Game Notes Vs. Switzerland • Thursday, May 14, 2015 • 2015 IIHF Men’S World Championship • Page Two
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Team USA Game Notes 2015 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Ostrava/Prague, Czech Republic USA (6-0-0-1) vs. Switzerland (2-0-4-1) • Quarterfinals Thursday, May 14, 2015 • CEZ Arena • Ostrava, Czech Republic • Preliminary Round Team USA Schedule (times are local/EDT) USA Hockey Communications Contact: Dave Fischer Friday, May 1 - Group B (Ostrava) Email: [email protected] • Cell: +447881030788 USA vs. Finland W, 5-1 • TODAY’S GAME Saturday, May 2 - Group B (Ostrava) The U.S. Men’s National Team faces Switzerland here Norway vs. USA W, 2-1 today in the quarterfinals of the 2015 IIHF Men’s World Monday, May 4 - Group B (Ostrava) Championship. The U.S. has never played the Swiss in the quarterfinal round of the world championship. Quarterfinal Russia vs. USA W, 4-2 games have been played in this tournament since 1992 Thursday, May 7 - Group B (Ostrava) with the exception of 1997, 1998, and 1999. Of the 20 years USA vs. Belarus L, 2-5 quarterfinals have been contested, the U.S. has qualified Friday, May 8 - Group B (Ostrava) for the quarterfinal game all but twice (see game-by-game USA vs. Denmark W, 1-0 breakdown later in these notes). Team USA is 6-12-0 in 18 Sunday, May 10 - Group B (Ostrava) previous quarterfinal games. Today’s game will be broadcast live in the U.S. on NBCSN and streamed live via NBC Sports Slovenia vs. USA W, 3-1 Live Extra. Tuesday, May 12 - Group B (Ostrava) USA vs. Slovakia W, 5-4 OT • LINEUP TODAY Thursday, May 14 - Quarterfinals The U.S. will utilize the same lineup as it did against Slovakia vs. Switzerland 3:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. on Tuesday (May 14) with the change on defense where Saturday, May 16 - Semifinals Jake Gardiner replaces Zach Redmond. vs. Russia/Sweden winner (w/win in QF) TBD • BETWEEN THE PIPES Sunday, May 17 - Bronze-Medal Game Connor Hellebuyck will start in goal today for the fourth vs. TBD 4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m. straight game. He is 5-0 in the world championship with a Sunday, May 18 - Gold-Medal Game 1.38 goals against average (3rd in tournament) and .942 save percentage (2nd in tournament). He has made 21 saves in vs. TBD 8:45 p.m./2:45 p.m. each of his last three outings. All preliminary round games will televised on NBC Sports Network in the U.S. NBC Sports Live Extra will live stream all preliminary round • FRESH QUIPS games to U.S. viewers. The U.S. had a brief team meeting in its lockerroom at 8:30 this morning before returning to its team hotel (right across USA vs. Switzerland the street from the rink) for the pre-game meal ... Team USA Tale of the Tape plays its eighth game of the world championship here today Category USA Switzerland and sixth in the afternoon. The only two night games the U.S. Record 6-0-0-1 2-0-4-1 has played were against Norway and Denmark ... The U.S. Goals For/Avg. 22/3.14 12/1.71 has now won six or more games in the world championship Goals Against/Avg. 14/2.00 18/2.57 for the sixth time. Only twice has the U.S. won seven games Power Play .182 (4-22) .061 (2-33) in this tournament (2013-bronze; 1939-silver) ... The U.S. has Penalty Killing .909 (22-24) .903 (28-31) outscored opponents 7-1 in the first period; been outscored Shots For Gm/Avg. 204/29.1 194/27.7 10-8 in the second period; and outscored opponents 6-3 in Shots Against Gm/Avg. 161/23.0 188/26.9 the third period and 1-0 in overtime ... The U.S. is the home Shorthanded Goals 0 1 team in today’s game and will wear its blue jerseys ... Craig Top Scorers Nelson (6-3--9) Brunner (1-4--5) Smith and Tyler Johnson scored the only two goals of Lewis (2-6--8) Josi (1-2--3) the third period to lift the U.S. to a 3-2 win over Switzerland Eichel (2-4--6) Fiala (1-2--3) in the preliminary round of the world championship a year Top Goalie Hellebuyck Genoni ago. The U.S. outshot the Swiss by a 38-29 count in the (5-0, 1.38, .942) (2-1, 0.98, .955) contest ... Team USA won its last quarterfinal played in the Czech Republic (2004) in a shootout over the host Czechs • STATISTICAL LEADERS in Prague. Andy Roach, who played college at Ferris State, Brock Nelson leads the U.S. with nine points (6-3--9), scored the game-winner in the shootout for the U.S. which is two points off the tournament leaders. Nelson’s six goals tie him for second in the tournament, two fewer • NEW THINGS than world championship leader Filip Forsberg and his +7 Gavin Regan, vice president of USA Hockey and chair of is two short of the tournament leaders ... Mark Arcobello the organization’s international council and Art Berglund, is 12th in the world championship in faceoff percentage at who retired a decade ago after spending nearly two decades .606 ... Justin Faulk and Trevor Lewis are both +6, tied overseeing international hockey operations for USA Hockey, for fourth in the world championship ... Torey Krug is tied are here for today’s game ... Brock Nelson had his six-game for seventh among defensemen in the tournament in points point streak snapped Tuesday (May 12) vs. Slovakia. Trevor (2-3--5) ... Trevor Lewis has six assists, three short of the Lewis has a point in five of the last six games and Jack tournament lead. Eichel has a point in four of the last five contests. Team USA Game Notes vs. Switzerland • Thursday, May 14, 2015 • 2015 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Two ALL-TIME vs. SWITZERLAND • IN THE CZECH Roster Breakdown In 2004 here in Ostrava at the world Team USA is 15-0-1-7-1 (W-OTW- championship, the U.S. played six Average age: 24.3 years OTL-L-T) against the Swiss in the games. It went 1-1-1 in Group B play Average height: 6-0 IIHF Men’s World Championship. In before advancing to the qualifying Average weight: 205 the most recent meeting between the round where it won two of three games Oldest: Matt Hendricks, 33 yrs., 10 months Youngest: Jack Eichel, 18 yrs. 6 months two teams, the U.S. gained a 3-2 win to advance to Prague and the quarter- in the preliminary round last year in finals. Team USA ultimately earned HOME STATES OF TEAM USA Minsk, Belarus. Tyler Johnson scored a bronze medal in the event. The Minnesota 8 U.S. has won two medals in Czech the game-winner with 6:45 left in the Michigan 5 Republic/Czechoslovakia in the men’s Massachusetts 4 third period. world championship, including its only Connecticut 3 gold medal in 1933 and also bronze in Illinois 1 USA vs. Switzerland Series History 2004 (see table in these notes). Ohio 1 New York 1 Date Round Result GF-GA • NELSON’S GOLDEN FAMILY Texas 1 5/10/14 Preliminary W 3-2 Brock Nelson’s uncle Dave Christian Utah 1 5/18/13 Semifinals L 0-3 was a member of the 1980 “Miracle MOST RECENT TEAM On Ice” Olympic Hockey Team. In 5/15/12 Preliminary W 5-2 NHL (16) 5/9/11 Qualification L 3-5 addition, his grandfather, Bill Christian Arizona Coyotes 3 and great uncle, Roger Christian, were 5/4/09 Qualification OTL 3-4 New York Islanders 2 both on the 1960 gold-medal-winning Boston Bruins 1 4/27/03 Preliminary L 0-1 U.S. Olympic Team and another great Carolina Hurricanes 1 5/2/02 Qualification W 3-0 uncle, Gordon Christian, played for Colorado Avalanche 1 4/29/00 Preliminary T 3-3 the U.S. at the 1956 Olympic Winter Columbus Blue Jackets 1 Games where the team won the silver 5/10/99 Qualification W 3-0 Edmonton Oilers 1 medal. Brock’s middle name is ... you L.A. Kings 1 5/2/98 Preliminary W 5-1 guessed it ... Christian. Minnesota Wild 1 4/25/91 Preliminary W 4-2 Nashville Predators 1 5/2/87 Relegation W 7-4 • LEADERSHIP TEAM San Jose Sharks 1 Matt Hendricks is the captain of Toronto Maple Leafs 1 4/25/87 Preliminary W 6-3 the 2015 U.S. Men’s National Team. Vancouver Canucks 1 3/16/62 Round Robin W 12-1 Hendricks is playing on his first U.S. KHL (2) 2/28/55 Round Robin W 7-3 national team. He is the oldest mem- Jokerit 1 ber of Team USA at 33. Hendricks 3/17/51 Round Robin L 1-5 Nizhnekamsk 1 3/21/50 Round Robin W 10-5 has served as an alternate captain throughout his professional career, AHL (2) 2/15/49 Round Robin L 4-5 including at Edmonton the last two St. John’s 1 2/12/49 Preliminary W 12-5 seasons. He was team captain of Texas 1 2/16/47 Round Robin W 4-3 his college team, St. Cloud State NCAA (5) 2/11/39 Round Robin W 2-1 University, in 2003-04. Justin Faulk and Trevor Lewis are the team’s Boston University 1 2/8/39 Preliminary L 2-3 alternate captains.