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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. Canada 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 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP 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 Edmonton 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 press box. The U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team comprises of 22 players who skated in USA Hockey's Boys Select 17 Player Development MEDIA AVAILABILITY Camp at the end of June. Pat Ferschweiler, associate head Unless otherwise notifed by designated media contacts, media coach of Western Michigan and former assistant coach with the availability will be conducted in designated mixed zones at the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, will serve as head coach and be joined conclusion of practices and games. Team media contacts will feld by assistant coaches Mark Dennehy (Binghamton Devils (AHL)), requests from media and communicate those to team delegates. Roger Grillo (USA Hockey) and Kevin Moore (Adrian College). The mixed zone is located beneath section 116 and media can STAT LEADERS follow designated signs and take the stairwell on the concourse As we enter the last day of play here in Plymouth, here are the level behind the pro shop. All locker rooms will be closed to media Showcase skater (top 5) and goaltender (top 3) leaders. throughout the event unless otherwise notifed. SKATERS PHOTOGRAPHY PLAYER TEAM STATISTIC NHL (Year, Rd., Ovr.) Photographers may shoot around the glass and throughout the Sampo Ranta FIN 4G, 2A -- 6PTS COL ('18, 3rd, 78th) building so long as they do not interfere with spectators and/ Arthur Kaliyev USA 4G, 1A -- 5PTS LAK ('19, 2nd, 33rd) or streaming/broadcast operations. Photographers seeking John Beecher USA 4G, 1A -- 5PTS BOS ('19, 1st, 30th) permission to shoot from benches; in between the benches; Cole Caufeld USA 3G, 2A -- 5PTS MTL ('19, 1st, 15th) penalty box areas; or pressbox must submit a request to Jon Nolan Foote CAN 1G, 3A -- 4PTS TBL ('19, 1st, 27th) Gomez at [email protected]. GOALTENDERS PLAYER TEAM STATISTIC NHL (Year, Rd., Ovr.) ONLINE GUIDE TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM/2019WJSS Spencer Knight USAB 0.50 GAA, .980 SV% FLA ('19, 1st, 13th) Event information, including rosters, schedules, news, as well Erik Portillo SWE 0.96 GAA, .970 SV% BUF ('19, 3rd, 67th) as U.S. player and staf bios, is available online. Other content Hunter Jones CAN 1.00 GAA, .955 SV% MIN ('19, 2nd. 59th) available will include highlights, photos and interviews. @USAHOCKEY • TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM/2019WJSS • USAHOCKEY.COM • #WJSS 1 2019 WORLD JUNIOR SUMMER SHOWCASE U.S. NOTES PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN • JULY 26 - AUG. 3 SKATER STATISTICS (TOP 30) TALKING POINTS RANK PLAYER TEAM POS GP G A PTS SOG JULY 31: USA 6, SWEDEN 0 Arthur Kaliyev (LAK, '19, 2nd rd., 33rd overall) registered three 1 Sampo Ranta FIN F 4 4 2 6 7 points, including two goals and an assist, and Spencer Knight 2 John Beecher USA F 4 4 1 5 13 (FLA, '19, 1st rd., 13th overall) made 22 saves as the U.S. topped Sweden, 6-0. Blake McLaughlin (ANA, '18, 3rd rd., 79th overall) 3 Arthur Kaliyev USA F 4 4 1 5 19 also had a goal and assist as John Beecher (BOS, '19, 1st rd., 4 Cole Caufeld USA F 4 3 2 5 22 30th overall), Nick Robertson (TOR, '19, 2nd rd., 53rd overall) 5 Anttoni Honka FIN 4 2 2 4 5 and Trevor Zegras (ANA '19, 1st rd., 9th overall), also scored. 6 Joonas Oden FIN F 4 2 2 4 9 JULY 31: FINLAND 8, CANADA 3 7 Trevor Zegras USA 5 2 2 4 12 Seven diferent Finnish players recorded multi-point games to lead Finland past Canada, 8-3, in Wednesday’s opening contest 8 Nolan Foote CAN F 2 1 3 4 10 here at USA Hockey Arena. Kristian Tanus (2020 Draft Eligible) 9 Jon Gruden USA F 4 1 3 4 4 collected four assist and Toni Utunen (VAN, '18, 5th rd., 130th 10 Kristian Tanus FIN F 3 0 4 4 1 overall) tallied two goals and an assist. Serron Noel (FLA, '18, 2nd rd., 34th overall) potted two goals for Canada in the loss. 11 Kirby Dach CAN F 1 2 1 3 4 12 Eemil Erholtz FIN F 4 2 1 2 6 JULY 30: CANADA 4, USA 1 Kirby Dach (CHI, '19, 1st rd., 3rd overall) and Nolan Foote 13 Joel Farabee USA F 3 2 1 3 2 (TBL, '19, 1st rd., 27th overall) each registered three points to 14 David Gustafsson SWE F 4 2 1 3 7 lead Canada past the United States, 4-1, in its frst game of the 15 Blake McLaughlin USA F 4 2 1 3 7 Showcase. Cole Caufeld (MTL, '19, 1st rd., 15th overall) scored a powerplay goal for the United States while Dustin Wolf (CGY, 16 Toni Utunen FIN F 4 2 1 3 3 '19, 7th rd., 214th overall) fnished with 18 saves. 17 Santeri Salmela FIN D 4 1 2 3 12 18 Akil Thomas CAN F 3 1 2 3 6 JULY 28: USA BLUE 7, FINLAND 1 Joel Farabee and John Beecher each scored twice as USA 19 Alex Turcotte USA F 4 1 2 3 6 Blue registered its second win in as many days. Spencer Knight 20 Justin Barron CAN D 3 0 3 3 2 turned aside 26 shots faced while Sampo Ranta tallied the lone goal in the loss for Finland.