USA Hockey's Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year in 2010 After Leading the Burlington Barracudas (CWHL)
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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. Canada Monday, April 25, 2011 • Hallenstadion • 8:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. EDT) TELEVISION : Universal Sports Team USA Communications Manager WEBCAST : UniversalSports.com 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 (4-0-0-0) and No. 2 Canada (4-0-0-0) meet in the in the gold-medal game of the 2011 IIHF World Women’s TEAM USA SCHEDULE & RESULTS Championship at Hallenstadion (capacity: 10,630) in Zurich. It is the 13th such meeting for the two Date Opponent Time (Local/EDT)/Result teams. Both advanced in similar fashion, going undefeated in the preliminary round to earn a quarter - Thurs., April 7 Canada* L, 1-3 final bye. The Americans enter the game by way of a 5-1 semifinal victory over Russia and have Fri., April 8 Canada* W, 4-1 outscored opponents 32-3, with 5-0, 13-1 and 9-1 wins over Slovakia, Russia and Sweden in the pre - Sun., April 17 Slovakia W, 5-0 liminary round. Meanwhile, Canada posted a 4-1 win over Finland in the semifinals after garnering 12- Mon., April 18 Russia W, 13-1 0, 7-0 and 2-0 preliminary-round victories over Switzerland, Kazakhstan and Finland. Team USA Wed., April 20 Sweden W, 9-1 arrived in Zurich on April 13 after holding a selection/training camp in Ann Arbor, Mich., from April 4- Sat., April 23 Russia^ W, 5-1 12. Prior to the U.S. roster being announced on April 9, the 30-player preliminary team played Canada Mon., April 25 Canada% 8 p.m./2 p.m. in a pair of pre-tournament games on April 7 and 8. Canada won the first game by a 3-1 score before *Pre-tournament game in Ann Arbor, Mich. the U.S. garnered the second win, 4-1. ^Semifinal %Gold-Medal Game THE WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP : The IIHF World Women’s Championship is being held for the 13th time since its inception in 1990. Since 1999, it has been run on an annual basis, with the COVERING TEAM USA exception of Olympic years (2002, 2006, 2010) and 2003, when the event was canceled due to SARS virus concerns. This year marks the first time that Switzerland has hosted the event - Canada has host - USAHOCKEY.COM COVERAGE ...................................bit.ly/USA-WWC ed five times, Finland has hosted three times, the U.S. has hosted twice and China and Sweden have TEAM USA BLOG .............................................bit.ly/USWomensBlog each hosted once. For the preliminary round, Group A (No. 1 United States, No. 4 Sweden, No. 5 Russia, TEAM USA MEDIA GUIDE ..............................bit.ly/WWCMediaGuide No. 8 Slovakia) was based at Hallenstadion in Zurich, while Group B (No. 2 Canada, No. 3 Finland, No. 6 Kazakhstan, No. 7 Switzerland) was stationed at Deutweg Rink in Winterthur. From there, the play - off and medal rounds are taking place in Zurich, with the relegation round in Winterthur. Canada has won the championship on nine occasions (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999-2001, 2004, 2007), while Twitter.com/USAHockey Facebook.com/USAHockey #2011WWC the U.S. has captured the title the other three years (2005, 2008-09). Team USA has only lost once to a team other than Canada in the world championship, which happened in 2008 to Finland in overtime of the round-robin playoff round (the U.S. went on to win the gold medal that year). U.S. RESULTS AT WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS USA vs. CANADA : The United States and Canada are the only gold-medal winners in Olympic Winter Games and IIHF World Women’s Championship history. Team USA won the inaugural Olympic gold Year Head Coach Record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Finish 2009 Mark Johnson 4-0-0-1-0 Gold medal in 1998, while Canada has taken the top prize in the three Games since (2002, 2006, 2010). 2008 Jackie Barto 4-0-1-0-0 Gold The United States has captured gold at three of the 12 IIHF World Women’s Championships, including 2007 Mark Johnson 3-0-1-1-0 Silver each of the last two years (2008, 2009), while Canada won gold the remaining nine years (1990, 2005 Ben Smith 4-1-0-0-0 Gold 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007). The teams have also met frequently during the 2004 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Four Nations Cup and pre-Olympic tours. Overall, the United States holds a record of 29-8-9-49-1 (W- 2001 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver OTW-OTL-L-T) in 96 contests against Canada. In World Championship Play - In the IIHF World Women’s 2000 Ben Smith 4-0-1-0-0 Silver Championship, Canada holds the 8-3-1-4 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) advantage in 16 games. The teams have 1999 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver played to overtime on four occasions, two of which resulted in a shootout. Eleven of the 16 games have 1997 Ben Smith 3-0-1-0-1 Silver been decided by two goals or less, while seven have been one-goal games. Overall in the event, Team 1994 Karen Kay 4-0-0-1-0 Silver USA holds a 40-1-4-8-1 record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T), with three gold medals and nine silvers. Meanwhile, 1992 Russ McCurdy 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Canada has a 56-3-1-3-0 mark with nine gold medals and a trio of silvers. The last time the U.S. and 1990 Don Macleod 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Canada met in an international tournament was during the 2010 Four Nations Cup in St. John’s, N.L, USA vs GP W OTW OTL LTGF GA SOF SOA last November. There, the Americans fell in overtime by a 3-2 score in the championship game, after Canada 16 41 3 8035 53 12 earning a 3-2 shootout victory in round-robin play. Last Season - The U.S. and Canada played a total China 66000056 630 of 11 times during the 2009-10 season, with eight wins going to Canada and three to the United States. Finland 11 90 1 0150 17 31 Five of the games came in tournament play (2009 Hockey Canada Cup, 2009 Four Nations Cup, 2010 Germany 55000060 230 Olympic Winter Games), where the Americans held a 3-0-0-2 record. The Americans beat the Canadians Japan 1100008010 twice to capture the title at the Hockey Canada Cup to start the season and extend their tournament- Kazakhstan 1100009010 winning streak to four (2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship, 2008 Four Nations Cup, 2009 IIHF Norway 33000033 120 World Women’s Championship, 2009 Hockey Canada Cup), however, Team Canada earned titles at two Russia 77000065 530 events - the 2009 Four Nations Cup and 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The remaining six games, all Slovakia 1100005010 won by Canada, were part of a pre-Olympic series. Sweden 88000066 12 20 Switzerland 55000055 520 Totals 64 50 1481442 101 22 3 Page 1 USAHockey.com USA vs Canada at the World Championship Championship), then garnered her first win in the preliminary-round of the 2009 Date Location Result Hockey Canada Cup and saw her first championship-game start against Canada at April 12, 2009 Hameenlinna, Finland W, 4-1 (Gold-Medal Game) the 2009 Four Nations Cup (1-5 L). She holds a 1-0-1-6 record in eight starts. April 10, 2009 Hameenlinna, Finland Canada 2, USA 1 (Qualification Round) Date Event Result April 12, 2008 Harbin, China USA 4, Canada 3 (Gold-Medal Game) Nov. 13, 2010 Four Nations Cup L, 3-2 (OT)* April 10, 2008 Harbin, China USA 4, CAN 2 (Qualifying Round) Dec. 30, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 1-2 April 10, 2007 Winnipeg, Man. CAN 5, USA 1 (Gold-Medal Game) Dec. 15, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 2-6 April 7, 2007 Winnipeg, Man. CAN 5, USA 4 (SO) (Qualifying Round) Nov. 7, 2009 Four Nations Cup L, 1-5* April 9, 2005 Linkoping, Sweden USA 1, CAN 0 (SO) (Gold-Medal Game) Oct. 5, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 1-3 April 6, 2004 Halifax, N.S. CAN 2, USA 0 (Gold-Medal Game) Sept. 3, 2009 Hockey Canada Cup W, 4-2 April 3, 2004 Halifax, N.S. USA 3, CAN 1 (Qualifying Round) April 10, 2009 World Championship L, 1-2 April 8, 2001 Minneapolis, Minn. CAN 3, USA 2 (Gold-Medal Game) Nov. 6, 2008 Four Nations Cup L, 2-4 April 9, 2000 Mississauga, Ont. CAN 3, USA 2 (OT) (Gold-Medal Game) Finally, Brianne McLaughlin has yet to see tournament action against Canada, but March 14, 1999 Espoo, Finland CAN 3, USA 1 (Gold-Medal Game) got her first start in a pre-world championship game on April 7, 2011. There, she April 6, 1997 Kitchener, Ont. CAN 4, USA 3 (OT) (Gold-Medal Game) made 18 saves in a 3-1 loss. April 17, 1994 Lake Placid, N.Y. CAN 6, USA 3 (Gold-Medal Game) *Championship Game April 26, 1992 Tampere, Finland CAN 8, USA 0 (Gold-Medal Game) March 25, 1990 Ottawa, Ont. CAN 5, USA 2 (Gold-Medal Game) FORMAT : Each team played three round-robin games within its group.