2018 U.S. OLYMPIC MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM GAME NOTES 2018 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES | PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA Preliminary Round • USA (0-0-1-0) vs. Slovakia (1-0-0-0) • Gangneung Hockey Centre • Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea • Feb. 16, 2018 TODAY'S GAME AFTER AN OPENING LOSS The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team faces Slovakia today After losing its opening game in an Olympic tournament, the U.S. is 6-3- in the second of three preliminary round games for both teams at 0 in its next contest. The last time the U.S. lost its opening game of the the XXIII Olympic Winter Games. Team USA is the home team, will Olympics was in 1998 when Sweden posted a 4-2 win. The U.S. came back wear its navy jersey and occupy the right bench (from the player’s to win its second contest by a 5-2 count over Belarus. The last time the U.S. lost its first two games of an Olympics was in 1984 (4-2 to Canada on perspective looking onto the ice). Today's game will be televised on Feb. 7 and 4-1 to Czechoslovakia on Feb. 9). The 1984 U.S. Olympic Team CNBC and streamed live at NBCOlympics.com. featured the famed "diaper line" with Pat LaFontaine (age 18), Ed Olczyk (age 17) and David A. Jensen (age 18) and is the youngest team ever in U.S. THE LATEST Olympic men's history with an average age of 21.45. LINEUP TODAY Ryan Zapolski will get the call in goal today for Team USA. Zapolski OVERHEARD AT PRACTICE YESTERDAY "My thumb and forefinger are getting so sore from the pistachios" made his Olympic debut on Wednesday (Feb. 14) and made 22 saves in a 3-2 overtime loss to Slovenia. He plays for Jokerit of the KHL and leads the league in shutouts with nine. Zapolski played NCAA Division -- Bert Godin, U.S. Equipment Manager I college hockey at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. .... Goaltender Context: Athletic Trainer Stan Wong brought three sizable bags of Brandon Maxwell, defenseman Will Borgen, and forward Jim Slater Pistachios to South Korea and he and Godin are already on the third bag. will not dress today. SEAN BRAZIEL ALL-TIME VS. SLOVAKIA IN THE OLYMPICS Sean Braziel, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, is the The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team is 1-0-0-1-1 (W-OTW-OTL- team leader for the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team. In his career, L-T) all-time against Slovakia at the Olympics. The teams met in the first Braziel deployed to more than 27 countries and served in 13 separate preliminary round of the last Games in 2014, with the U.S. earning a 7-1 combat deployments. In his final position during his 22 years of active victory. Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists and 11 different players service, he was the deputy commander for Marine Corps Intelligence registered points. Activity, in Quantico, Virginia—the 1,200 person civilian and military Service Intelligence Center. USA vs. Slovakia Series History JOHANNSON PRESENCE Date Round Result GF-GA U.S. general manager Jim Johannson passed away unexpectedly in the 2/13/14 Preliminary W 7-1 early morning hours on Jan. 21, 2018, at his home in Colorado Springs, 2/18/06 Preliminary L 1-2 Colo., at the age of 53. Johannson's wife Abby and their two-year-old 2/15/94 Preliminary T 3-3 daughter Ellie are here today as is Johannson's brother John. There is a TOTALS -- 1-0-0-1-1 13-6 locker stall dedicated to Johannson in the team's dressing room and all (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) members of Team USA have JJ T-shirts and coins. Other remembrances TIDBITS include a patch inside both the practice and game jerseys and JJ pins. Brian O'Neill and Jordan Greenway scored in their Olympic debut Wednesday (Feb. 14) vs. Slovenia. The last players previously to score TEAM USA SCHEDULE in their first Olympic game came in 2010 when Ryan Malone, Bobby DATE OPPONENT TIME (LOCAL/ET)/RESULT Ryan and David Backes tallied in their first ever Olympic game -- a 3-1 win over Switzerland on Feb. 16 ... Of the 22 players that dressed WED., FEB. 14 USA VS. SLOVENIA L, 2-3 OT for Wednesday's (Feb. 14) game vs. Slovenia, all but Brian Gionta were Kwandong Hockey Centre NBCSN . making their Olympic debut. In addition, John McCarthy played his first- ever game for a U.S. national team at any level ... Jordan Greenway FRI., FEB. 16 USA VS. SLOVAKIA 12:10 P.M. is celebrating his 21st birthday here today in South Korea. It's the first Gangneung Hockey Centre CNBC 10:10 p.m. (Feb. 15) time he has celebrated a birthday in this country ... Team USA has a large contingent of family and friends here in South Korea. Chad Billins, SAT., FEB. 17 O.A.R. VS. USA 9:10 P.M. Jonathon Blum and Noah Welch each have 10 guests. For five players Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 7:10 a.m. -- Blum, Chris Bourque, Chad Kolarik, David Leggio, and Bobby Sanguinetti -- both their wife and child(ren) are here, along with others TUES., FEB. 20 QUALIFICATION TBD in some cases ... Team USA is tied with Slovenia as the second oldest TBD NBCSN/USA in the tournament in average age at 30, trailing only Canada at 31. Teams range in average age from 27 to 31. Further, the U.S. is tied as the shortest team in the tournament at 1.82 meters and 11th in average WED., FEB. 21 QUARTERFINALS TBD TBD NBCSN/USA weight at 190 pounds. The U.S. faces Slovakia today, the tallest (1.87) and heaviest (201) of any team in the tournament on average. FRI., FEB. 23 SEMIFINALS TBD U.S.-SLOVAKIA IN DEUTSCHLAND CUP Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN The U.S. and Slovakia faced off in the Deutschland Cup on Nov. 10, 2017, in Augsburg, Germany, with Slovakia earning a 2-1 victory. While the SAT., FEB. 24 BRONZE-MEDAL GAME 9:10 P.M. U.S. outshot Slovakia, 36-16, its only goal came from Bobby Sanguinetti Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 7:10 a.m. at 13:31 of the third period to close the deficit to what turned out to be the final score of 2-1. Of the 22 players in the lineup tonight vs. Slovakia SUN., FEB. 25 GOLD-MEDAL GAME 1:10 P.M. for Team USA, 10 dressed (Zapolski, Leggio, Gunderson, Sanguinetti, Gangneung Hockey Centre NBCSN 11:10 p.m. (Feb. 24) Stoa, Welch, Roe, Gionta, Blum, Billins) in the game vs. Slovakia in the Deutschland Cup. Slovakia's Olympic roster contains 16 members of the team that the U.S. faced in the Deutschland Cup. MEDIA INFORMATION Dave Fischer (Primary Men's Contact) CAPTAIN AMERICA [email protected]/719.684.5940 or 010 5165 8015 Brian Gionta is captain of the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Gionta, who played for Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Winter Games in Brian Kelley (Secondary Men's Contact) Torino, Italy, has skated in 1,006 career NHL regular-season contests. The [email protected]/010 9801 8035 U.S. has three alternate captains in defensemen Matt Gilroy and Noah and forward . Two of the three will serve as alternates ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE Welch Jim Slater Player and staff bios pertinent to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team for each game, with Gilroy and Welch serving the role for today's game. along with historical information is available online at TeamUSA.USAHockey.com. @usahockey • TeamUSA.USAHockey.com • USAHockey.com • #WinterOlympics 1 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM GAME NOTES Preliminary Round • USA vs. Slovakia • February 16, 2018 GAME-BY-GAME REVIEW USA vs. Slovenia • Game 1 February 15, 2018—at Kwangdong Hockey Centre • Gangneung, South Korea (3,348) Slovenia (v) 0 0 2 1 — 3 United States (h) 1 1 0 0 — 2 1st: USA-O'Neill (Roe, Donato), 17:44 2nd: USA-Greenway (O'Neill, Sanguinetti), 12:57 3rd: SLO-Urbas (Gregorc, Vidmar), 5:49 SLO-Mursak (Gregorc, Verlic), (w/goalie pulled), 18:23 OT: SLO-Mursak (Ticar, Ubras), :38 Penalties: SLO 3-6, USA 3-6 Power Plays: SLO 0-3, USA 0-3 Saves: SLO-Kroselj (10-12-12-0--34); 60:38 USA-Zapolski (14-6-5--25); 60:38 Shots: SLO 3-9-11-2--25; USA 11-13-12-0--36 Officials: Refs-Jan Hribik, Anssi Salonen; Lines-Roman Kaderli, Lukas Kohlmueller Notes: Slovenia rallied for a 3-2 overtime win in the opening game of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games for both teams here tonight. It was a 9:10 p.m. faceoff in what will be the only game the U.S. men will play at Kwangdong. Of the 22 players dressed for the game, 21 were making their Olympic debut. It was only the second meeting ever between the two teams. TIDBITS FROM PREVIOUS GAME NOTES Five U.S. players arrived in Gangneung the evening of Feb. 7, while 17 NTDP ROOTS others arrived the evening of Feb. 8. Brian Gionta, Bobby Sanguinetti Five members of the U.S. Olympic squad played at USA Hockey’s National and Ryan Bourque had travel delays and didn't arrive until just after Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., including Jordan Team USA's practice on Feb.