USA Hockey’S Director of Women’S Hockey
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T E A M U S A G A M E N O T E S U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Russia Monday, April 18, 2011 • Hallenstadion • 4 p.m. (10 a.m. EDT) TELEVISION: N/A Team USA Communications Manager WEBCAST: N/A Christy Cahill - [email protected] LIVE STATS: bit.ly/WWCLiveStats 617.777.4489 / 079.411.57.18 GAME DAY: The top-seeded and two-time defending world champion United States (1-0-0-0) and No. 5 seed Russia (0-0-0-1) meet in the in the second preliminary-round game of Group A for both teams TEAM USA SCHEDULE & RESULTS at Hallenstadion (capacity: 10,630). The U.S. is coming off a 5-0 blanking of Slovakia to open the tour- Date Opponent Time (Local/EDT)/Result nament yesterday (April 17), while Russia fell to Sweden by a 7-1 score. Team USA arrived in Zurich Thurs., April 7 Canada* L, 1-3 on April 13 after holding a selection/training camp in Ann Arbor, Mich., from April 4-12. Prior to the Fri., April 8 Canada* W, 4-1 final U.S. roster being announced on April 9, the 30-player preliminary team played Canada in a pair Sun., April 17 Slovakia W, 5-0 of pre-tournament games on April 7 and 8. Canada won the first game by a 3-1 score before the U.S. Mon., April 18 Russia 4 p.m./10 a.m. garnered the second win, 4-1. Wed., April 20 Sweden 8 p.m./2 p.m. Fri., April 22 Quarterfinals TBA USA vs. RUSSIA: The U.S. and Russia are meeting for the sixth time in IIHF World Women’s Sat., April 23 Semifinals TBA Championship history. In the five previous meetings, Team USA holds the 5-0-0-0 advantage, having Mon., April 25 Bronze-Medal Game 4 p.m./10 a.m. outscored the Russians by a combined total of 47-3. All but one of the games between the two teams Gold-Medal Game 8 p.m./2 p.m. have come in the preliminary round (in 2001, the teams met in the semifinals), with the last matchup *Pre-tournament game in Ann Arbor, Mich. taking place on April 6, 2009, when the U.S. garnered an 8-0 victory. Overall in the event, Team USA holds a 47-1-4-8-1 record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T), with three gold medals and nine silvers. Meanwhile Russia COVERING TEAM USA has previously participated nine times, has a 16-0-0-24-2 mark and one bronze medal (2001). At the last world championship, the United States captured the gold medal with a 4-0-0-1 record, while Russia USAHOCKEY.COM COVERAGE ...................................bit.ly/USA-WWC finished fifth with a 2-0-0-2 mark. The two teams also met at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Feb. TEAM USA BLOG.............................................bit.ly/USWomensBlog 16, 2010, when the U.S. won by a 13-0 score. Overall, dating back to the teams’ first meeting in 1999, TEAM USA MEDIA GUIDE ..............................bit.ly/WWCMediaGuide the U.S. and Russia have played 12 times and the Americans have won all 12 contests. In those 12 games, the U.S. outscored the Russians, 110-3. Twitter.com/USAHockey Facebook.com/USAHockey USA vs Russia at the World Championship #2011WWC Date Venue Location Result April 6, 2009 Patria Arena Hameenlinna, Finland USA 8, RUS 0 April 1, 2004 Halifax Metro Centre Halifax, N.S. USA 8, RUS 0 U.S. RESULTS AT April 7, 2001 Mariucci Arena Minneapolis, Minn. USA 6, RUS 1 WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS April 4, 2000 Hershey Centre Mississauga, Ont. USA 15, RUS 0 March 8, 1999 Lansi-Auto Arena Espoo, Finland USA 10, RUS 2 Year Head Coach Record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Finish 2009 Mark Johnson 4-0-0-1-0 Gold 2008 Jackie Barto 4-0-1-0-0 Gold GOALIE RECORDS: Both Molly Schaus and Jessie Vetter have played in net against Russia. Schaus earned her first career U.S. shutout at the 2009 world championship on April 6, 2009, with 13 2007 Mark Johnson 3-0-1-1-0 Silver saves in an 8-0 win, while Vetter made seven stops in a 13-0 shutout victory at the 2010 Olympics on 2005 Ben Smith 4-1-0-0-0 Gold Feb. 16, 2010. 2004 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver 2001 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver 2000 Ben Smith 4-0-1-0-0 Silver GAME 1 VS SLOVAKIA: Five different players scored and Brianne McLaughlin turned aside all 10 shots she faced in leading Team USA to a 5-0 victory over Slovakia to start the 2011 IIHF World 1999 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Women's Championship yesterday (April 17). Playing in her first world championship, McLaughlin's 1997 Ben Smith 3-0-1-0-1 Silver shutout was the first of her U.S. career. Overall, the U.S. outshot the Slovaks by a 63-10 count, scoring 1994 Karen Kay 4-0-0-1-0 Silver two goals in the second period and three in the third. 1992 Russ McCurdy 4-0-0-1-0 Silver 1990 Don Macleod 4-0-0-1-0 Silver THE WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP: The IIHF World Women’s Championship is being held USA vs GP W OTW OTL LTGF GA SOF SOA for the 13th time since its inception in 1990. Since 1999, it has been run on an annual basis, with the Canada 16 41 3 8035 53 12 exception of Olympic years (2002, 2006, 2010) and 2003, when the event was canceled due to SARS China 66000056 630 virus concerns. This year marks the first time that Switzerland has hosted the event - Canada has host- Finland 11 90 1 0150 17 31 ed five times, Finland has hosted three times, the U.S. has hosted twice and China and Sweden have Germany 55000060 230 each hosted once. For the preliminary round, Group A (No. 1 United States, No. 4 Sweden, No. 5 Russia, Japan 1100008010 No. 8 Slovakia) is based at Hallenstadion in Zurich, while Group B (No. 2 Canada, No. 3 Finland, No. Kazakhstan 1100009010 6 Kazakhstan, No. 7 Switzerland) is stationed at Deutweg Rink in Winterthur. The U.S. and Sweden will Norway 33000033 120 also play one game in Winterthur (April 20). From there, the playoff and medal rounds will take place Russia 55000047 330 in Zurich, with the relegation round set for Winterthur. Canada has won the championship on nine occa- Sweden 77000057 11 20 sions (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999-2001, 2004, 2007), while the U.S. has captured the title the Switzerland 55000055 520 Totals 60 46 1481410 98 21 3 other three years (2005, 2008-09). Team USA has only lost once to a team other than Canada in the Page 1 USAHockey.com world championship, which happened in 2008 to Finland in overtime of the round- MILESTONES robin playoff round (the U.S. went on to win the gold medal that year). • Seven players are skating in their first IIHF World Women's Championship, including goaltender Brianne McLaughlin, defensemen Josephine Pucci and FORMAT: Each team plays three round-robin games within its group. The top fin- Anne Schleper, and forwards Kendall Coyne, Brianna Decker, Jen Schoullis ishing team in each group advances directly to the semifinals, while the second- and and Kelley Steadman. third-place teams play crossover quarterfinal games. The winners of the two quar- • Jenny Potter is on the verge of her 100th goal for Team USA - she current- terfinals move on to the semifinals. The winning teams in the semifinals play for the ly stands at 96. She will become the sixth player in U.S. history to reach the 100- gold medal, while the losing teams play for the bronze. goal plateau (Cammi Granato-186, Katie King-146, Natalie Darwitz-117, Karen Bye-110, Krissy Wendell-105). ALSO IN ACTION: The U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team is also in action, play- • Caitlin Cahow will be playing in her 100th game for Team USA. She current- ing in the 2011 IIHF World Men’s U18 Championship in Germany. Similar to the ly stands at 99. Meanwhile, Julie Chu will soon play in her 200th game for Team women, the men’s U18 team is also looking for a world championship three-peat. USA. She currently stands at 197. Off to a 3-0-0-0 start, the squad next faces Germany tomorrow (April 19) at 7:30 • Josephine Pucci scored her first U.S. goal in Team USA’s 5-0 win over p.m. (1:30 p.m. EDT). Slovakia on April 17. • Jen Schoullis and Kelley Steadman are making their U.S. senior-team RECAPPING THE 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: After outscoring Japan debuts. Schoullis and Steadman join Anne Schleper in looking for their first sen- and Russia by a total of 15-0 in the preliminary round, Team USA earned the top ior-team goals. spot in its group for the qualifying round. The U.S. defeated Finland, 7-0, in its first qualifying-round game and, in the process, clinched a spot in the gold-medal game TEAM NOTES against Canada for the 12th consecutive year. Team USA lost its qualifying-round UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: The U.S. Women’s National Program is under new matchup against Canada, but topped the Canadians in the gold-medal game, 4-1, to management with Reagan Carey as USA Hockey’s director of women’s hockey.