2018 U.S. Men's National Team Game Notes Preliminary Round Vs
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2018 U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM GAME NOTES 2018 IIHF MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | COPENHAGEN & HERNING, DENMARK | MAY 4-20, 2018 PRELIMINARY ROUND GAME #5 • USA (2-2-0-0) VS. KOREA (0-0-0-4) • JYSKE BANK BOXEN (CAPACITY: 11,000) • MAY 11, 2018 TONIGHT'S GAME THINGS WORTH MENTIONING The U.S. Men's National Team faces Korea tonight in its Charlie McAvoy was added to the U.S. roster yesterday, bringing ffth preliminary round game of the 2018 IIHF Men's World its player count to 24 ... Team USA is the home team and will be Championship here in Herning, Denmark. Puck drop is set for wearing blue ... Johnny Gaudreau (1-3--4) and Patrick Kane 8:15 p.m. local time (2:15 p.m. ET) at the Jyske Bank Boxen and (1-6--7) have a point in every game ... Kane sits tied for third will be televised live in the U.S. exclusively on NHL Network. in assists and ranks seventh in points among all tournament This is the frst-ever meeting betwen the United States and skaters ... With two assists yesterday, Kane now has 50 points Korea in Men's World Championship play. Through four games, (19-31) in 40 international games across IIHF, Olympic and World the U.S. leads Group B with 10 points while Korea is in last place Cup play while Gaudreau has seven goals and eight assists for with zero points. 15 points over his last 12 Men's World Championship games ... The United States enters the 2018 IIHF Men's World John Johannson, brother of the late Jim Johannson, arrived in Championship seeking its 12th tournament medal and frst since Herning today along with other family, friends and guest of Team 2016, when it claimed a bronze medal. All-time, the U.S. has USA ... Dave Ogrean, former executive director of USA Hockey, won gold once (1933), silver four times (1950, 1939, 1934, 1931) arrives tomorrow ... Forward Sonny Milano turns 22 tomorrow and bronze six times (2015, 2013, 2004, 1996, 1952, 1949). (May 12) ... For previous game summaries see page 2. TALKING POINTS TEAM USA SCHEDULE THE SERIES VS. KOREA DATE EVENT TIME (LOCAL)/RESULT This is the frst-ever meeting between the United States and City Venue (Eastern) Korea in Men's World Championship play. TUES., MAY 1 DENMARK (exh.) W, 3-2 • USA VS. KOREA TALE OF THE TAPE Herning KVIK Hockey Arena Category USA KOREA Record 2-2-0-0 0-0-0-4 FRI., MAY 4 CANADA SOW, 5-4 Goals For/Avg. 15/3.75 2/0.5 Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Goals Against/Avg. 6/1.50 29/7.25 SAT., MAY 5 DENMARK W, 4-0 Power Play .333 (5-15) .100 (1-10) Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Penalty Killing .917 (11-12) .625 (15-24) MON., MAY 7 GERMANY W, 3-0 Shots For Gm/Avg. 137/34.3 74/18.5 Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Shots Against Gm./Avg. 107/26.8 175/43.8 Top Scorers Kane (1-6--7) Radunske (1-1--2) THURS., MAY 10 LATVIA OTW, 3-2 Kreider (2-3--5) Swift (1-0--1) Herning Jyske Bank Boxen DeBrincat (1-3--4) Ahn (0-1--1) FRI., MAY 11 KOREA 8:15 P.M. Gaudreau (1-3--4) -- Herning Jyske Bank Bozen 2:15 P.M. Top Goalie Kinkaid Dalton SUN., MAY 13 NORWAY 4:15 P.M. (4-0, 1.46, .944) (0-4, 7.48, .836) Herning Jyske Bank Boxen 10:15 A.M. CHARLIE MCAVOY JOINS TEAM USA TUES., MAY 15 FINLAND 12:15 P.M. Defenseman Charlie McAvoy (Long Beach, N.Y.) arrived today Herning Jyske Bank Boxen 6:15 A.M. around noon in Herning, Denmark after being named to Team THURS., MAY 17 QUARTERFINALS TBD USA's roster prior to yesterday's win over Latvia. TBD TBD TBD McAvoy is playing on a U.S. Men's National Team for the SAT., MAY 19 SEMIFINALS 3:15 P.M. second consecutive year and representing Team USA for the ffth Copenhagen Royal Arena 1:15 P.M. time in IIHF world championship play. A three-time IIHF medalist, SUN., MAY 20 BRONZE MEDAL GAME 3:45 P.M. including two gold medals (2017 WJC, 2015 MU18) and one Copenhagen Royal Arena 9:45 A.M. bronze medal (2016 WJC), McAvoy was an alternate captain SUN., MAY 20 GOLD MEDAL GAME 8:15 P.M. for Team USA at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship Copenhagen Royal Arena 2:15 P.M. where he was named to the Media All-Star Team. McAvoy just fnished his frst full NHL season with the Boston Bruins where he All U.S. tournament games to be televised live on NHL Network registered 32 points (7-25) in 63 games before adding fve points (1-4) in 12 playof games. A product of USA Hockey's National TEAM USA STAT LEADERS Team Development Program, he skated two seasons (2015-17) at Boston University prior to making his NHL debut. SKATERS GOALTENDERS GOALS Cam Atkinson 3 GAA Keith Kinkaid 1.46 FOUR STRAIGHT WINS ASSISTS Patrick Kane 6 SV% Keith Kinkaid .944 With yesterday's win, the U.S. has now won four straight games POINTS Patrick Kane 7 WINS Keith Kinkaid 4 for just the fourth time to start an IIHF Men's World Championship. SHUTOUTS Keith Kinkaid 2 In each of the three previous ocasions, the U.S. has medaled. Year Location Fifth Game Record* Finish 1939 Basel/Zurich, Switzerland Loss, SUI (2-3) 4-2-0 Silver MEDIA INFORMATION 1933 Prague, Czechoslovakia Win, CAN (2-1) OT 5-0-0 Gold 1931 Krynica, Poland Loss, CAN (0-2) 4-1-0 Silver Team USA players and head coach Jef Blashill will be available *Win-Loss-Tie for interviews in designated mixed-zone areas following games and non-game day practices. Media availability on day-of-game U.S. SUCCESS IN PYEONGCHANG skates will be limited. Members of the media are not allowed in This past February and March, both the U.S. Olympic Women's the U.S. dressing room. Ice Hockey Team and U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team claimed gold medals at the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter MEDIA CONTACT: JON GOMEZ Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. 973.723.5744 [email protected] In the Olympics, the U.S. edged Canada, 3-2, in a six-round All media availability with U.S. team members must be arranged shootout to claim its second ever Olympic gold medal and frst through Jon Gomez, who is on-site with the U.S. Men's National since winning the inaugural gold medal in the event at the 1998 Team here in Denmark. Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. One month later, the Paralympics saw the U.S. come from behind to defeat Canada, ONLINE GUIDE TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM/2018MENSWORLDS 2-1, in overtime for an unprecedented third-straight Paralympic Team USA information, including player and staf bios, team gold medal. For more on the team's performances, see page 10. schedule, news and team history is available online. @USAHOCKEY • TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM/2018MENSWORLDS • USAHOCKEY.COM • #2018MWC 1 2018 U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM GAME NOTES PRELIMINARY ROUND VS. KOREA • MAY 11, 2018 2018 IIHF MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP U.S. DETAILS 2018 U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OPPONENT BREAKDOWN & RECAPS ALL-TIME RECORD VS. OPPONENT CANADA Opponent GP Record^ GF GA Men's Worlds Series vs. Canada: 45 GP 1-4-1-39-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Austria 12 11-0-0-2-0 58 23 Of Note: Kinkaid's 40 save performance is most by U.S. netminder since 2011. Belarus 7 6-0-0-1-0 29 15 MAY 4, 2018: USA 5, CAN 4 (SOW): Cam Atkinson (Riverside, Conn.) scored both Belgium 2 2-0-0-0-0 25 2 goals in the shootout, Dylan Larkin (Waterford, Mich.) added two goals in Canada 45 1-4-1-39-0 87 230 regulation and Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, N.Y.) made 40 saves as the U.S. Czech Republic 14 5-1-1-6-1 38 41 edged Canada, 5-4, in a shootout win to defeat Canada. Czechoslovakia 38 8-2-0-25-3 76 194 DENMARK Denmark 7 5-0-1-1-0 26 12 Men's Worlds Series vs. Denmark: 7 GP 5-0-1-1-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) East Germany 10 2-0-0-5-3 39 40 Of Note: Denmark is hosting the IIHF Men's World Championship for the frst time. Finland 62 22-1-2-29-8 186 216 MAY 5, 2018: USA 4, DEN 0: Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, N.Y.) made 20 saves France 10 9-0-0-1-0 43 15 and three U.S. players recorded a goal and an assist in the victory. Will Germany 17 9-0-1-4-3 49 35 Butcher (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Chris Kreider (Boxford, Mass.), Cam Atkinson Great Britain 4 2-0-0-0-2 22 14 (Riverside, Conn.) and Nick Jensen (St. Paul, Minn.) all scored in the game. Hungary 2 2-0-0-0-0 8 1 GERMANY Italy 8 5-1-0-2-0 26 17 Men's Worlds Series vs. Germany: 17 GP 9-0-1-4-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Japan 2 2-0-0-0-0 15 2 Of Note: Team USA's win snapped a two-game MWC losing streak to Germany. Kazakhstan 3 1-2-0-0-0 17 5 Latvia 14 9-1-0-3-1 44 29 MAY 7, 2018: USA 3, GER 0: Patrick Kane (Bufalo, N.Y.) tallied a goal and two assists and Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, N.Y.) recorded his second shutout in Netherlands 3 3-0-0-0-0 31 10 as many games as the U.S.