2013 U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team
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General InformatIon team USa team USa Staff USa hockey leaderShIp hIStory & reSUltS 2013 IIHF MEN’S UNDER-18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP General Informat TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE DATE GAME COMPETING TEAMS TIME (LOCAL) LOCATION I on Thursday, April 18 1 Germany vs. Sweden 3:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena 2 Latvia vs. Finland 3:30 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome 3 Slovakia vs. Canada 7:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena t eam US 4 Russia vs. United States 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome Friday, April 19 5 Czech Republic vs. Latvia 5:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome a 6 Switzerland vs. Slovakia 7:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena Saturday, April 20 7 Canada vs. Germany 3:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena t eam US 8 United States vs. Czech Republic 3:30 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome a 9 Sweden vs. Switzerland 7:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena Staff 10 Finland vs. Russia 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome Sunday, April 21 11 Latvia vs. United States 5:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome GROUP A Czech Republic US 12 Slovakia vs. Sweden 7:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena a Finland h ockey Monday, April 22 13 Canada vs. Switzerland 3:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena Latvia 14 Finland vs. Czech Republic 3:30 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome Russia l eader 15 Germany vs. Slovakia 7:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena United States 16 Russia vs. Latvia 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome S h I GROUP B p Tuesday, April 23 17 Sweden vs. Canada 3:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena Canada 18 United States vs. Finland 3:30 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome h IS Germany tory & tory 19 Switzerland vs. Germany 7:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena Slovakia 20 Czech Republic vs. Russia 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome Sweden r Switzerland e Thursday, April 25 21 Relegation Round (5A vs. 5B) 12:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena SU lt 22 Quarterfinals 4:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome S 23 Quarterfinals 4:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena 24 Quarterfinals 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome 25 Quarterfinals 8:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena Friday, April 26 26 Relegation Round (5B vs. 5A) 12:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena 27 Semifinals 4:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome 28 Semifinals 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome Sunday, April 28 29 Relegation Round (5A vs. 5B) 12:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena 30 Bronze Medal Game (L27 vs. L28) 4:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome 31 Gold Medal Game (W27 vs. W28) 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome All game times and locations are subject to change 2013 IIHF MEN’S UNDER-18 General Informat WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDELINES & TOURNAMENT INFORMATION I on t MEDIA GUIDELINES IIHF TOURNAMENT FORMAT USA HOCKEY eam US Tournament Availability: U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team players and staff Three-Point System for Preliminary Round COMMUNICATIONS STAFF will be available for 30 minutes following games and practices during the 2013 IIHF • Three points shall be awarded to the winning team at the conclusion of Dave Fischer a Men’s Under-18 World Championship. On game days, interviews must be completed regulation. Senior Director, immediately following the pre-game skate. Following games, players and coaches • One point will be awarded to both teams at the conclusion of regulation if the Communications t [email protected] eam US will be made available no later than 10 minutes after the conclusion of the game. game is tied. • An additional point shall be awarded to the team winning the game in either the 719-538-1171 IIHF Tournament Media Protocol a overtime period or the Game-Winning Shots procedure. Staff • All accredited media shall have free access to cover all team practices, game- Rob Koch day skates and games. Overtime Procedures Director, • Locker rooms are closed to all media. • If a preliminary-round game is tied after three periods, a five-minute four- Communications & Social Media US • All player interviews will be conducted in a designated mixed zone area within on-four sudden-death overtime period shall be played immediately after an [email protected] a h 719-538-1169 ockey the arena. Requests for players should be directed to the appropriate media/ intermission of three minutes. The teams will defend the same goals as in the public relations staff assigned to each team. The interviews will then take place third period. Matt Trevor l in the mixed zone area. • If a playoff, quarterfinal, semifinal or bronze-medal game is tied after three eader Manager, • Players will be made available in the mixed zone no later than 10 minutes after periods, a 10-minute four-on-four sudden-death overtime period shall be Communications S the conclusion of the game, with a general media access period of 30 minutes. played immediately after an intermission of three minutes. The teams will h [email protected] I p • Following the conclusion of Team USA games, a formal press conference will defend the same goals as in the third period. be held with head coach Don Granato. • If the gold-medal game is tied after three periods, a 20-minute four-on-four 719-538-1176 h IS • All media requests for the U.S. National Junior Team should be directed to sudden-death overtime will start immediately after a 15-minute intermission tory & tory Jake Wesolek* Jake Wesolek. during which time the ice will be cleaned. The teams will change ends. Manager, • The official television partners of the event will be given priority for all • If no goal is scored in the overtime period of any game, the Game-Winning Communications & Marketing r e interviews. Shots procedure will apply. SU [email protected] lt S 734-327-9251, ext. 317 Information: Up-to-date statistics, news, features and other various media Game-Winning Shots Procedure resources are available at USAHockey.com. USA Hockey information and updates can Shots will be taken at both ends of the ice surface. Three players from each team Brian Smith also be found on Facebook (Facebook.com/USAHockey) and Twitter (@usahockey). will take shots alternately until a decisive goal is scored. If the score is still tied after Brian Fishman Intern Use the Twitter hashtag #U18MWC for event specific tweets. three shots by each team, the procedure will continue with a tiebreak sudden-death [email protected] shootout by one player from each team. The teams may use the same player or new 719-538-1172 players for each shot in the tiebreak shootout, until the outcome is decided. Credits: The 2013 U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team media guide was produced by USA *U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team media contact Hockey, the national governing body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States. Editorial Staff: Dave Fischer, Rob Koch, Brian Smith, Matt Trevor and Jake Wesolek Photos: Getty Images, IIHF-HHOF Images on Ice, Tom Sorensen, USA Hockey Layout: Dana Ausec Template Design: Greg Kleinert Design 2013 IIHF MEN’S UNDER-18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP General Informat COMPETING TEAMS I on CANADA CZECH REPUBLIC FINLAND ALL-TIME VS. TEAM USA ALL-TIME VS. TEAM USA ALL-TIME VS. TEAM USA 1-1-2-7-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) 1-1-0-6-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Record: 3-0-0-8-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) t Record: Record: eam US Goals For/Against: 22/43 Goals For/Against: 16/36 Goals For/Against: 21/34 Years Faced: 9 Years Faced: 8 Years Faced: 11 a Last Win: 2007 (3-2, OT) Last Win: 2002 (1-0) Last Win: 2001 (4-3) 2012 (1-2) 2012 (0-5) Last Loss: 2012 (0-4) Last Loss: Last Loss: t eam US TEAM STAFF TEAM STAFF TEAM STAFF a Mike Marttila Head Coach: Staff Head Coach: Don Hay Head Coach: N/A Petri Pulkkinen, Kalle Kaskinen Assistant Coaches: Jody Hull and Yves Sarault Assistant Coaches: N/A Assistant Coaches: and Aki Naykki US 2012 TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2012 TOURNAMENT RESULTS a 2012 TOURNAMENT RESULTS h ockey Finish: 3rd Place – Bronze Medal Finish: 8th Place Finish: 4th Place Record: 3-1-0-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L) Record: 3-0-0-4 (W-OTW-OTL-L) Record: 4-0-1-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) l Goals For/Against: 27/20 Goals For/Against: 29/33 eader Goals For/Against: 30/21 S h TEAM COLORS TEAM COLORS I TEAM COLORS p Red and White White, Red and Blue White and Blue h IS tory & tory WEBSITE WEBSITE WEBSITE hockeycanada.ca hokej.cz finhockey.fi r e SU lt 2013 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 2013 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE S 2013 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE vs. Slovakia: April 18 7:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena vs. Latvia: April 19 5:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome vs. Latvia: April 18 3:30 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome vs. Germany: April 20 3:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena vs. United States: April 20 3:30 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome vs. Russia: April 20 8:00 p.m. Bolshoi Ice Dome vs. Switzerland: April 22 3:00 p.m. Shaiba Arena vs. Finland: April 22 3:30 p.m.