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General Team Team USA Hockey History & Information USA USA Staff Leadership Records 2010 U.S. MEN’S National TEAM General Team Team USA Hockey History & Information USA USA Staff Leadership Records 2010 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION WORLD MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Tournament Schedule PRELIMINARY ROUND Date Game Competing Teams Group Time* Location Friday, May 7 1 USA-Germany D 8:15 p.m. Gelsenkirchen Saturday, May 8 2 Canada-Italy B 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 3 Finland-Denmark D 8:15 p.m. Cologne 4 Switzerland-Latvia B 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Sunday, May 9 5 Belarus-Kazakhstan A 4:15 p.m. Cologne 6 Czech Republic-France C 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 7 Slovakia-Russia A 8:15 p.m. Cologne 8 Norway-Sweden C 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Monday, May 10 9 USA-Denmark D 4:15 p.m. Cologne 10 Switzerland-Italy B 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 11 Germany-Finland D 8:15 p.m. Cologne GROUP A Russia 12 Latvia-Canada B 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Belarus Slovakia Tuesday, May 11 13 Russia-Kazakhstan A 4:15 p.m. Cologne Kazakhstan 14 Czech Republic-Norway C 4:15 p.m. Mannheim GROUP B 15 Belarus-Slovakia A 8:15 p.m. Cologne Canada Switzerland 16 Sweden-France C 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Latvia Italy Wednesday, May 12 17 Denmark-Germany D 4:15 p.m. Cologne GROUP C 18 Italy-Latvia B 4:15 p.m. Mannheim Sweden Czech Republic 19 Finland-United States D 8:15 p.m. Cologne Norway France G 20 Canada-Switzerland B 8:15 p.m. Mannheim E N Thursday, May 13 21 Russia-Belarus A 4:15 p.m. Cologne GROUP D E Finland R 22 France-Norway C 4:15 p.m. Mannheim United States A Germany L 23 Kazakhstan-Slovakia A 8:15 p.m. Cologne Denmark I N 24 Sweden-Czech Republic C 8:15 p.m. Mannheim F O General Team Team USA Hockey History & Information USA USA Staff Leadership Records 2010 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION WORLD MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Tournament Schedule QUALIFICATION AND RELEGATION ROUNDS Date Game Competing Teams Group Time* Location Friday, May 14 25 2A vs. 3D Qualification 4:15 p.m. Cologne 26 2B vs. 3C Qualification 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 27 1D vs. 3A Qualification 8:15 p.m. Cologne 28 1C vs. 3B Qualification 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Saturday, May 15 29 4D vs. 4A Relegation 4:15 p.m. Cologne 30 4B vs. 4C Relegation 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 31 1A vs. 2D Qualification 8:15 p.m. Cologne 32 1B vs. 2C Qualification 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Sunday, May 16 33 4C vs. 4D Relegation 12:15 p.m. Cologne 34 4B vs. 4A Relegation 12:15 p.m. Mannheim 35 3D vs. 1A Qualification 4:15 p.m. Cologne 36 3B vs. 3C Qualification 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 37 2D vs. 3A Qualification 8:15 p.m. Cologne 38 1C vs. 2B Qualification 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Monday, May 17 39 1D vs. 2A Qualification 4:15 p.m. Cologne 40 3C vs. 1B Qualification 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 41 3A vs. 3D Qualification 8:15 p.m. Cologne 42 2C vs. 3B Qualification 8:15 p.m. Mannheim Tuesday, May 18 43 4D vs. 4B Relegation 12:15 p.m. Cologne 44 4A vs. 4C Relegation 12:15 p.m. Mannheim 45 2A vs. 2D Qualification 4:15 p.m. Cologne 46 2B vs. 2C Qualification 4:15 p.m. Mannheim 47 1A vs. 1D Qualification 8:15 p.m. Cologne 48 1B vs. 1C Qualification 8:15 p.m. Mannheim PLAYOFF AND MEDAL ROUNDS Date Game Competing Teams Group Time* Location Thursday, May 20 49 Quarterfinal #1 Playoff 4:15 p.m. Cologne 50 Quarterfinal #2 Playoff 4:15 p.m. Mannheim G 51 Quarterfinal #3 Playoff 8:15 p.m. Cologne *Schedule is subject to change. E All games times are local. N 52 Quarterfinal #4 Playoff 8:15 p.m. Mannheim E Saturday, May 22 53 Semifinal #1 Playoff 2 p.m. Cologne ARENA LOCATIONS R LANXESS Arena (Cologne) A 54 Semifinal #2 Playoff 6 p.m. Cologne VELTINS Arena (Gelsenkirchen) L SAP Arena (Mannheim) Sunday, May 23 55 Bronze-Medal Game Medal 4:15 p.m. Cologne I N 56 Gold-Medal Game Medal 8:30 p.m. Cologne F O General Team Team USA Hockey History & Information USA USA Staff Leadership Records 2010 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION WORLD MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Tournament Information IIHF TOURNAMENT FORMAT Three-Point System for Preliminary Round The 74th International Ice Hockey Federation World Men’s Championship features n Three points shall be awarded for the winning team at the conclusion of sixteen teams divided into four groups. regulation. n One point will be awarded to both teams at the conclusion of regulation if Group A: Russia, Belarus, Slovakia, Kazakhstan the game is tied. Group B: Canada, Switzerland, Latvia, Italy n An additional point shall be awarded for the team winning the game in Group C: Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway, France either the overtime period or the Game-Winning Shots Procedure. Group D: Finland, United States, Germany, Denmark Overtime Procedures Each team will play three games within its group, with the top three teams from n If a preliminary-round game is tied after three periods, a five-minute four-on- each group advancing to the Qualification Round and the last place team moving four sudden-death overtime period shall be played immediately after an intermission of three minutes. The teams will defend the same goals as in on to the Relegation Round. the third period. Qualification Round n If a playoff, quarterfinal, semifinal or bronze-medal game is tied after three periods, a 10-minute four-on-four sudden-death overtime period shall be The twelve teams that qualify for the Qualification Round will be split into two played immediately after an intermission of three minutes. The teams will groups, with each team playing three more games against teams not in its original defend the same goals as in the third period. group. After combining records from both the preliminary and qualification n If the gold-medal game is tied after three periods, a 20-minute four-on-four rounds, the top four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round. sudden-death overtime will start immediately after a 15-minute intermission The last two teams in each group will be finished with World Championship play. during which time the ice will be cleaned. The teams will change ends. n If no goal is scored in the overtime period of any game, the Game-Winning Relegation Round Shots Procedure will apply. The fourth-place team in each group after the preliminary round will play three additional games, with the bottom two teams relegated in next year’s World Game-Winning Shots Procedure Championship. n All shots will be held at one end of the ice surface. Three players from each team will take shots alternately until a decisive goal is scored. If the score is Quarterfinal Round still tied after three shots by each team, the procedure will continue with a After the Qualification Round, the top four teams from each group will face off in tiebreak sudden-death shootout by one player from each team. The teams the Quarterfinal Round. The four winners will advance to the semifinals, while the may use the same player or new players for each shot in the tiebreak losing teams are eliminated from the World Championship. shootout until the outcome is decided. Semifinal Round The four advancing teams will face off in the Semifinal Round, with the two G winning teams advancing to the gold-medal game and the two losing teams E playing in the bronze-medal game. N E Medal Games R A The two winning teams from the semifinal round will face off in the gold-medal L game, with the losing teams playing in the bronze-medal game. I N F O General Team Team USA Hockey History & Information USA USA Staff Leadership Records 2010 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION WORLD MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Media Policies MEDIA POLICIES USA HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF The 2010 World Men’s Championship falls under the governance of the Dave Fischer* International Ice Hockey Federation. Senior Director of Communications [email protected] 719-538-1171 IIHF protocol, as it pertains to media, is as follows: Christy Jeffries n All accredited media shall have free access to cover all team Manager of Communications practices, gameday skates and games. [email protected] n Locker rooms are closed to all media. 719-538-1169 All player interviews will be conducted in a designated “mixed n Alex Clark zone” area within the arena. Requests for players should be Manager of Communications directed to the appropriate media/public relations staff assigned [email protected] to each team. The interviews will then take place in the “mixed 719-538-1176 zone” area. n Players will be made available in the “mixed zone” no later than Chris Peters 10 minutes after the conclusion of the game, with a general Coordinator of Communications, NTDP media access period of 30 minutes. [email protected] 734-327-9251, Ext. 17 n Following the conclusion of Team USA games and after practices, Head Coach Scott Gordon will be made available to Matt Caracappa the media. Brian Fishman Intern n All media relations requests for the U.S. Men’s National Team [email protected] should be directed to Dave Fischer.