2019 U.S. WORLD JUNIOR SUMMER SHOWCASE NOTES JULY 26 - AUGUST 3, 2019 | PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN | USA HOCKEY ARENA DAILY UPDATE #9: AUG. 3 TODAY'S SCHEDULE GAME SCHEDULE TIME (ET) EVENT RINK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET)/RESULT 8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Finland NHL 8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Sweden Olympic FRI., JULY 26 USA BLUE VS. USA WHITE* USAW, 1-0 (SO) 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. USA NHL SAT., JULY 27 USA WHITE VS. FINLAND FIN, 3-2 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Olympic USA BLUE VS. SWEDEN USAB, 4-2 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Canada Olympic 1:00 p.m. Sweden vs Finland NHL SUN., JULY 28 USA BLUE VS. FINLAND USAB, 7-1 4:00 p.m. USA vs. Canada NHL USA WHITE VS. SWEDEN SWE, 2-1 (OT) TALKING POINTS TUES., JULY 30 CANADA VS. USA CAN, 4-1 RIVALRY SATURDAY WED., JULY 31 CANADA VS. FINLAND FIN, 8-3 In the fnal day of competition here at the 2019 World Junior USA VS. SWEDEN USA, 6-0 Summer Showcase fans, scouts and spectators alike will be treated to two of the biggest rivalries in hockey. At 1 p.m. ET, FRI., AUG. 2 SWEDEN VS. CANADA CAN, 5-2 Sweden will take on Finland and be followed by a tilt featuring the FINLAND VS. USA FIN, 6-5 United States and Canada. Both games will be broadcast live on SAT., AUG. 3 SWEDEN VS. FINLAND 1:00 P.M. NHL Network in the United States and TSN in Canada. This is the frst Showcase meeting between Sweden and USA VS. CANADA 4:00 P.M. Finland this year. At the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship *Scrimmage held on Olympic sheet last December, the two teams opened tournament play against one another in a 2-1 Swedish win of a pair of goals from Erik MEDIA INFORMATION Brannstrom. Aarne Talvitie scored in the loss for Finland. The U.S. and Canada are meeting for the second time this Showcase. MEDIA REQUEST MEDIA CONTACT To read a brief summary of that game, see page 2. 2019 World Junior Summer Showcase Jon Gomez Team USA 973.723.5744 GOLD-MEDAL GAME REGULARS ______USA Hockey [email protected] The last three IIHF World Junior Championships have ended with Team Canada Mark Halliday the gold-medal game featuring two of the four teams participating 403.777.4594 this week. In 2017, the U.S. defeated Canada in a thrilling 5-4 [email protected] shootout victory before Canada topped Sweden, 3-1, a year later. ______This year, Finland edged Team USA, 3-2. Team Finland Chris Krenn In fact, the last time one of the four participating teams did 734.453.6400 not capture the IIHF World Junior Championship was 2011, when [email protected] Russia edged Canada, 5-3. In that eight-year span, Finland (2014, 2016, 2019) has won three gold medals, Canada (2015, 2018) Team Sweden Jon Edwards and the U.S. (2013, 2017) have each won twice and Sweden USA Hockey Arena 845.665.4151 has won once (2012). Additionally, the last time an IIHF World ______USA Hockey NTDP [email protected] Junior Championship gold-medal game did not feature the U.S., Canada, Finland or Sweden was 2000, when the Czech Republic BROADCAST defeated Russia in a 1-0 overtime shooutout. All 11 games, including the U.S. Blue vs. White scrimmage, will be broadcast or live streamed. NHL Network (U.S.) and TSN (Canada) 2019 OPENS NEXT WEEK will televise the fnal three days of games while HockeyTV (world- The 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup will be played Aug. 5-10 in Piešťany, wide) will provide live streaming coverage of the frst four days. Slovakia & Břeclav, Czech Republic, with the U.S. competing alongside Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, STATISTICS Sweden and Switzerland. A year ago, the tournament was held Live statistics and rosters for Canada, Finland, Sweden and in and Red Deer, Alberta, where Canada claimed the the U.S. will be available at teamusa.usahockey.com/2019wjss. tournament title following a 6-2 victory over Sweden. In the third- Additionally, printed copies of statistics, rosters and media place game, Russia defeated the United States, 5-4. updates will be available in the