminary round, 18 Americans had points. Will Butcher has fi ve points (2-3). active coaches. He has won two national titles a point, including all 13 forwards. Twelve Connor Carrick has three helpers. (Minnesota-2002, 2003) and his teams have players have recorded a goal, led by Riley Last year, the U.S. defense corps potted averaged nearly 24 victories per season. Barber, who has four markers, and Vince 10 goals and added 19 assists en route to Lucia has had a variety of U.S. coaching Hinostroza, who has three. Team USA’s the gold medal in Ufa, Russia. positions. In August 2012, he was a camp points leaders are Matt Grzelcyk (2-4-- coach at the U.S. National Junior Evalua- tion Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. In 1996, he 6) and Nic Kerdiles (1-5--6). Four oth- POWER PLAY PROFICIENCY served as head coach of the U.S. Select-16 ers have fi ve points: Riley Barber (4-1), Team USA leads the tournament in power- Team in a series vs. Finland. In 1995, he was Hinostroza (3-2), Will Butcher (2-3) and play goals (11) and power-play percent- the head coach of Team West at the United Andrew Copp (0-5). age (.500, 11-for-22). The U.S. had tallied States Olympic Festival in Denver, and later at least two power-play goals per game that year was an assistant coach for the U.S. OLYMPIC FUTURE before going 0-for-3 against Canada. Of Men’s Select Team that competed for the Twenty of the 25 players named to the Team USA’s 21 goals, 11 have occurred Tampere Cup in Finland. 2014 Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team while on the power play. Lucia has been the head men’s ice hockey yesterday competed in an IIHF World Ju- The U.S. led the 2013 tournament with 12 coach at the University of Minnesota since the 1999-2000 season, winning national titles nio Championship. They include: power-play goals and was fourth in power- in 2002 and 2003, and guiding the Gophers Dustin Brown: 2002, 2003 play effi ciency (29.3%, 12-for-41). to two other Frozen Four appearances (2005, Ryan Callahan: 2005 2012). John Carlson: 2010 (gold) PENALTY KILL PROGRESSING From 1993-99, he was at the helm of the Justin Faulk: 2011 (bronze) The U.S. penalty killers stopped 4-of-5 Colorado College program, which he took to Cam Fowler: 2010 (gold) power plays against Canada to improve a pair of NCAA Frozen Fours (1996, 1997). Jimmy Howard: 2003 their success rate to 73.3%. Lucia began his head-coaching career in 1987 Patrick Kane: 2007 (bronze) Last year, the U.S. penalty kill led the at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where Ryan Kesler: 2003, 2004 (gold) tournament with a success rate of 89.3% of he stayed until 1993. Lucia’s fi rst coaching stint came as an Phil Kessel: 2005, 2006 chances (25-for-28). assistant coach at the University of Alaska Paul Martin: 2001 Fairbanks (1981-85). He also served two sea- Ryan McDonagh: 2009 GILLIES GROOVE sons as an assistant coach at the University of Brooks Orpik: 2000 Jon Gillies ranks fi fth in the tournament Alaska Anchorage (1985-87). T.J. Oshie: 2006 in goals against average (2.35) and save A native of Grand Rapids, Minn., Lucia Max Pacioretty: 2008 percentage (.910).