2019 U.S. Men's National Team Game Notes Preliminary Round Vs
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2019 U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM GAME NOTES 2019 IIHF Men’s World Championship | USA (H) vs. Great Britain (V) | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Steel Arena • Kosice, Slovakia • Preliminary Round, Game 4 TODAY'S GAME CAREER POINTS RECORD BATTLE The U.S. Men's National Team faces Great Britain today in its Heading into today's game, three U.S. players are in contention fourth preliminary round game of the 2019 IIHF Men's World to become the all-time U.S. career points leader in men's world Championship in Kosice, Slovakia. Team USA is the home team, championship play. Currently, Mark Johnson and Patrick Kane are will wear its blue jerseys and occupy the right bench (from the tied for the top spot. Johnson was the leading scorer on the 1980 perspective of standing on the bench and facing the ice). "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team, went on to play 669 games in the NHL and is currently the head women's LINEUP TODAY ice hockey coach at the University of Wisconsin and the all-time The U.S. will utilize the same lineup it did in its last game vs. winningest coach in NCAA women's ice hockey history. Not far Finland. Thatcher Demko is expected to start in goal for the U.S. behind Johnson and Kane are Dylan Larkin and Johnny Gaudreau. He has played in one game of the world championship with 23 saves in a 7-1 victory over France on Sunday (May 12). All-Time U.S. Career Points in Men's World Championship Name GP G A TP WHAT'S NEW Mark Johnson 62 15 18 33 Patrick Kane and Jack Hughes are seated next to each other Patrick Kane 20 12 21 33 in Team USA's lockerroom ... Dylan Larkin scored his fifth Dylan Larkin 41 8 24 32 3-on-3 overtime game-winner of the season Monday (May 13) Johnny Gaudreau 29 10 21 31 vs. Finland. The other four came with the Detroit Red Wings, which established a club record and is one short of the NHL A TEAM HOST LIKE NO OTHER single-season record ... , the father of Team USA Craig Wolanin Frank Kollar, who was born in what was then Kosice, defenseman Christian Wolanin, served as captain of the 1994 Czechoslovakia, (now Slovakia) in 1947 is Team USA’s host U.S. Men's National Team in Italy where the U.S. finished fourth. for the tournament. Kollar, who lived in Kosice until age 11, Craig Wolanin, who was the third overall pick in the 1985 NHL immigrated to Winnipeg in 1968 and moved to Plymouth, Minn., Draft and went on to play 695 games in the NHL, competed in 1998. Kollar, who speaks fluent Slovak, has two cousins and in three men's world championships for the U.S. ... The U.S. an uncle who live in Kosice. In his playing days, Kollar was a will have two days off following today's game and will not goaltender. practice tomorrow ... Jack Hughes celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday and was able to wear a visor instead of a full cage for the first time in practice. Hughes said he intends to continue with the visor in today's game. The staff at Team USA's hotel TEAM USA SCHEDULE surprised Hughes with a birthday cake after lunch yesterday ... Date Game Time (Local/ET)/Result Following its afternoon tilt against Finland on Monday (May 13), Tues., May 7 Germany vs. USA (exh.) W, 5-2 the players and training staff of Team USA had a bowling outing Mannheim • SAP Arena at Cool Bowling, a four-lane facility near its hotel. Adam Fox Fri., May 10 USA vs. Slovakia L, 1-4 had the highest score of the night at 179, a career-best for the Kosice • Steel Arena U.S. defensemen. Brady Skjei (154) and Clayton Keller (152) rounded out the top three scores of the evening ... With a victory Sun., May 12 USA vs. France W, 7-1 today, Jeff Blashill will tie Tim Taylor as the all-time winningest Kosice • Steel Arena U.S. coach in men's world championship history (top division). Mon., May 13 USA vs. Finland W, 3-2 OT Blashill has won 16 of 21 games as coach of the U.S. over the Kosice • Steel Arena last three years ... Piet VanZant, one of Team USA's athletic Wed., May 15 USA vs. Great Britain 4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m. trainers, has had quite the season, including working his 2,000th Kosice • Steel Arena NHL game, turning 50, celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary, Sat., May 18 Denmark vs. USA 12:15 p.m./6:15 a.m. working his first NHL All-Star Game and now part of the staff of Kosice • Steel Arena his first IIHF Men's World Championship. VanZant's son Dylan Sun., May 19 Germany vs. USA 4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m. is also part of the U.S. support staff. Dylan was charged with transforming Jack Hughes' helmet from full cage to visor before Kosice • Steel Arena yesterday's practice ... Team USA massage therapist Tues., May 21 Canada vs. USA 8:15 p.m./2:15 p.m. Peewee Willmann was the massage therapist for more than 100 shows of Kosice • Steel Arena the recently completed worldwide tour of the English electronic Thurs., May 23 Quarterfinals TBD band Depeche Mode ... Defenseman Zach Werenski was added Kosice & Bratislava to the U.S. roster on Monday (May 13) and is expected to arrive Sat., May 25 Semifinals 3:15/7:15 p.m./9:15 a.m./1:15 p.m. in Kosice on Sunday. Bratislava • Ondrej Nepela Arena Sun., May 26 Bronze Medal Game 3:45 p.m./9:45 a.m. THE SERIES VS. GREAT BRITAIN The U.S. and Great Britain last met in the world championship Bratislava • Ondrej Nepela Arena when the average cost of a gallon of gas in the U.S. was 31 cents Gold Medal Game 8:15 p.m./2:15 p.m. -- that was in 1962. The teams have met four times, with the U.S. Bratislava • Ondrej Nepela Arena having a 2-0-2 series advantage (including a 12-5 U.S. victory in All U.S. games televised live on NHL Network their last meeting on March 14, 1962). Home Team Listed First • Team USA Media Officer: Dave Fischer • 719.684.5940 • [email protected] Team USA players and head coach Jeff Blashill will be available for interviews in designated mixed-zone areas following games and non- game day practices. Media availability on day-of-game skates will be limited. The lockerroom is closed to media. Online Media Information: TeamUSA.USAHockey.com/2019mensworlds @usahockey • teamusa.usahockey.com/2019mensworlds • usahockey.com • #MensWorlds 1 2019 U.S. Men's National Team Game Notes Preliminary Round vs. Great Britain • Wednesday, May 15, 2019 FROM PREVIOUS GAME NOTES ALL-TIME RECORD VS. OPPONENT The U.S. Men's National Team players and staff gathered in Newark, New Jersey, on (as of start of 2019 MWC) Saturday (May 4) and flew to Germany that evening. Team USA arrived at the Frankfurt ^ airport Sunday (May 5) morning and after gathering its luggage, took a charter bus to Opponent GP Record GF GA Mannheim. The U.S. practiced both Sunday and Monday (May 6) and had one pre- Austria 12 11-0-0-2-0 58 23 Belarus 7 6-0-0-1-0 29 15 tournament game, a 5-2 win over Germany, in Mannheim on Tuesday (May 7). The Belgium 2 2-0-0-0-0 25 2 U.S. flew with Team Germany to Kosice from airport Baden Baden Wednesday morning Canada 46 2-4-1-39-0 91 231 (May 8) and had its first practice at Steel Arena in Kosice Thursday (May 9) ... A handful Czech Republic 14 6-3-1-6-1 43 44 of players went bowling in Kosice on Wednesday (May 8). Word is the average score Czechoslovakia 38 8-2-0-25-3 76 194 was around 135 ... A total of nine players from the bronze medal-winning 2018 U.S. Denmark 7 5-0-1-1-0 26 12 Men's National Team return this year, including Quinn Hughes, Alec Martinez, Alex East Germany 10 2-0-0-5-3 39 40 DeBrincat, Johnny Gaudreau, Patrick Kane, Chris Kreider, Dylan Larkin, Derek Finland 63 22-1-2-30-8 188 222 Ryan, and Colin White ... Dale Tallon, a member of the U.S. Men's National Team France 10 9-0-0-1-0 43 15 Advisory Group, was with Team USA in Europe on its world championship journey from Germany 17 9-0-1-4-3 49 37 May 4-14 ... Quinn and Jack Hughes took time out to drop by "Dreger's Cafe" on May Great Britain 4 2-0-0-0-2 22 14 11 and visit with host Darren Dreger of TSN for 10 minutes. The Cafe set-up was in Old Hungary 2 2-0-0-0-0 8 1 Town near the team's hotel ... Frank Vatrano played baseball from grades 2-10. He was Italy 8 5-1-0-2-0 26 17 a catcher as a kid and moved to the outfield in high school ...Brady Skjei took over the Japan 2 2-0-0-0-0 15 2 U.S. Olympic Committee's Instagram for part of the day on May 11.