Contact: Team USa Game Notes Dave Fischer 2013 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Stockholm, Sweden Sr. Director, Communications USA Hockey Finland (5-2-0-2) vs. USA (6-0-0-3) [email protected] Sunday, May 19, 2013 • 4:00 p.m. • Bronze Medal Game 011 44 754 571 8194 • TODAY’S GAME -- The United States and Finland meet tonight for the 58th time in world championship play, but first time ever in the 2013 IIHF Men’s World Championship bronze medal game. Finland Team USA Schedule leads the all-time series by a 27-2-0-20-8 (W-OTW-OTL-L- Preliminary Round -- Helsinki Time/Result T) count. The teams met ear- Saturday, May 4 lier in the tournament (May 8), USA vs. Austria W, 5-3 with the U.S. gaining a 4-1 win in Helsinki (game not Sunday, May 5 included in chart at left). Latvia vs. USA W, 4-1 • IN GOAL -- John Gibson Tuesday, May 7 (Pittsburgh, Pa./Anaheim Russia vs. USA L, 3-5 Ducks) makes his third straight start here today. He Wednesday, May 8 made 28 saves last night USA vs. Finland W, 4-1 against Switzerland. Gibson is Saturday, May 11 3-1-0-0 in this year’s world USA vs. France W, 4-2 championship (1.51, .952) with one shutout. His first start Sunday, May 12 of the tournament came on USA vs. Germany W, 3-0 May 8 in Helsinki with a 31- save effort in a 4-1 win over Tuesday, May 14 Finland. Gibson became the Slovakia vs. USA L, 1-4 second youngest goaltender Medal Round to win a playoff game in world championship history Thursday., May 16 -- Helsinki (Vladislav Tretiak in only one Russia vs. USA W, 8-3 younger) with his 31-save Saturday, May 18 - Semifinals -- Stockholm effort in Team USA’s 8-3 quar- Switzerland vs. USA L, 0-3 terfinal win over Russia on Thursday (May 16). He back- Sunday, May 19 -- Stockholm stopped the U.S. to the gold Finland vs. USA 4:00 p.m./10:00 a.m. medal at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia, where his .955 save • BRONZE IN STOCKHOLM -- The U.S. earned a percentage (5-0-0-2, 1.36) bronze medal in the 1949 world championship here in helped earn him tournament Stockholm. The U.S. roster is below. MVP honors and also the (Jack Riley, coach) GK—Richard Bittner, Al directorate award as the top Yurkewicz—Jack Riley, Bruce Mather, Gerry goaltender in the event. Kilmartin, Norm Walker, William Thayer, Allan Van, Gibson also helped the U.S. Dan Crowley, Pat Finnigan, Charles Holt, Arthur win gold at the 2011 IIHF U18 Crouse, Prince Johnson, Buzz Johnson, John Kelly Men’s World Championship (4-2-0-0, 2.34, .926). • THINGS -- Team USA’s lineup has one change • THE U.S. IN BRONZE MEDAL GAMES -- The U.S. is 2-3-0 in five previ- today from yesterday with Bobby Butler replacing ous bronze-medal games in the IIHF World Championship (see summary Aaron Palushaj at forward ... The U.S. is playing its from 2009 game later in these notes). The IIHF has used various formats 10th game in the world championship, equalling the over its history, including round robin, double round robin and round-robin most games it has ever played in one world champi- medal play among the most common. For a complete history of the tourna- onship. On 10 previous occasions (1969, 1975, 1977- ment, including formats used each year, see the IIHF media guide. Listed 78, 1985-87, 1989-91) the U.S. has played 10 games below are Team USA’s previous bronze medal games. in a single world championship ... Team USA is look- ing for its seventh win in this year’s world champi- 5/8/1994 Sweden 7, USA 2 (in Milan) onship here tonight which would equal the U.S. record 5/4/1996 USA 4, Russia 3 OT (in Vienna) for most wins in a single tournament held by the 1939 GWG scored by Brian Rolston (SHG) from club that finished as silver medalists in Basel/Zurich, Joe Sacco at 4:48 of OT Switzerland ... Brent Reiber is one of the two referees 5/13/2001 Sweden 3, USA 2 (in Hanover) for tonight’s bronze medal game. He also worked the 5/9/2004 USA 1, Slovakia 0 OT/GWS (in Prague) last U.S. appearance in a bronze-medal game back in USA won shootout, 4-2 (goals by Chris Drury, 2009 ... With a win today, the U.S. will have medaled Matt Cullen, Andy Roach, Erik Westrum) in every major international hockey tournament this 5/10/2009 Sweden 4, USA 2 (in Bern) year (Gold-WJC, WWC, Silver-U18M, U18W, Sled). Sweden scored 4 PPGs, including two 5x3 Team USA Game Notes vs. Finland • Sunday, May 19, 2013 • 2013 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Two Statistical Comparison • NEW BITS & PIECES STAT LEADERS ... -- Team USA is the visit- Below is a look at where USA vs. Finland ing team today and will USA players rank in the 2013 IIHF World Championship Statistical Comparison wear its blue jerseys. world championship The U.S. is 2-0 in this through nine games. Category USA Finland year’s world champi- Record 6-0-0-3 5-2-0-2 onship wearing blue ... Scoring Goals For Average 3.56 3.00 The U.S. was shutout T2nd - Stastny (6-7--13) Goals Against Average 2.44 2.22 yesterday for just the T4th - Smith (3-9--12) Power Play .310 (9-29) .182 (8-44) fourth time in the last 10 Penalty Killing .879 (33-37) .839 (26-31) years at the world Goals Shots For Gm/Avg 27.56 29.56 championship (76 total 4th - Stastny (6) Shots Against Gm/Avg 26.56 26.67 games played). The last Shorthanded Goals 10 time previous to yester- Assists Goaltender Save % .916 .925 day the U.S. was 1st -- Smith (9) shutout in a game was T2nd -- Stastny (7) Leading Scorers Stastny (6-7--13) Kontiola (8-7--15) by a 4-0 count to the Smith (3-9--12) Aaltonen (4-7--11) Czech Republic on May T6th -- Faulk (6) Moss (4-2--6) Pesonen (2-6--8) 11, 2011, in the quarter- Faulk (0-6--6) finals ... Most members Faceoff Percentage of Team USA and staff 7th -- Stapleton, .607 2009 IIHF World Championship • Bronze-Medal Game • Sweden vs. USA will head back to the 10th -- Stastny, .598 May 10, 2009—at PostFinance Arena • Bern, Switzerland (11,249) United States in the morning, however, Plus/Minus Sweden (h) 022—4 some players and fami- T3rd - Hunwick, +8 United States (v) 011—2 lies are staying in T7th - Stastny, +7 1st: No Scoring Europe to explore ... 2nd: USA-J. Johnson (Liles), 5x4 PPG, 5:14 Next to the host coun- SWE-Eriksson (Martensson, Weinhandl), 5x4 PPG, 13:24 Defensemen Scoring SWE-Martensson (Weinhandl, Eriksson), 5x3 PPG, 15:57 tries, games involving 3rd - Faulk, 0-6--6 3rd: USA-Pavelski (unassisted), 2:15 the U.S. have been the T6th - Hunwick, 2-2--4 SWE-Gunnarsson (Weinhandl), 5x4 PPG, 9:00 most attended, averag- T6th - Johnson, 2-2--4 SWE-Oduya (Jonsson), 5x3 PPG, ENG, 19:59 ing 8,021 per contest ... Penalties: SWE 8-16, USA 11-22 Power Plays: SWE 4-8, USA 1-5 USA Hockey will be Goaltending Saves: SWE-Liv (16-10-11--37), 60:00 Shots: SWE 9-14-5--28, USA 16-11-12--39 announcing plans sur- USA-Esche (9-12-3--24); 59:11 3rd - Gibson, .952, 1.51 Officials: Refs-Brent Reiber, Rafail Kadyrov; Lines-Andrii Kicha, Antii Orelma rounding its Men’s Olympic Team in the Notes: Sweden scored four times on the power play to down the U.S. in the bronze-medal game. U.S. coach Ron Wilson said after the game, “I’m proud of our young team. I thought they probably deserved a little better fate to be honest.” next few weeks. Ryan Suter was named Team USA’s Player of the Game, while Dustin Brown, David Backes and Ron Hainsey were named Team USA’s three best player of the tournament. Despite the loss, the U.S. moved up from sixth to fifth in the world rank- ing as a result of its fourth-place finish in the 2009 IIHF World Championship. Team USA Record When ... (through games of May 18, 2013) • GOLD MEDALISTS -- Team USA has a total of nine players who have won Outshooting Opponent: 3-0-0-0 gold medals in IIHF World Championship play. Below is a list of players who Being Outshot by Opponent: 3-0-0-3 have earned world titles at the World Junior Championship or World Under- Scoring First Goal: 3-0-0-0 18 Championship. Opponent Scoring First Goal: 3-0-0-3 Matt Carle (2002 U18, 2004 WJC) Leading After First Period: 3-0-0-0 Justin Faulk (2010 U18) Tied After First Period: 2-0-0-2 Alex Galchenyuk (2013 WJC) Trailing After First Period: 1-0-0-1 John Gibson (2011 U18, 2013 WJC) Leading After Second Period: 5-0-0-0 Matt Hunwick (2004 WJC) Tied After Second Period: 1-0-0-1 Erik Johnson (2006 U18, 2007 U18) Trailing After Second Period: 0-0-0-2 Danny Kristo (2010 WJC) Taking More Penalties Than Opponent: 3-0-0-3 Jamie McBain (2006 U18) Equal Penalties: 0-0-0-0 Jacob Trouba (2011 U18, 2012 U18, 2013 WJC) Fewer Penalties Than Opponent: 3-0-0-0 Wearing Blue Jersey: 2-0-0-0 Risto Talvio is Team USA’s host for the 2013 IIHF World Championship.