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General InformatIon team USa team USa Staff USa hockey leaderShIp hIStory & reSUltS 2013 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP General Informat TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE DATE GAME GROUP COMPETING TEAMS TIME LOCATION BROADCAST I Preliminary Round on Wednesday, Dec. 26 1 A Latvia vs. Finland 1:30 p.m. Sports Palace 2 B Germany vs. Canada 3:30 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network t 3 A Czech Republic vs. Sweden 6:00 p.m. Sports Palace eam US 4 B Slovakia vs. Russia 8:00 p.m. Ufa Arena Thursday, Dec. 27 5 A Switzerland vs. Latvia 6:00 p.m. Sports Palace a 6 B United States vs. Germany 8:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network/NHL.com Friday, Dec. 28 7 A Finland vs. Czech Republic 1:30 p.m. Sports Palace t eam US 8 B Canada vs. Slovakia 3:30 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network 9 A Sweden vs. Switzerland 6:00 p.m. Sports Palace a Staff 10 B Russia vs. United States 8:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network/NHL.com Saturday, Dec. 29 11 A Latvia vs. Sweden 6:00 p.m. Sports Palace GROUP A 12 B Germany vs. Russia 8:00 p.m. Ufa Arena Sweden US Sunday, Dec. 30 13 A Finland vs. Switzerland 1:30 p.m. Sports Palace Finland a h 14 B Canada vs. United States 3:30 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network/NHL.com Czech Republic ockey 15 A Czech Republic vs. Latvia 6:00 p.m. Sports Palace Switzerland l 16 B Slovakia vs. Germany 8:00 p.m. Ufa Arena Latvia eader Monday, Dec. 31 17 A Switzerland vs. Czech Republic 1:30 p.m. Sports Palace S 18 B United States vs. Slovakia 4:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network/NHL.com h GROUP B I p 19 A Sweden vs. Finland 6:00 p.m. Sports Palace Russia 20 B Russia vs. Canada 8:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network h Canada IS tory & tory Slovakia Playoff Round United States Wednesday, Jan. 2 21 Quarterfinal 2A vs. 3B 3:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network r Germany e SU 22 Relega 4A vs. 5:00 p.m. Sports P tion 5B alace lt S 23 Quarterfinal 2B vs. 3A 7:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network Thursday, Jan. 3 24 Semifinal 1B vs. W21 3:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network 25 Relegation 4B vs. 5A 5:00 p.m. Sports Palace 26 Semifinal 1A vs. W23 7:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network Friday, Jan. 4 27 Relegation 5B vs. 5A 3:00 p.m. Sports Palace 28 Relegation 4A vs. 4B 7:00 p.m. Sports Palace 29 5th Place L21 vs. L23 7:00 p.m. Ufa Arena Saturday, Jan. 5 30 Bronze Medal L24 vs. L26 3:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network 31 Gold Medal W24 vs. W26 7:00 p.m. Ufa Arena NHL Network If Russia qualifies for the quarterfinal round it will play in Game 23 If Russia qualifies for the semifinal round it will play in Game 26 All times local (YEKT, 11 hours ahead of ET) Game times and broadcast schedule are subject to change 2013 IIHF WORLD General Informat JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDELINES & TOURNAMENT INFORMATION I on t MEDIA GUIDELINES IIHF ToURNAMENT FORMAT USA HOCKEY eam US Tournament Availability: U.S. National Junior Team players and staff will be Three-Point System for Preliminary Round COMMUNICATIONS STAFF available for 30 minutes following games and practices during the 2013 IIHF World • Three points shall be awarded to the winning team at the conclusion of Dave Fischer a Junior Championship. On game days, interviews must be completed immediately regulation. Senior Director, following the pre-game skate. Following games, players and coaches will be made • One point will be awarded to both teams at the conclusion of regulation if the Communications t [email protected] eam US available no later than 10 minutes after the conclusion of the game. game is tied. • An additional point shall be awarded to the team winning the game in either the 719-538-1171 IIHF Tournament Media Protocol a overtime period or the Game-Winning Shots procedure. Staff • All accredited media shall have free access to cover all team practices, game- Matt Trevor* day skates and games. Overtime Procedures Manager, • Locker rooms are closed to all media. • If a preliminary-round game is tied after three periods, a five-minute four- Communications US • All player interviews will be conducted in a designated mixed zone area within on-four sudden-death overtime period shall be played immediately after an [email protected] a h 719-538-1176 ockey the arena. Requests for players should be directed to the appropriate media/ intermission of three minutes. The teams will defend the same goals as in the public relations staff assigned to each team. The interviews will then take place third period. Julie Juarez l in the mixed zone area. • If a playoff, quarterfinal, semifinal or bronze-medal game is tied after three eader Manager, • Players will be made available in the mixed zone no later than 10 minutes after periods, a 10-minute four-on-four sudden-death overtime period shall be Social Media/ Communications S the conclusion of the game, with a general media access period of 30 minutes. played immediately after an intermission of three minutes. The teams will h [email protected] I p • Following the conclusion of Team USA games, a formal press conference will defend the same goals as in the third period. 719-538-1169 be held with head coach Phil Housley. • If the gold-medal game is tied after three periods, a 20-minute four-on-four h IS • All media requests for the U.S. National Junior Team should be directed to sudden-death overtime will start immediately after a 15-minute intermission tory & tory Jake Wesolek Matt Trevor. during which time the ice will be cleaned. The teams will change ends. Manager, • The official television partners of the event will be given priority for all • If no goal is scored in the overtime period of any game, the Game-Winning Communications & Marketing r e interviews. Shots procedure will apply. SU [email protected] lt S 734-327-9251, ext. 317 Information: Up-to-date statistics, news, features and other various media Game-Winning Shots Procedure resources are available at USAHockey.com. USA Hockey information and updates can Shots will be taken at both ends of the ice surface. Three players from each team Brian Smith also be found on Facebook (Facebook.com/USAHockey) and Twitter (@usahockey). will take shots alternately until a decisive goal is scored. If the score is still tied after Brian Fishman Intern Use the Twitter hashtag #USAWJC for event specific tweets. three shots by each team, the procedure will continue with a tiebreak sudden-death [email protected] shootout by one player from each team. The teams may use the same player or new 719-538-1172 players for each shot in the tiebreak shootout, until the outcome is decided. Credits: The 2013 U.S. National Junior Team media guide was produced by USA Hockey, the national governing body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States. *U.S. National Junior Team media contact Editorial Staff: Matt Trevor, Dave Fischer, Julie Juarez, Jake Wesolek, Brian Smith and Victoria Thomas Photos: Getty Images, IIHF-HHOF Images on Ice, USA Hockey Layout: Dana Ausec Template Design: Greg Kleinert Design 2013 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP General Informat COMPETING TEAMS I on CANADA CZECH REPUBLIC FINLAND ALL-TIME VS. TEAM USA ALL-TIME VS. TEAM USA ALL-TIME VS. TEAM USA Record: 26-3-1-5-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Record: 7-1-1-8-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Record: 16-0-2-11-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) t eam US Goals For: 164 Goals For: 59 Goals For: 140 104 51 119 Goals Against: Goals Against: Goals Against: a Years Faced: 34 Years Faced: 13 Years Faced: 27 Last Win: 12/31/11 (3-2) Last Win: 12/30/11 (5-2) Last Win: 12/28/11 (4-1) 1/5/10 (5-6, OT) 1/4/09 (2-3, OT) 12/26/10 (2-3, OT) Last Loss: Last Loss: Last Loss: t eam US TEAM STAFF TEAM STAFF TEAM STAFF a Staff Head Coach: Scott Spott Head Coach: Miroslav Prerost Head Coach: Harri Rindell Assistant Coaches: Mario Duhamel, Don Nachbaur and Assistant Coaches: Jirí Jurík, Pavel Trnka, Jan Procházka Assistant Coaches: Tomek Valtonen, Niilo Konttinen, Petri André Tourigny and Jaroslav Kameš Karjalainen and Hannu Nykvist US a 2012 TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2012 TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2012 TOURNAMENT RESULTS h ockey Finish: 3rd - Bronze Medal Finish: 5th Finish: 4th Record: 5-0-0-1 Record: 3-0-1-2 Record: 4-0-2-1 l eader Goals For: 35 Goals For: 18 Goals For: 39 Goals Against: 11 Goals Against: 15 Goals Against: 22 S h I p TEAM COLORS TEAM COLORS TEAM COLORS h Red and White White, Red and Blue White and Blue IS tory & tory WEBSITE WEBSITE WEBSITE r www.hockeycanada.ca www.hokej.cz www.finhockey.fi e SU lt S 2013 ToURNAMENT SCHEDULE 2013 ToURNAMENT SCHEDULE 2013 ToURNAMENT SCHEDULE vs.