2018 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team Game Notes 2018 Olympic Winter Games | Pyeongchang, South Korea
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2018 U.S. OLYMPIC MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM GAME NOTES 2018 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES | PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA Qualification Round • USA (1-0-1-1) vs. Slovakia (1-0-1-1) • Gangneung Hockey Centre • Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea • Feb. 20, 2018 TODAY'S GAME The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team faces Slovakia tonight USA vs. Slovakia in the qualification round of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Team USA is the home team, will wear its navy jersey and occupy the Tale of the Tape right bench (from the player’s perspective looking onto the ice). Today's game will be televised on NBCSN and streamed live at Category USA Slovakia NBCOlympics.com. Record 1-0-1-1 1-0-1-1 THE LATEST Goals For/Avg. 4/1.33 6/2.00 Goals Against/Avg. 8/2.67 7/2.33 GOALTENDING TODAY Power Play .182 (2-11) .200 (2-10) Ryan Zapolski will get the call in goal for Team USA. Zapolski has Penalty Killing 1.000 (8-8) .692 (9-13) played the first three games for the U.S. in the Olympic tournament and has a 1-0-1-1 record with a 2.66 goals against average and an .890 Shots For Gm/Avg. 96/32.0 66/22.0 save percentage. Zapolski plays for Jokerit of the KHL and leads the Shots Against Gm/Avg. 73/24.3 95/31.7 league in shutouts with nine. He played NCAA Division I college hockey Shorthanded Goals 0 0 at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. Brandon Maxwell will serve as the Top Scorers Donato (2-1--3) Ceresnak (1-2--3) back-up to Zapolski today. O'Neill (1-1--2) Granak (0-3--3) QUARTERFINAL BERTH AT STAKE Bourque (0-2--2) Bakos (1-1--2) The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team looks to advance to the quar- Top Goalie Zapolski Konrad terfinals of the 2018 Olympic Tournament with a victory over Slovakia (1-2, 2.66, .890) (1-1, 2.40, .904) here today. The current format used for the men's Olympic tournament was established in 2010 and the U.S. advanced directly to the quarters in both 2010 and 2014. This is the first time the U.S. has had to play a and is here for the duration of the Olympics. Ron DeGregorio, former USA Hockey president and current chairman of the board of USA Hockey, is also qualification round game. With a win today, the U.S. will face the Czech here. DeGregorio is a member of the IIHF Council ... Some of the players Republic tomorrow at Gangneung Hockey Centre at 12:10 p.m. and staff attended the U.S. women's semifinal game vs. Finland yesterday. ALL-TIME VS. SLOVAKIA IN THE OLYMPICS The U.S. earned a 5-0 win to advance Thursday's gold-medal game ... U.S. The U.S. will meet Slovakia for the second time this Olympics here equipment manager Scott Aldrich, who works full-time for USA Hockey in today. In the first meeting between the two teams just four days ago, hockey operations, is making his Olympic debut. Aldrich, who is staying the U.S. downed Slovakia by a 2-1 count thanks to a pair of power play in Gangneung following the Games to serve as equipment manager for the goals from Ryan Donato and 21 saves from Ryan Zapolski. All-time U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team, has served as equipment manager for against Slovakia in the Olympics, the U.S. is 2-0-0-1-1. many other U.S. teams on the international stage, starting in 2007 at the Deutschland Cup and Winter World University Games ... Team USA includes four Ryans in , , and USA vs. Slovakia Series History Ryan Zapolski Ryan Gunderson Ryan Donato Ryan Stoa. That, however, is not a record. The 2010 Olympic team included Date Round Result GF-GA six Ryans in Ryan Miller, Ryan Suter, Ryan Whitney, Ryan Callahan, Ryan 2/16/18 Preliminary W 2-1 Kesler and Ryan Malone. In addition, the roster featured a seventh "Ryan" 2/13/14 Preliminary W 7-1 in forward Bobby Ryan ... Both the U.S. National Under-18 and Under-17 2/18/06 Preliminary L 1-2 Teams from USA Hockey's National Team Development Program captured 2/15/94 Preliminary T 3-3 their respective Five Nations Tournament titles last week. The U18s hosted TOTALS -- 2-0-0-1-1 15-7 the event at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich., and went 3-1, while the (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) U17s were in Jarvenpaa, Finland, and went 4-0. The U17 team is 14-0-0 in TIDBITS international competition this season. The U.S. has 96 shots on goal through the first three games, second most in the tournament (Canada leads with 110). On the flipside, the U.S. TEAM USA SCHEDULE has scored four goals in the first three contests, tied for the third fewest DATE OPPONENT TIME (LOCAL/ET)/RESULT ... Jordan Greenway leads the U.S. in shots on goal with 12, while Brian Gionta is second with 10 ... Defensemen Matt Gilroy and Noah are 1-2 on Team USA in average time played per game at 23:22 WED., FEB. 14 USA VS. SLOVENIA L, 2-3 OT Welch Kwandong Hockey Centre NBCSN . and 20:38 ... Team USA is one of just two teams not to allow a power play goal in the Olympic tournament (Sweden the other). The U.S. has yielded just eight total opponent power play attempts, tied with Canada, FRI., FEB. 16 USA VS. SLOVAKIA W, 2-1 Slovenia and Switzerland for the fewest in the tournament ... The U.S. Gangneung Hockey Centre CNBC had the day off on Sunday (Feb. 18) and many players and their families visited the beach ... Garrett Roe and Chad Billins have faced Ryan SAT., FEB. 17 O.A.R. VS. USA L, 0-4 Donato and Ryan Stoa in some very competitive doubles competition Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN in ping pong during the Games. To date, three best-of-seven series have been contested with the Donato/Stoa tandem taking the first two TUES., FEB. 20 USA VS. SLOVAKIA (QUALIF.) 12:10 P.M. series and Roe/Billins winning the most recent ... Garrett Roe is just Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 10:10 p.m. (Feb. 19) the fourth U.S. men's Olympian with three letters in his last name. He joins John Lax (1936), Al Van (1952), and Arnold Oss (1952) ... The WED., FEB. 21 QUARTERFINALS 12:10 P.M. U.S. is 1-0 in games that start at 12:10 p.m., with a 2-1 victory over Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 10:10 p.m. (Feb. 20) Slovakia on Feb. 16 ... The U.S. was shut out by O.A.R. in its game on Saturday (Feb. 17). Team USA was blanked in its final two games of the FRI., FEB. 23 SEMIFINALS TBD 2014 Olympics, including a 1-0 loss to Canada in semifinal play and 5-0 Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN defeat to Finland in the bronze medal game (Patrick Kane was stopped on two penalty shots in the game) ... Ryan Donato's father Ted Donato, who is the head men's ice hockey coach at Harvard University, arrived SAT., FEB. 24 BRONZE-MEDAL GAME 9:10 P.M. Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 7:10 a.m. here yesterday and is at today's contest. Ted Donato played for Team USA in the 1992 Olympic Winter Games and co-led the team in points (4-3-7) with Marty McIinnis (5-2--7) and Tim Sweeney (3-4--7) ... SUN., FEB. 25 GOLD-MEDAL GAME 1:10 P.M. Jim Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 11:10 p.m. (Feb. 24) Smith, president of USA Hockey, arrived in South Korea on Saturday @usahockey • TeamUSA.USAHockey.com • USAHockey.com • #WinterOlympics 1 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM GAME NOTES Qualification Round • USA vs. Slovakia • February 20, 2018 TIDBITS FROM PREVIOUS GAME NOTES Ryan Donato scored two power play goals on Feb. 16 to help propel the NTDP ROOTS U.S. to a 2-1 win over Slovakia. Donato and his father Ted, who played Five members of the U.S. Olympic squad played at USA Hockey’s National for Team USA in the 1992 Olympic Winter Games, are the only father-son Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., including Jordan tandem to both score a goal in the Olympics for the U.S. There are four Greenway, Chad Kolarik, Brandon Maxwell, Ryan Stoa and Troy Terry. total father-son combos that have played for the U.S. in Olympic men's ice hockey history, also including Bob (1980), Bill (1960) and Dave Christian FAMILY AFFAIR (1980) , Ryan Suter (2010, 2014) and Ed (1956) and Gary Sampson (1984) Ryan Donato's father, Ted, was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's ... Following the Feb. 16 game vs. Slovakia, Abby and Ellie Johannson, Ice Hockey Team and Chris Bourque's father, Ray, played for Canada at the wife and daughter of U.S. general manager Jim Johannson, were the 1998 Winter Olympics. Matt Gilroy's father-in-law, John Taft, served as presented with the game puck in the team's lockerroom. Jim Johannson captain for Team USA at the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. unexpectedly passed away at the age of 53 in the early morning hours of Jan. 21, 2018, at this home in Colorado Springs, Colo.