2017 U.S. NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM GAME NOTES 2017 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP | MONTREAL AND TORONTO, CANADA QUARTERFINALS • USA (4-0-0-0) VS. SWITZERLAND (0-2-0-2) • MON., JAN. 2, 2017 • 5:30 P.M. ET • TORONTO • AIR CANADA CENTRE (CAPACITY: 18,800) TONIGHT’S GAME LAST GAME DEC. 31: USA 3, CAN 1 The U.S. National Junior Team faces Switzerland tonight in the Jordan Greenway notched a goal and two assists, five other players quarterfinals of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship here in Toronto. tallied a point and Joseph Woll made 25 saves in the win. Clayton Keller The winner of tonight’s game will face the winner of Denmark vs. Russia. and Colin White extended their point streaks to four games to open the Puck drop is slated for 5:30 p.m. ET and will be televised in the U.S. live tournament while Ryan Lindgren was named the U.S. Player of the on NHL Network. In addition, live updates are also available on Twitter Game. Team USA went 2-for-5 on the power play and 5-for-6 on the @USAHockey with the hashtags #USAWJC and #WorldJuniors. penalty kill in front of 18,584 spectators in attendance. THE SERIES VS. SWITZERLAND THINGS WORTH MENTIONING The United States and Switzerland are meeting for the 23rd time in IIHF Clayton Keller (3-4--7) and Colin White (4-1--5) have a point in every World Junior Championship play and for the first time in the quarterfinals. U.S. game ... Team USA, which has yet to trail in tournament play, won All-time, the U.S. is 20-0-0-0-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) against Switzerland. its preliminary round group for the first time since 2011 and third time The two teams, which faced off in a pre-tournament game on Dec. 21, in the last 10 IIHF World Junior Championships after also finishing atop met in the preliminary round last year where Team USA won, 10-1. the group in 2008 ... USA Hockey executives Mike Bertsch, assistant executive director of events, marketing and communications, and Kevin IN GOAL TODAY Couture, director of events, are in Montreal for the remainder of the Tyler Parsons (Chesterfield, Mich./London Knights) is the likely starter tournament as part of initial preparations and meetings for the 2018 again for Team USA. In two games for the U.S., Parsons has stopped IIHF World Junior Championship, which will take place in Buffalo, New 36 of the 39 shots he’s faced to post a 1.50 goals against average and York, from Dec. 26, 2017 through Jan. 5, 2018 ... Yesterday in the NHL .923 save percentage while allowing just three goals. Last season, Centennial Classic here in Toronto, the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Parsons backstopped the London Knights to Memorial Cup and J. Ross Detroit Red Wings, 5-4, in an overtime game that saw seven former U.S. Robertson Cup championships last season. National Junior Team players and staff take part. They included five Leafs players - Connor Carrick (2014), Jake Gardiner (2010 - gold), Matt TEAM USA IN QUARTERFINAL PLAY Hunwick (2004 - gold, 2005), Auston Matthews (2016 - bronze, 2015), In its last 10 quarterfinal appearances, Team USA is 7-3 while holding and James van Riemsdyk (2007-bronze medal, 2008, 2009) - and one an all-time 8-7 record in 15 quarterfinal appearances. In last year’s Red Wings player in Dylan Larkin (2015) while Red Wings head coach quarterfinal, Team USA shut out the Czech Republic, 7-0, thanks to a hat Jeff Blashill was an assistant coach on the 2009 U.S. National Junior trick from forward Auston Matthews and a 28-save performance from Team. Larkin scored for the Red Wings while Matthews had two goals - goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic. including the overtime game-winner that was assisted by Gardiner. The playoff format was adopted for the IIHF World Junior Championship beginning in 1996. The U.S. has qualified for the playoffs TEAM USA SCHEDULE 19 out of 21 years, including 17 of the last 18 tournaments. From 1977- 95, teams played each other once in a round-robin format and medals were awarded based on final standings. Broadcast NHL NETWORK EASTERN TIME TV All U.S. tournament games to be televised live on NHL Network PRE-TOURNAMENT MEETING: USA 4, SUI 3 TOURNAMENT In Team USA’s first pre-tournament game, the U.S. edged Switzerland, Wed., Dec. 21 SWITZERLAND W, 4-3 4-3 at the Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. Jack Oshawa, Ontario Blue Jersey PRE Roslovic (Columbus, Ohio/Manitoba Moose) and Erik Foley (Mansfield, Fri., Dec. 23 CZECH REPUBLIC W, 4-0 Mass./Providence College) each tallied two points, seven other players Kingston, Ontario White Jersey collected a point, and Tyler Parsons (Chesterfield, Mich./London Knights) made 21 saves. Team USA was 1-for-3 on the power play and Mon., Dec. 26 LATVIA W, 6-1 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY 2-for-2 on the penalty kill while outshooting Switzerland, 32-24. Toronto, Ontario POG: Jordan Greenway Blue Jersey TEAM USA STAT RANKINGS Wed., Dec. 28 SLOVAKIA W, 5-2 GROUP A Team USA shares the tournament lead for fewest goals allowed (6); ranks Toronto, Ontario POG: Jack Roslovic White Jersey second in shots on goal (137); is third in power play efficiency (26%); and Thurs., Dec. 29 RUSSIA W, 3-2 sits fourth in penalty kill (80%). Clayton Keller (St. Louis, Mo./Boston University) is tied for third Toronto, Ontario POG: Troy Terry White (Third) Jersey among tournament skaters in points with seven while his four assists tie Sat., Dec. 31 CANADA W, 3-1 for fifth. Colin White (Hanover, Mass./Boston College) is tied for second Toronto, Ontario POG: Ryan Lindgren White (Third) Jersey in goals with four. In faceoff percentage rankings, Keller is third (68.75%) (Quarterfinal) and Jack Roslovic (Columbus, Ohio/Manitoba Moose) is tied for fourth Mon., Jan. 2 SWITZERLAND 5:30 P.M. (66.6%). Toronto, Ontario White (Third) Jersey ROUND PLAYOFF Among goaltenders with more than one game played, Tyler Parsons Wed., Jan. 4 SEMIFINALS TBD (Chesterfield, Mich./London Knights) and Joseph Woll (St. Louis, Mo./ Montreal, Quebec Boston College) share the tournament lead for fewest goals allowed (3) Thurs., Jan. 5 BRONZE MEDAL GAME 3:30 P.M. and each have the second-best goals-against-average (1.5). Woll ranks fourth in save percentage (.934) while Parsons is fifth (.923). Montreal, Quebec Thurs., Jan. 5 GOLD MEDAL GAME 8:00 P.M. SCORING BY COMMITTEE Montreal, Quebec All 20 Team USA skaters have registered at least one point so far in this SOCIAL year’s tournament, marking the fourth time in U.S. history that a U.S. Social Media FOLLOW USA HOCKEY @usahockey National Junior Team accomplished this feat. Two of the three previous Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube teams went on to claim medals, as the 2013 team won the gold medal POG: U.S. Player of the game while the 1986 team earned the first-ever World Junior Championship medal (bronze) in U.S. history. The other team to accomplish the feat, the 2017 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1987 squad, finished in fourth place. In total, 12 players have collected more than one point. Clayton GROUP A GROUP B Keller (3-4) paces all skaters with seven points, Colin White (4-1) is TEAM W OTW OTL L GF:GA PTS TEAM W OTW OTL L GF:GA PTS second on the team with five points and Jordan Greenway (2-2) and SWE 4 0 0 0 18:6 12 USA 4 0 0 0 17:6 12 Troy Terry (2-2) are tied for third with four points each. Each U.S. game DEN 1 1 1 1 11:15 6 CAN 3 0 0 1 21:8 9 has seen at least six players tally a point. CZE 1 0 2 0 9:13 5 RUS 2 0 0 2 16:9 6 “We said it from day one in Buffalo that we felt we had four lines that SUI 0 2 0 2 11:13 4 SVK 1 0 0 3 6:14 3 could score,” said head coach Bob Motzko. “We believe in the guys in FIN 1 0 0 3 6:8 3 LAT 0 0 0 4 6:29 0 this room and know they’re all capable of scoring. The players know that, too, which I think keeps someone from squeezing their stick thinking they MEDIA CONTACT: Jon Gomez • Manager, Communications • 973.723.5744 • [email protected] need to be ‘the guy’. Anybody in there can be ‘the guy’ and that’s what All media availability must be arranged through Jon Gomez. All team members, including head coach Bob Motzko, will be available for post-practice interviews in the designated mixed-zone area. Other media requests may be we feel makes us a difficult team to face throughout this tournament.” submitted through Jon Gomez. 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