Team USA Game Notes 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Cologne, Germany USA (3-0-0-1) vs. Latvia (3-0-0-1) Saturday, May 13, 2017 • LANXESS Arena • Preliminary Round • Game 5

USA Hockey Media Officer: Dave Fischer Team USA Schedule (times are local/ET) Email: [email protected] • Cell: +447771830718 Friday, May 5 -- Group A (Cologne) USA vs. Germany* L, 1-2 • TODAY’S GAME The U.S. Men’s National Team faces Latvia today (live on Sunday, May 7 -- Group A (Cologne) NHL Network in U.S.) in its fifth preliminary round game of USA vs. Denmark* W, 7-2 the 2017 International Federation Men’s World Monday, May 8 -- Group A (Cologne) Championship at LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany. USA vs. Sweden* W, 4-3 The U.S. and Latvia are currently tied for third place in the Group A standings, one behind Sweden and two points Wednesday, May 10 -- Group A (Cologne) behind group-leading Russia. USA vs. Italy^ W, 3-0 • LARKIN TOP POINT-GETTER FOR TEAM USA Saturday, May 13 -- Group A (Cologne) Dylan Larkin is Team USA’s leading point-getter heading Latvia vs. USA* 12:15 p.m./6:15 a.m. into play today with 0-7—7. Only three other players have more than seven points in the tournament. Larkin’s seven Sunday, May 14 -- Group A (Cologne) assists lead the world championship. He is the only U.S. vs. USA* 4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m. player with at least one point in each of the first four games. Tuesday, May 16 -- Group A (Cologne) Russia vs. USA^ 4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m. • STARTING IN Jimmy Howard will start in goal today vs. Latvia. He has Thursday, May 18 -- Quarterfinals (TBD) played in three of the first four games in the tournament. vs. TBD TBD Howard made nine saves in a 3-0 of Italy on Wednesday (May 10). He also had 39 stops in a 4-3 win over Saturday, May 20 -- Semifinals (Cologne) Sweden on Monday night (May 8). Howard played in Team vs. TBD TBD USA’s opening game of the tournament against Germany on Friday (May 5) faced 27 shots with 25 saves. Howard Saturday, May 21 -- Medal Games (Cologne) is making his second appearance in the IIHF Men’s World vs. TBD 4:15 p.m. & 8:45 p.m. Championship. In 2012, he went 5-2 with a 2.42 goals against Games with * above live on NHL Network average and .911 save percentage and was named one of Games with ^ above live on NBC Sports Network Team USA’s best three players of the tournament. Howard All games streamed live on NBC Sports app and NBCSports .com led the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2002 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship and a fourth place finish in the 2003 BITS AND PIECES IIHF World Junior Championship. Team USA will wear its white jerseys and is the visiting team today. The U.S. was the home team in its first four • ALL-TIME vs. LATVIA games and will be the visitor in its final three preliminary The United States and Latvia meet for the 13th time in the round games ... Today marks the lone 12:15 p.m. game for world championship here today. The last meeting between the the U.S. It will play its final two preliminary round games two teams was in Belarus in 2014 when the Latvians earned at 4:15 p.m. ... The U.S. has had at least one shutout a 6-5 victory in the preliminary round. All-time, the U.S. has an in each of the last three world championships, including 8-0-0-3-1 advantage. Wednesday’s 3-0 blanking of Italy. The U.S. allowed Italy USA vs. Latvia Series History just nine shots on goal. In only seven other games in the Date Round Result GF-GA 81-year history of the world championship have fewer 5/15/14 Preliminary L 5-6 than nine shots been allowed by a team in a single game 5/5/13 Preliminary W 4-1 ... Jimmy Howard earned his second shutout in IIHF Men’s World Championship play Wednesday vs. Italy. 4/25/09 Preliminary W 4-2 Howard’s other shutout came on May 13, 2012, with 18 5/2/08 Preliminary W 4-0 saves in a 5-0 decision over Finland in the preliminary 5/13/06 Qualification W 4-2 round in Helsinki ... Nick Schmaltz, who was knocked out 5/3/05 Preliminary W 3-1 of Monday’s game vs. Sweden less than a minute into the 4/29/02 Preliminary W 3-2 game on a blindside hit by Sweden’s Gabriel Landeskog 4/30/01 Preliminary L 0-2 and did not play vs. Italy on Wednesday, is back in the line- 5/7/00 Qualification T 1-1 up today ... Brady Skjei and Kevin Hayes, both who play 5/11/98 Relegation L 2-3 for the NHL’s , are scheduled to land 4/27/97 Preliminary W 5-4 in Cologne this afternoon, and will join Team USA. They 2/12/38 Preliminary W 1-0 could be in lineup tomorrow ... Stan Bowman, a member TOTALS -- 8-0-0-3-1 36-24 of the U.S. Men’s National Team Advisory Group and (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) the general manager of the NHL’s , arrived yesterday and is here through the remainder of the Team USA Bios, History: teamusa.usahockey.com championship. Twitter: @usahockey • #IIHFWorlds #2017MWC Team USA Game Notes vs. Latvia • Saturday, May 13, 2017 • 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Two • KELLER HAT TRICK • MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM DEBUT Clayton Keller, the youngest player in the world champi- Ten players on the 2017 U.S. Men’s National Team are onship, had a hat trick in helping the U.S. to a 7-2 win over playing in an IIHF Men’s World Championship for the first Denmark last Sunday (May 7). Keller was Team USA’s time, including Anders Bjork, Daniel Brickley, Andrew top point getter (3-8--11) and second in the tournament as Copp, Christian Dvorak, Jordan Greenway, Clayton the U.S. won the gold medal in the 2017 IIHF World Junior Keller, Charlie McAvoy, Cal Petersen, Nick Schmaltz Championship in Montreal and Toronto. Below is a look at and Trevor van Riemsdyk. the most recent hat tricks for U.S. players in the men’s world championship. • MEDAL MOMENTS Twenty players on the 2017 U.S. Men’s National Team U.S. Hat Tricks in IIHF Men’s World Championship Since 2006 have earned a combined 37 medals at IIHF world champi- May 7, 2017 Clayton Keller USA 7, Denmark 2 onships, including 14 players who have won gold. Jacob May 8, 2013 Craig Smith USA 4, Finland 1 Trouba leads the way with three gold medals, while Jordan May 5, 2010 Matt Gilroy USA 10, Kazakhstan 0 Greenway, Clayton Keller, Charlie McAvoy and Connor May 12, 2008 Brandon Dubinsky USA 9, Norway 1 Murphy each have two. Below is a list of all the players who have earned gold for Team USA: • LEADERSHIP TEAM Defenseman Connor Murphy is the of Team USA. Anders Bjork: 2014 U18 Worlds Murphy is playing in the world championship for the fourth JT Compher: 2012 U18 Worlds straight season. Forwards Brock Nelson (4th straight world Andrew Copp: 2012 U18 Worlds championship) and Dylan Larkin (3rd straight world cham- Jack Eichel: 2014 U18 Worlds pionship) are the team’s alternate captains. : 2013 World Juniors Jordan Greenway: 2017 World Juniors/2015 U18 Worlds • MEN’S WORLDS EXPERIENCE Noah Hanifin: 2014 U18 Worlds Fifteen players have experience playing in the IIHF Men’s Jimmy Howard: 2002 U18 Worlds World Championship. The group includes six players that Clayton Keller: 2017 World Juniors/2015 U18 Worlds competed a year ago (JT Compher, Noah Hanifin, Dylan Dylan Larkin: 2014 U18 Worlds Larkin, Connor Murphy, Brock Nelson, Brady Skjei). Charlie McAvoy: 2017 World Juniors/2015 U18 Worlds Connor Murphy: 2013 World Juniors/2011 U18 Worlds • PLAYING FOR TEAM USA Brady Skjei: 2012 U18 Worlds A total of 22 players on the 2017 U.S. Men’s National Team : 2013 World Juniors/2012 U18 Worlds/ 2011 U18 Worlds have competed for Team USA at IIHF world championships in their career (U18, World Juniors, Men’s Worlds). Below • YOUTH MOVEMENT is a list with total games played heading into the 2017 IIHF The 2017 U.S. Men’s National Team has an average age Men’s World Championship. of 22.7. Below is a look at the average age of Team USA since 2004. Connor Murphy: 38 games played Jacob Trouba: 36 games played Average Age Since 2004 Jack Eichel: 34 games played 2017 22.7 Dylan Larkin: 31 games played 2016 23.0 2015 24.3 Brock Nelson: 29 games played 2014 24.8 JT Compher: 28 games played 2013 25.8 Nick Bjugstad: 22 games played 2012 25.2 Noah Hanifin: 22 games played 2011 24.4 Clayton Keller: 21 games played 2010 24.4 Charlie McAvoy: 21 games played 2009 24.8 2008 24.6 Brady Skjei: 21 games played 2007 24.5 Jimmy Howard: 16 games played 2006 24.7 Johnny Gaudreau: 15 games played 2005 28.1 Anders Bjork: 14 games played 2004 27.6 Jordan Greenway: 14 games played Nick Schmaltz: 12 games played • TEAM USA COACHING STAFF Andrew Copp: 11 games played Jeff Blashill is serving as head coach of the U.S. Men’s Anders Lee: 10 games played National Team for the first time. Blashill, who recently com- Danny DeKeyser: 8 games played pleted his second season as head coach of the Detroit Red Kevin Hayes: 8 games played Wings, previously served as goaltending coach for the 2009 Connor Hellebuyck: 8 games played U.S. National Junior Team, as well as an assistant coach for Christian Dvorak: 7 games played the 2009 U.S. Junior Select Team and 2006 U.S. Under-18 Select Team. Jack Capuano, Rand Pecknold and Seth • A TRIO OF ROOKIES Appert are serving as assistant coaches of the 2017 U.S. Daniel Brickley, Cal Petersen and Trevor van Riemsdyk Men’s National Team. are each making their Team USA debut in IIHF world cham- pionship play (at any level). Team USA Game Notes vs. Latvia • Saturday, May 13, 2017 • 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Three • MANAGEMENT TEAM • BITS AND PIECES FROM PREVIOUS Roster Breakdown The 2017 U.S. Men’s National GAME NOTES Bob Webster is in his fifth decade of Average age: 22.7 years Team is under the direction of the service to U.S. national teams. This year Average height: 6-2 U.S. Men’s National Team Advisory Group, including NHL general manag- marks his 13th straight as team leader for Average weight: 199 the U.S. Men’s National Team. Webster Shoots/catches left: 16; right: 9 ers Stan Bowman (Chicago), David Poile (Nashville), Ray Shero (New has also served as Team USA’s equip- Oldest: Jimmy Howard, 33 yrs, 2 months ment manager for 15 previous world Youngest: Clayton Keller, 18 yrs, 10 months Jersey) and Dale Tallon (Florida). Also involved are Dean Lombardi (USA championships (1979, 82, 86, 87, 89-96, HOME STATES OF TEAM USA Hockey) and Don Waddell, president 2002-04) ... Oddly, the U.S. is the Michigan 5 of Gale Force Sports & Entertainment. home team in its first four games of the Minnesota 4 The group is led by Jim Johannson, preliminary round and the visiting team 3 USA Hockey’s assistant executive the last three games ... The last concert New York 3 director of hockey operations. Chris Jack Eichel attended was Maroon 5 in Illinois 2 Drury, assistant general manager Buffalo this past March ... U.S. captain New Jersey 2 for the New York Rangers, and Bill Connor Murphy and alternate captain Wisconsin 2 Guerin, assistant general manager for Brock Nelson are playing in their Iowa 1 the , are also part fourth straight world championship. The Utah 1 of the management group for the 2017 last U.S. player to play in four straight Ohio 1 U.S. Men’s National Team. world championships was Nashville Missouri 1 Predators forward Craig Smith, who • USA HOCKEY’S NTDP ROOTS did so from 2011-14. Murphy and Nelson are among nine players in U.S. MOST RECENT TEAM Fourteen members of the 2017 U.S. Men’s National Team were mem- history to play in four or more straight NHL (21) world championships. The others are 3 bers of USA Hockey’s National Team Eric Weinrich (6 straight; 1997-2002); 3 Development Program. The NTDP is Darby Hendrickson (6 straight, 1996- 3 an elite development program creat- 2001); Adam Hall (5 straight; 2003-07); Chicago Blackhawks 2 ed by USA Hockey in 1996 current- Steve Jensen (4 straight, 1975-78), 2 ly housed in the Detroit suburb of Jack Johnson (4 straight, 2009-12), New York Rangers 2 Plymouth, Michigan. Bruins 1 Mark Johnson (4 straight, 1978-82), Buffalo Sabres 1 • THEY’VE PLAYED THE MOST and Buzz Schneider (4 straight, 1974- Calgary Flames 1 Eric Weinrich has played in nine IIHF 77) ... Forwards Anders Lee and Carolina Hurricanes 1 Men’s World Championships, the most Brock Nelson, both who play for the 1 of any U.S. player in history. Mark New York Islanders, are roommates Florida Panthers 1 Johnson, from the famous “Miracle here at the world championship. During on Ice” team and the current women’s the 2016-17 season, their lockers were next to each other with the Islanders NCAA (4) ice hockey coach at the University University of Notre Dame 2 of Wisconsin, is second with eight and here at the world championship Boston University 1 appearances. Tim Thomas has their lockers are also side-by-side ... Minnesota State University 1 played in seven men’s world champi- Bernie Haake is Team USA’s host for onships, while Derek Plante, Darby the world championship. His interaction Hendrickson, Phil Housley, and Joe with USA Hockey dates back to 1982 COLLEGE CONNECTION (23) Sacco have all played in six. when he was the U.S. host for a exhi- Boston University 4 bition game between Germany and the University of Michigan 4 • WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM U.S. Haake, the head men’s ice hockey 3 coach of the Lithuanian national team, University of Notre Dame 3 ANNOUNCED USA Hockey unveiled the 23 players was also Team USA’s host for the 2010 2 IIHF Men’s World Championship here University of North Dakota 2 that will makeup the 2017-18 U.S. Women’s National Team last Friday in Cologne ... The U.S. is the by far the Minnesota State University 1 youngest team in the tournament with (May 5). The team will live and train UMass Lowell 1 an average age of 22.7. Next youngest 1 together in the Tampa, Florida, area is Canada and Russia (average age 25). University of New Hampshire 1 beginning in September for the five- Western Michigan University 1 month period in advance of the 2018 • JUNIOR CONNECTION Olympic Winter Games. Florida Nineteen members of the 2017 U.S. Hospital Ice Center in the Tampa sub- Men’s National Team are alums of urb of Wesley Chapel is the host rink either the United States Hockey League for Team USA. or the North , the only Tier I and Tier II junior hockey leagues in the U.S., respectively. Team USA Game Notes vs. Latvia • Saturday, May 13, 2017 • 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Four

2017 U.S. Men’s National Team Game-by-Game Scoring

ITA (ex.) GER DEN SWE ITA LAT SVK RUS TBD TBD TBD W, 5-2 L, 1-2 W, 7-2 W, 4-3 W, 3-0 6:15 a.m. ET 10:15 a.m. ET 10:15 a.m. ET No Name 5/2 5/5 5/7 5/8 5/10 5/13 5/14 5/16 5/18 5/20 5/21 5 Connor Murphy A G# -- A* ------6 Daniel Brickley A* ------7 JT Compher ------W ------8 Jacob Trouba PA -- -- A ------9 Andrew Copp ------10 Anders Bjork ------12 Jordan Greenway ------13 Johnny Gaudreau A -- P(W)A GG# A ------14 Nick Bjugstad G -- A ------15 Jack Eichel P# -- A AA ------17 Nick Schmaltz G -- AA -- INJ ------18 Christian Dvorak A ------19 Clayton Keller A -- GGU# G ------21 Dylan Larkin W A A*A AA* AA ------25 Charlie McAvoy DND -- A ------26 Kevin Hayes DND DND DND DND DND ------27 Anders Lee -- -- PP A P ------29 Brock Nelson A A G -- W(U)S ------55 Noah Hanifin A -- A ------57 Trevor van Riemsdyk ------76 Brady Skjei DND DND DND DND DND ------65 Danny DeKeyser A ------35 Jimmy Howard W (31:38) L (58:00) DNP W (60:00) W (60:00) ------8/9 25/27 39/42 9/9 37 Connor Hellebuyck ND (28:22) DNP W (60:00) DNP ------11/12 25/27 40 Cal Petersen DND DND DND DND ------

# = U.S. Player of the Game Note: Hayes and Skjei added to roster on May 14

Key: G-goal; S-shorthanded goal; E-empty net goal; U-unassisted goal; P-power play goal; W-game-winning goal; A-assist; asterisk-assist on game-winning goal; DND-did not dress; DNP-did not play; INJ-injured

Situationally Speaking Team USA Records In Various Situations in 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship (through May 12, 2017) Overall Record...... 3-0-0-1 Leading After 1 Period...... 2-0-0-0 Trailing After 1 Period...... 1-0-0-1 Wearing White...... 2-0-0-0 Tied After 1 Period...... 0-0-0-0 Wearing Blue...... 1-0-0-1 Leading After 2 Periods...... 2-0-0-0 Games Decided By One Goal or Less...... 1-0-0-1 Trailing After 2 Periods...... 0-0-0-1 2-Goal Games...... 0-0-0-0 Tied After 2 Periods...... 1-0-0-0 3-Goal Games...... 1-0-0-0 4-Goal Games...... 0-0-0-0 OT Record...... 0-0-0-0 Shootout Record...... 0-0-0-0 Scoring 5+ Goals...... 1-0-0-0 Scoring 4 Goals...... 1-0-0-0 Having 10-19 Shots...... 0-0-0-0 Scoring 3 Goals...... 1-0-0-0 Having 20-29 Shots...... 1-0-0-0 Scoring 2 Goals...... 0-0-0-0 Having 30-39 Shots...... 2-0-0-0 Scoring 1 Goal...... 0-0-0-1 Having 40-49 Shots...... 0-0-0-1 Having 50+ Shots...... 0-0-0-0 Allowing 1 or Fewer...... 1-0-0-0 Allowing 2 Goals...... 1-0-0-1 Allowing 0-9 Shots...... 1-0-0-0 Allowing 3 Goals...... 1-0-0-0 Allowing 10-19 Shots...... 0-0-0-0 Allowing 4 Goals...... 0-0-0-0 Allowing 20-29 Shots...... 1-0-0-1 Allowing 5+ Goals...... 0-0-0-0 Allowing 30-39 Shots...... 0-0-0-0 Allowing 40-49 Shots...... 1-0-0-0 Scoring a Power-Play Goal...... 1-0-0-0 Allowing 50+ Shots...... 0-0-0-0 Allowing a Power-Play Goal...... 2-0-0-1 Outshooting Opponent...... 2-0-0-1 Scoring First...... 2-0-0-0 Outshot By Opponent...... 1-0-0-0 Opponent Scoring First...... 1-0-0-1 Even Shots...... 0-0-0-0 Team USA Game Notes vs. Latvia • Saturday, May 13, 2017 • 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Five

U.S. Medals at the USA vs. Latvia World Championship Tale of the Tape Category USA Latvia Year Medal Head Coach Record Record 3-0-0-1 3-0-0-1 2015 Bronze Todd Richards 7-1-0-2 Goals For/Avg. 15/3.33 8/2.00 2013 Bronze Joe Sacco 6-1-0-3 Goals Against/Avg. 7/1.75 4/1.00 2004 Bronze Peter Laviolette 5-3-1 Power Play .308 (4-13) .313 (5-16) 1996 Bronze Ron Wilson 5-3-0 Killing .800 (12-15) .917 (11-12) 1962 Bronze John Pleban 5-2-0 Shots For Gm/Avg. 136/34.0 100/25.0 1960* Gold Jack Riley 7-0-0 Shots Against Gm/Avg. 103/25.8 108/27.0 1956* Silver John Mariucci 5-2-0 Shorthanded Goals 1 0 Top Scorers Larkin (0-7--7) Dzerins (3-0--3) 1952* Silver John Pleban 6-1-1 Gaudreau (3-2-5) Bukarts, Rihards (0-3--3) 1950 Silver Jim Pleban 5-2-0 3 with 4 Points Bukarts, Roberts (1-2--3) 1949 Bronze Jack Riley 6-2-0 Top Goalie Howard Merzlikins 1939 Silver John Hutchinson 7-2-0 (2-1, 1.69, .936) (3-1, 1.00, .963) 1936* Bronze Albert Prettyman 6-2-1 1934 Silver Walter Brown 3-1-0 1933 Gold Walter Brown 5-0-0 1932* Silver Alfred Winsor 4-1-1 1931 Silver Walter Brown 4-1-0 1924* Silver William Haddock 4-1-1 1920* Silver Cornelius Fellowes 3-1-1

*From 1920-1968, the Olympic champion was also declared world champion.

TEAM USA ALL-TIME AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Record Success For USA in 2016-17 in (through 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship) IIHF World Championship Play In 2016-17, the U.S. has become the first coun- Opponent W OTW OTL L T Most Recent Game try to win gold at the first four top-level IIHF Austria 11 0 0 2 0 W, 5-3 (5/4/13) World Championships. In January, the U.S. Belarus 6 0 0 1 0 W, 6-3 (5/7/16) National Junior Team won gold at the 2017 Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 W, 12-0 (2/14/49) IIHF World Junior Championship with a thrill- Canada 1 3 1 39 0 L, 3-4 (5/21/16) ing 5-4 shootout victory over Canada in Mon- Czech Republic 5 2 1 6 1 OTW, 2-1 (5/19/16) treal. Just over a week later, the U.S. Women’s Czechoslovakia 8 1 0 25 3 L, 1-8 (5/7/92) National Under-18 Team scored a late go- Denmark 3 0 1 1 0 W, 1-0 (5/8/15) ahead goal to earn a 3-1 victory over Canada East Germany 2 0 0 5 3 T, 5-5 (4/24/85) in the gold-medal game at the IIHF Under-18 Finland 22 1 2 28 8 L, 2-3 (5/9/16) Women’s World Championship. Last month, France 9 0 0 1 0 W, 4-0 (5/12/15) the U.S. Women’s National Team became the Germany 8 0 1 3 3 L, 2-3 (5/15/16) first to win a gold medal on home ice with a 3-2 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 2 W, 12-5 (3/14/62) win over Canada in the IIHF Women’s Hungary 2 0 0 0 0 W, 5-1 (5/13/16) World Championship gold-medal game at USA Italy 4 1 0 2 0 OTW, 3-2 (5/18/10) Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. Later in Japan 2 0 0 0 0 W, 8-1 (5/5/03) April, the U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team Kazakhstan 1 2 0 0 0 OTW, 4-3 (5/16/14) went a perfect 7-0 en route to its record 10th Latvia 8 0 0 3 1 L, 5-6 (5/15/14) gold medal at the IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 W, 7-3 (4/23/81) Championship. Norway 17 0 0 1 0 W, 2-1 (5/2/15) Poland 14 0 0 2 1 W, 5-0 (5/3/92) 2016 Men’s World Championship Romania 3 0 0 1 0 L, 4-5 (5/5/77) A Look Back Russia 5 1 0 8 1 L, 2-7 (5/22/16) The 2016 U.S. Men’s National Team finished Slovakia 3 2 1 3 1 OTL, 2-3 (5/17/16) fourth among 16 teams at the IIHF Men’s World Slovenia 4 0 0 0 0 W, 3-1 (5/10/15) Championship in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Soviet Union 0 0 0 28 0 L, 4-6 (4/30/91) Russia. Team USA (3-1-1-5, W-OTW-OTL-L) Sweden 10 0 1 36 5 L, 2-6 (5/4/11) fell to Russia, 7-2, in the bronze-medal game. Switzerland 16 0 1 7 1 W, 3-1 (5/14/15) The U.S. has finished in the top four of the world Ukraine 2 0 0 0 1 T, 1-1 (5/9/05) championship in three of the last four years, a West Germany 18 0 0 4 4 W, 5-3 (4/27/90) stretch that has only been equaled once in Ameri- TOTALS 191 13 9 206 35 can history (1931-34). Dylan Larkin and Auston Matthews led all U.S. skaters with nine points. Team USA Game Notes vs. Latvia • Saturday, May 13, 2017 • 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Six

2017 U.S. Men’s National Team • Game-By-Game Review USA vs. Italy • Exhibition USA vs. Sweden • Game 3 May 2, 2017—at Agora Arena • Milan, Italy (3,000) May 8, 2017—at LANXESS Arena • Cologne, Germany (18,398) United States (v) 1 4 0 — 5 Sweden (v) 3 0 0 — 3 Italy (h) 0 1 1 — 2 United States (h) 2 1 1 — 4 1st: USA-Eichel (Hanifin, Gaudreau), 5x4 PPG, 1:24 1st: SWE-Lindholm (Stralman), 5x4 PPG, 2:14 2nd: USA-Trouba (Dvorak, Nelson), 5x4 PPG, 2:54 USA-Keller (Eichel, Trouba), 3:21 USA-Larkin (Brickley); 8:56 SWE-Lindholm (Edkman-Larsson), 13:23 ITA-Scandella (Egger, Insam), 5x4 PPG, 11:38 USA-Gaudreau (Larkin), 18:12 USA-Schmaltz (Keller, Trouba), 13:26 SWE-Hedman (Nordstrom, Klingberg), 18:47 USA-Bjugstad (Murphy, DeKeyser), 14:46 2nd: USA-Gaudreau (Eichel, Lee), 2:57 3rd: ITA-Morini (unassisted), 5x4 PPG, 4:54 3rd: USA-Compher (Murphy, Larkin), 11:47

Penalties: USA 7-14, ITA 4-8 Power Plays: USA 2-4, ITA 2-7 Penalties: SWE 3-6, USA 6-12 Power Plays: SWE 1-6, USA 0-3 Saves: USA-Howard (5-3-x--10); 31:38 Saves: SWE-Fasth (9-6-8--23); 59:17 USA-Hellebuyck (x-2-9--11); 28:22 USA-Howard (11-14-14--39); 60:00 ITA-Bernard (8-9-x--17); 40:00 Shots: SWE 14-14-14--42; USA 11-7-9--27 ITA-Cloutier (x-x-9--9); 20:00 Officials: Refs-Jozef Kubus, Daniel Stricker; Lines-Roman Kaderli, Hannu Sormunen

Notes: The U.S. rallied from one-goal deficits on three different occasions to beat Sweden Shots: USA 9-13-9--31; ITA 5-6-10--21 in the world championship for the first time since 2005. Jimmy Howard made 39 saves, Officials: Refs-Andrea Benvegnu, Andrea Moschen; Lines-Simone Mischiatti, Stefano Johnny Gaudreau scored twice and J.T. Compher tipped home the game-winner off Con- Giovannia Terragni nor Murphy’s shot from the point with 8:13 left in regulation to lead the way. Gaudreau Notes: In a festive atmosphere, the U.S. used a four-goal second period on the way to an was named the U.S. Player of the Game. exhibition victory over Italy in its lone tune-up for the 2017 IIHF Men’s World Champi- onship. Lou Vairo, who was the head coach of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team and coached professional hockey in Milan, dropped the ceremonial puck prior to the game. USA vs. Italy • Game 4 May 10, 2017—at LANXESS Arena • Cologne, Germany (7,168) USA vs. Germany • Game 1 Italy (v) 0 0 0 — 0 May 5, 2017—at LANXESS Arena • Cologne, Germany (18,688) United States (h) 1 2 0 — 3 Germany (v) 1 0 1 — 2 1st: USA-Nelson (unassisted), 5:17 United States (h) 0 0 1 — 1 2nd: USA-Nelson (Larkin), 4x5 SHG, 5:53 USA-Lee (Gaudreau, Larkin), 5x4 PPG, 7:47 1st: GER-Rieder (Reimer, Kahun), 10:50 3rd: No Scoring 2nd: No Scoring 3rd: USA-Murphy (Larkin, Nelson), 11:00 Penalties: ITA 2-4, USA 2-4 Power Plays: ITA 0-2, USA 1-3 GER-Hager (Seidenberg, Gogulla), 5x4 PPG, 13:58 Saves: ITA-Bernard (8-12-9--29); 60:00 USA-Howard (2-3-4--9); 60:00 Penalties: GER 2-4, USA 2-4 Power Plays: GER 1-2, USA 0-2 Shots: ITA 2-3-4--9; USA 9-14-9--32 Saves: GER-Greiss (11-12-19--42); 60:00 Officials: Refs-Jan Hribic, Marcus Linde; Lines-Gleb Lazarev, Andreas Malmqvist USA-Howard (14-6-5--25); 58:00 Shots: GER 15-6-6--27; USA 11-12-20--43 Notes: The U.S. controlled the game throughout on the way to its third straight win. Brock Officials: Refs-Oliver Gouin, Jozef Kubus; Lines-Hannu Sormunen, Libor Suchanek Nelson scored twice, while Dylan Larkin extended his point streak to four games with a pair of assists. Jimmy Howard earned the shutout with nine saves. Nelson was named the Notes: Germany beat the U.S. for the second straight year in the world championship U.S. Player of the Game. behind a stellar goaltending performance from Thomas Greiss. U.S. netminder Jimmy Howard was also terrific. Connor Murphy was named the U.S. Player of the Game. Jack Eichel had 10 shots on goal in the game, while Johnny Gaudreau had seven. USA vs. Denmark • Game 2 May 7, 2017—at LANXESS Arena • Cologne, Germany (8,764) Denmark (v) 1 1 0 — 2 United States (h) 3 3 1 — 7 1st: USA-Lee (Gaudreau, Larkin), 5x4 PPG, 5:37 USA-Keller (McAvoy, Schmaltz), 4x4, 13:06 DEN-Madsen (Ehlers, Jensen), 5x4 PPG, 16:10 USA-Gaudreau (Larkin), 5x4 PPG, 18:59 2nd: DEN-Hardt (Jackobsen), 1:08 USA-Keller (Bjugstad), 14:33 USA-Lee (Hanifin, Eichel), 5x4 PPG, 17:09 USA-Nelson (Schmaltz), 17:37 3rd: USA-Keller (unassisted), 13:00 Penalties: DEN 8-24, USA 6-12 Power Plays: DEN 1-5, USA 3-6 Saves: DEN-Dahm (14-6-7--27); 60:00 USA-Hellebuyck (6-12-5--23); 60:00 Shots: DEN 7-13-5--25; USA 17-9-8--34 Officials: Refs-Anton Jerabek; Eduards Odins; Lines-Ivan Dedioulia, Joep Leermakers Notes: Clayton Keller scored a hat trick and Anders Lee added a pair of goals to propel the U.S. past Denmark. It was the first hat trick for a U.S. player in the men’s world cham- pionship since Craig Smith tallied three times in a 4-1 win over Finland on May 8, 2013. Keller was named the U.S. Player of the Game. ICE HOCKEY

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PLAYER STATISTICS BY TEAM

As of WED 10 MAY 2017 Including Game #25 USA - United States Playing Statistics No Name Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/ - GWG PPG SHG SOG SG% TM M/G TSh AT/S 5 MURPHY Connor D 4 1 1 2 0 +2 0 0 0 9 11.11 83:16 20:49 115 0:43 6 BRICKLEY Daniel D 4 0 0 0 2 +2 0 0 0 2 0.00 31:05 7:46 40 0:46 7 COMPHER J.T. F 4 1 0 1 0 +3 1 0 0 5 20.00 47:29 11:52 59 0:48 8 TROUBA Jacob D 4 0 1 1 2 +4 0 0 0 7 0.00 80:15 20:03 95 0:50 9 COPP Andrew F 4 0 0 0 2 +1 0 0 0 1 0.00 46:46 11:41 68 0:41 10 BJORK Anders F 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 25:16 6:19 30 0:50 12 GREENWAY Jordan F 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 20:48 5:12 26 0:48 13 GAUDREAU Johnny F 4 3 2 5 0 -1 1 1 0 15 20.00 80:24 20:06 99 0:48 14 BJUGSTAD Nick F 4 0 1 1 2 +1 0 0 0 7 0.00 54:22 13:35 77 0:42 15 EICHEL Jack F 4 0 3 3 2 -1 0 0 0 22 0.00 76:01 19:00 94 0:48 17 SCHMALTZ Nick F 3 0 2 2 0 +3 0 0 0 4 0.00 26:48 8:56 39 0:41 18 DVORAK Christian F 4 0 0 0 4 +1 0 0 0 4 0.00 59:08 14:47 81 0:43 19 KELLER Clayton F 4 4 0 4 0 +4 0 0 0 10 40.00 52:14 13:03 61 0:51 21 LARKIN Dylan F 4 0 7 7 4 +6 0 0 0 8 0.00 79:31 19:52 106 0:45 25 McAVOY Charlie D 4 0 1 1 4 +1 0 0 0 4 0.00 61:37 15:24 82 0:45 27 LEE Anders F 4 3 1 4 2 -3 0 3 0 11 27.27 71:33 17:53 92 0:46 29 NELSON Brock F 4 3 1 4 0 +5 1 0 1 11 27.27 64:58 16:14 97 0:40 35 HOWARD Jimmy GK 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 37 HELLEBUYCK Connor GK 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 55 HANIFIN Noah D 4 0 1 1 2 +2 0 0 0 6 0.00 79:24 19:51 97 0:49 57 van RIEMSDYK Trevor D 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 4 0.00 54:12 13:33 75 0:43 65 DEKEYSER Danny D 4 0 0 0 2 +4 0 0 0 1 0.00 77:34 19:23 99 0:47 Goalkeeping Statistics No Name GPT GKD GPI MIP MIP% GA SVS SOG SVS% GAA SO W L 35 HOWARD Jimmy 4 4 3 178:00 74.79 5 73 78 93.59 1.69 1 2 1 37 HELLEBUYCK Connor 4 4 1 60:00 25.21 2 23 25 92.00 2.00 0 1 0 LEGEND A Assists AT/S Average time per shift D Defence F Forward G Goals GA Goals against GAA Goals against as average per 60 minutes GK Goalkeeper GKD Goalkeeper dressed GP Number of games played GPI Games played indeed GPT Number of games played by team GWG Game winning goals L Number of games lost MIP Minutes and seconds played MIP% MIP as percentage M/G Minutes per game No Jersey number PIM Penalties in minutes Pos Position on team PPG Power play goals PTS Points SG% Percentage of goals from total shots SHG Shorthanded goals SO SOG Shots on goal SVS Saves SVS% SVS as percentage of total SOG TM Total minutes played TSh Total shifts played W Number of games won +/- Plus/minus net

LEGEND A Assists AT/S Average time per shift D Defence F Forward G Goals GA Goals against GAA Goals against as average per 60 minutes GK Goalkeeper GKD Goalkeeper dressed GP Number of games played GPI Games played indeed GPT Number of games played by team GWG Game winning goals L Number of games lost MIP Minutes and seconds played MIP% MIP as percentage M/G Minutes per game No Jersey number PIM Penalties in minutes Pos Position on team PPG Power play goals PTS Points SG% Percentage of goals from total shots SHG Shorthanded goals SO Shutouts SOG Shots on goal SVS Saves SVS% SVS as percentage of total SOG TM Total minutes played TSh Total shifts played W Number of games won +/- Plus/minus net

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