T E A M U S A G A M E N O T E S U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Russia Sunda, April 8, 2012 • Burlington, VT • 7:00 p.m. EDT Team USA Communications Manager WEBCAST : FASTHockey.com Courtney Welch - [email protected] LIVE STATS : http://bit.ly/WWCLiveStats2012 248.302.7348 GAME DAY : The top-seeded and three-time defending world champion United States (1-0-0-0) and No. 3 Russia (0-0-0-1) meet in the team’s second preliminary-round game of the 2012 IIHF Women’s TEAM USA SCHEDULE & RESULTS World Championship at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The Americans defeated Canada, 9-2, last night, while the Date Opponent Time (Local/EDT)/Result Russians lost to Finland, 5-4. Team USA arrived in Burlington on Wednesday (April 4) after holding a Sat., March 31 Canada* L, 1-0 selection/training camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., from March 25-April 3. Prior to the final U.S. roster being Tue., April 3 Finland@ W, 7-0 announced on April 1, the 27-player preliminary team played Canada in a pre-tournament game on Sat., April 7 Canada W, 9-2 March 31 in Ottawa, Ont., and the 23-player final roster hosted Finland in a pre-tournament game in Sun., April 8 Russia 7:00 p.m. Lake Placid, N.Y. on April 3. Canada won the exhibition game, 1-0, while Team USA shut out Finland, Tues., April 10 Finland 7:00 p.m. 7-0. Wed., April 11 Quarterfinals TBD Fri., April 13 Semifinals TBD USA vs. Russia : The U.S. and Russia are meeting for the eighth time in IIHF Women’s World Sat., April 14 Third-Place/Gold-Medal TBD Championship history. In the seven previous meetings, Team USA holds the 7-0-0-0 advantage, having *Pre-tournament game in Ottawa; @ Pre-tournament game in Lake Placid, NY outscored the Russians by a combined total of 65-5. All but two of the games between the two teams have come in the preliminary round (in 2001 and 2011, the teams met in the semifinals). Prior to the game on Sunday (April 8), the last matchup between the teams took place on August 24, 2011, when the U.S. garnered a 12-0 victory at the IIHF Twelve Nations Invitational Series. Overall in the event, COVERING TEAM USA Team USA holds a 50-2-4-7-1 record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T), with four gold medals and nine silvers. USAHOCKEY.COM COVERAGE .............................Burlington2012.com Meanwhile, Russia has previously participated 10 times, with a 17-1-0-27-2 mark and one bronze TEAM USA BLOG .............................................bit.ly/USWomensBlog medal (2001). At the last world championship, the United States captured the gold medal with a 4-1- TEAM USA MEDIA GUIDE ......................bit.ly/WWC2012MediaGuide 0-0 record, while Russia finished fourth with a 0-1-1-3 mark. The two teams also met at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 16, 2010, when the U.S. won by a 13-0 score. Overall, dating back to the teams’ first meeting in 1999, the U.S. and Russia have played nine times and the Americans have won all nine contests, outscoring the Russians, 90-5. Twitter.com/USAHockey Facebook.com/USAHockey USA vs Russia at the World Championship #WWC2012 Date Venue Location Result April 23, 2011 Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland USA 5, RUS 1 U.S. RESULTS AT April 18, 2011 Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland USA 13, RUS 1 April 6, 2009 Patria Arena Hameenlinna, Finland USA 8, RUS 0 WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS April 1, 2004 Halifax Metro Centre Halifax, N.S. USA 8, RUS 0 Year Head Coach Record Finish April 7, 2001 Mariucci Arena Minneapolis, Minn. USA 6, RUS 1 2011 Katey Stone 4-1-0-0-0 Gold April 4, 2000 Hershey Centre Mississauga, Ont. USA 15, RUS 0 2009 Mark Johnson 4-0-0-1-0 Gold March 8, 1999 Lansi-Auto Arena Espoo, Finland USA 10, RUS 2 2008 Jackie Barto 4-0-1-0-0 Gold 2007 Mark Johnson 3-0-1-1-0 Silver 2005 Ben Smith 4-1-0-0-0 Gold Stat Comparison 2004 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver USA Russia 2001 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Record 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-1 2000 Ben Smith 4-0-1-0-0 Silver Goals For/Game 94 1999 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Goals Against/Game 25 1997 Ben Smith 3-0-1-0-1 Silver Shots For/Game 33 17 1994 Karen Kay 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Shots Against/Game 21 30 1992 Russ McCurdy 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Power Play 3/6 (50.00) 1/3 (33.3) 1990 Don Macleod 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Penalty Kill 3/3 (100) 6/7 (85.71) PIM/Game 6 16 USA vs GP W OTW OTL LTGF GA SOF SOA Canada 18 52 3 8047 57 12 China 66000056 630 Scoring/Period 1 2 3 OT SO Total Finland 11 90 1 0150 17 31 USA 513009 Germany 55000060 230 Russia 202004 Japan 1100008010 Kazakhstan 1100009010 GAME 1 VS CANADA : The U.S. scored five first period goals en route to a 9-2 victory over Canada Norway 33000033 120 to start the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Championship on April 7. Ten different players factored in the Russia 77000065 530 scoring, including a hat trick from M onique Lamoureux-Kolls, and M olly Schaus made 19 saves. Slovakia 1100005010 The nine goals the U.S. scored against Canada were the most in the 103-game history between the two Sweden 88000066 12 20 teams. The previous high of seven goals was set twice, occuring on Jan. 6, 2002 in Detroit, Mich. (Pre- Switzerland 55000055 520 Olympic Tour) and Feb. 14, 1998 in Nagano, Japan (Olympic Winter Games). Totals 65 51 1481451 103 22 3 Page 1 USAHockey.com THE WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP : The IIHF Women’s World SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : The U.S. Women's National Program has Championship is being held for the 14th time since its inception in 1990. Since 1999, enjoyed much success in recent years. U.S. teams have won four of the last five IIHF it has been run on an annual basis, with the exception of Olympic years (2002, World Women’s Championships (2005, 2008-09, 2011), as well as three of the first 2006, 2010) and 2003, when the event was canceled due to SARS virus concerns. five IIHF World Women’s U18 Championships (2008-09, 2011). This year marks the third time that the United States has hosted the event - Canada has hosted five times, Finland has hosted three times, China, Sweden and ABOUT BURLINGTON : Burlington is the largest city in Vermont, with about Switzerland have each hosted once. For the preliminary round, Group A (No. 1 40,000 year-round residents. Located on Lake Champlain’s northeastern shore, the United States, No. 2 Canada, No. 3 Finland and No. 4 Russia) are based at Gutterson city of Burlington was chartered in 1763 and was already a flourishing lumber port Fieldhouse in Burlington, while Group B (No. 5 Sweden, No. 6 Switzerland, No. 7 in the 1860s. Slovakia and No. 8 Germany) are playing at Cairns Arena in Burlington. From there, the playoff and medal rounds are taking place at Gutterson Fieldhouse, with the rel - IIHF WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ON U.S. SOIL: This marks the egation round at Cairns Arena. Canada has won the championship on nine occasions third time the IIHF Women’s World Championship has been hosted in the U.S. Lake (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999-2001, 2004, 2007), while the U.S. has captured Placid, N.Y., hosted in 1994, while Minneapolis had the the event in 2001. the title the other four years (2005, 2008-09, 2011). Team USA has only lost once to a team other than Canada in the world championship, which happened in 2008 MILESTONES to Finland in overtime of the round-robin playoff round (the U.S. went on to win the • Six players are skating in their first IIHF Women's World Championship, gold medal that year). including defensemen M egan Bozek and M ichelle Picard and forwards Hannah Brandt, Jillian Dempsey, Amanda Kessel and Taylor W asylk. GOALIE RECORDS: Both Molly Schaus and Jessie Vetter have played in net • M egan Bozek and Taylor W asylk are making their U.S. senior-team against Russia. Schaus earned her first career U.S. shutout at the 2009 world cham - debuts. pionship on April 6, 2009, with 13 saves in an 8-0 win, while Vetter made seven • M egan Bozek scored her first point, an assist on a second-period Jocelyne stops in a 13-0 shutout victory at the 2010 Olympics on Feb. 16, 2010. Schaus Lamoureux goal, in Team USA’s 9-2 win over Canada on April 7. played the preliminary-round game in 2011 against Russia, making 19 saves in a 13-1 win; meanwhile, Vetter played the semifinals game in 2011, making 13 saves TIDBITS in a 5-1 victory. • The U.S. leads the tournament with nine goals on 33 shots for a 27.3% effi - ciency rate, having outscored opponents 9-2 through one game. NEW FORMAT : There are eight teams divided into two groups, but the groups are • M onique Lamoureux-Kolls scored her first world championship hat trick stacked rather than parallel.