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 Preliminary Round • USA (0-0-0-0) vs. Slovenia (0-0-0-0) • Kwandong Hockey Centre • Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea • Feb. 14, 2018 TONIGHT'S GAME TIDBITS Five U.S. players arrived in Gangneung the evening of Feb. 7, while 17 others The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team opens its preliminary round arrived the evening of Feb. 8. Brian Gionta, Bobby Sanguinetti and Ryan schedule in the XXIII Olympic Winter Games tonight against Slovenia at had travel delays and didn't arrive until just after Team USA's Kwandong Hockey Centre. Team USA is the home team, will wear its Bourque royal blue "third" jersey and occupy the right bench (from the player’s practice on Feb. 9 concluded ... The U.S. has had six practices, including perspective looking onto the ice). Tonight's game will be televised on a game-day skate this morning at Kwangdong Hockey Centre. The first NBCSN and streamed live at NBCOlympics.com. practice included all but the three players above, with the other practices including all 25 rostered players ... David Leggio, Will Borgen and Chad TALKING POINTS Kolarik are the three players that will not dress tonight ... Captain Brian Gionta was in studio with NBCSN's Liam McHugh yesterday morning. ZAPOLSKI TO START Gionta, Noah Welch, Jim Slater and Bobby Butler visited NBC's Today Show Ryan Zapolski will get the call in goal tonight for Team USA. Zapolski last night, including an on-air session with Al Roker. The foursome also took is on a U.S. Olympic Team for the first time in his career but has played a photo with Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim ... Anne Thompson from NBC for the U.S. in the Deutschland Cup on three occasions (2017, 2015, Nightly News sat down in stands at Gangneung Hockey Centre following 2013). He plays for Jokerit of the KHL and leads the league in shutouts practice on Saturday (Feb. 10) with Broc Little, Marc Arcobello and Brian with nine. Zapolski played NCAA Division I college hockey at Mercyhurst O'Neill to talk about their roots at Yale University. She also spoke to U.S. College in Erie, Pa. assistant coach Keith Allain, who is the head coach at Yale. The piece is expected to air in the U.S. on Feb. 16 ... The 2018 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice ALL-TIME VS. SLOVENIA IN THE OLYMPICS Hockey Team is the third oldest in the nation's history with an average age The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team is 1-0-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL- of 29.96. A complete list of average age by team is found later in these L-T) all-time against Slovenia at the Olympics. In international competi- notes ... Boston University, which leads all NCAA programs with four players tion overall, including the Olympics and Men’s World Championship, the on the Team USA roster, is holding an athletic department watch party for U.S. is 5-0-0-0-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL-T). The U.S. and Slovenia faced off in tonight's opening game. The same is happening at USA Hockey's national the preliminary round of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, with Team headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... Many players have taken the USA earning a 5-1 victory on Feb. 16, 2014. opportunity to get out and watch other Olympic events ... Brian Gionta scored 425 in his Yahtzee game a couple of days ago against David Leggio ALL-TIME IN OPENING GAMES and Jim Slater, a score that included two Yahtzees ... It is believed that The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team is 10-0-1-8-3 (W-OTW-OTL- Chris Bourque (U.S.)/Ray Bourque (Canada) and Paul Stastny (U.S.)/Peter L-T) all-time in its first game at the Olympic Winter Games, most recently Stastny (Czechoslovakia/Slovakia) are the only two father-son combos who defeating Slovakia, 7-1, at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. have played in the men's ice hockey tournament in the Olympics represent- ing different countries. Feb. 13, 2014 - USA 7, Slovakia 1 Feb. 16, 2010 -- USA 3, Switzerland 1 NTDP ROOTS Feb. 15, 2006 -- USA 3, Latvia 3 (OT) Five members of the U.S. Olympic squad played at USA Hockey’s National Feb. 15, 2002 -- USA 6, Finland 0 Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., including Jordan Feb. 13, 1998 -- Sweden 4, USA 2 Greenway, Chad Kolarik, Brandon Maxwell, Ryan Stoa and Troy Terry. Feb. 13, 1994 -- USA 4, France 4 (OT) Feb. 9, 1992 -- USA 6, Italy 3 TEAM USA SCHEDULE Feb. 13, 1988 -- USA 10, Austria 6 Feb. 7, 1984 -- Canada 4, USA 2 DATE OPPONENT TIME (LOCAL/ET) Feb. 12, 1980 -- USA 2, Sweden 2 (OT) Feb. 6, 1976 -- Soviet Union 6, USA 2 WED., FEB. 14 USA VS. SLOVENIA 9:10 P.M. Feb. 5, 1972 -- Sweden 5, USA 1 Kwandong Hockey Centre NBCSN 7:10 a.m. Feb. 6, 1968 -- Czechoslovakia 5, USA 1 Jan. 29, 1964 -- Soviet Union 5, USA 1 FRI., FEB. 16 USA VS. SLOVAKIA 12:10 P.M. Feb. 19, 1960 -- USA 7, Czechoslovakia 5 Gangneung Hockey Centre CNBC 10:10 p.m. (Feb. 15) Jan. 27, 1956 -- Czechoslovakia 4, USA 3 Feb. 15, 1952 -- USA 3, Norway 2 Jan. 30, 1948 -- Switzerland 5, USA 4 SAT., FEB. 17 O.A.R. VS. USA 9:10 P.M. Feb. 6, 1936 -- USA 1, Germany 0 Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 7:10 a.m. Feb. 4, 1932 -- Canada 2, USA 1 (OT) Jan. 20, 1924 -- USA 19, Belgium 0 TUES., FEB. 20 QUALIFICATION TBD Apr. 24, 1920 -- USA 29, Switzerland 0 TBD NBCSN/USA CAPTAIN AMERICA WED., FEB. 21 QUARTERFINALS TBD Brian Gionta is captain of the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Gionta played for Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, TBD NBCSN/USA Italy, and skated in 1,006 career NHL regular-season contests. The U.S. has three alternate captains in defensemen Matt Gilroy and Noah Welch and FRI., FEB. 23 SEMIFINALS TBD forward Jim Slater. Two of the three will serve as alternates for each game, Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN with Gilroy and Welch serving the role for tonight's game. SAT., FEB. 24 BRONZE-MEDAL GAME 9:10 P.M. NHL EXPERIENCE Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 7:10 a.m. Fifteen of the 25 players on this year's U.S. Olympic Men's Team have played in the NHL, combining for 3,083 games. That group is led by captain Brian Gionta, who has 1,006 games of experience across 15 SUN., FEB. 25 GOLD-MEDAL GAME 1:10 P.M. seasons. The others include Jim Slater (584), James Wisniewski (552), Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 11:10 p.m. (Feb. 24) Matt Gilroy (225), Mark Arcobello (139), Bobby Butler (130), Jonathon Blum (110), John McCarthy (88), Noah Welch (75), Chris Bourque (51), Bobby Sanguinetti (45), Ryan Stoa (40), Brian O'Neill (22), Chad Billins MEDIA INFORMATION (10) and Chad Kolarik (6). Dave Fischer (Primary Men's Contact) [email protected]/719.684.5940 or 010 5165 8015 FAMILY AFFAIR Ryan Donato's father, Ted, was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Brian Kelley (Secondary Men's Contact) Men's Ice Hockey Team and Chris Bourque's father, Ray, played for [email protected]/010 9801 8035 Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Matt Gilroy's father-in-law, John Taft, served as captain for Team USA at the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE Player and staff bios pertinent to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team along with historical information is available online at TeamUSA.USAHockey.com. @usahockey • TeamUSA.USAHockey.com • USAHockey.com • #WinterOlympics 1 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM GAME NOTES Preliminary Round • USA vs. Slovenia • February 14, 2018 MORE TIDBITS TEAM USA 2017-18 PLAYER STATS FATHER TIME Through Feb. 8 Games At 39, captain Brian Gionta is the third-oldest Olympian in U.S. GOALTENDERS men's team history. Current assistant coach Chris Chelios played in two Olympics after turning 40. Here is a list of the 20 No Name GP W L T GAA SV% SO American players, including Noah Welch and Jim Slater from 30 Ryan Zapolski 38 23 11 4 1.73 .932 9 this year's team, who have competed at an Olympics at age 35 Jokerit (KHL) or older: 31 Brandon Maxwell 36 14 22 0 2.42 .920 3 BK Mlada Boleslav (Czech) Chris Chelios 2006 44 years 33 David Leggio 23 14 9 0 2.00 .910 2 Chris Chelios 2002 40 years Brian Gionta 2018 39 years EHC Munchen (DEL) Phil Housley 2002 37 years, 11 months Gary Suter 2002 37 years, 7 months DEFENSEMEN Brett Hull 2002 37 years, 6 months Allan Van 1952 36 years, 10 months No Name GP G A PTS PIM Tom Barrasso 2002 36 years, 10 months Mathieu Schneider 2006 36 years, 8 months 4 Chad Billins 43 4 18 22 20 Brian Rafalski 2010 36 years, 4 months Linkoping HC (SHL) Joel Otto 1998 36 years, 3 months 5 Noah Welch 26 4 5 9 63 Chris Chelios 1998 36 years Vaxjo Lakers (SHL) Tim Thomas 2010 35 years, 9 months 13 Ryan Gunderson 36 4 23 27 2 Mike Modano 2006 35 years, 8 months Brynas IHF (SHL) Brett Hedican 2006 35 years, 6 months 20 Will Borgen 26 2 10 12 53 Noah Welch 2018 35 years, 5 months St.