Team USA Game Notes 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Moscow/St. Petersburg, Russia USA (3-0-1-3) vs. Czech Republic (5-1-1-0) • Game 8 Thurs., May 19, 2016 • Ice Palace • Moscow, Russia • Quarterfinals Team USA Schedule/Results (times are local/ET) USA Hockey Communications Contact: Dave Fischer Friday, May 6 - Group B (St. Petersburg) Email: [email protected] • Cell: +79 254 033 816 USA vs. Canada* L, 1-5 • TODAY’S GAME Saturday, May 7 - Group B (St. Petersburg) The U.S. Men’s National Team takes on the Czech Republic today Belarus vs. USA W, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship at Monday, May 9 - Group B (St. Petersburg) the Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia. Today’s game will be televised live by NBCSN in the U.S., and also streamed live via NBC Sports Finland vs. USA* L, 2-3 Live Extra. Thursday, May 12 - Group B (St. Petersburg) USA vs. France W, 4-0 • LINEUP TODAY Keith Kincaid will start in goal today for the U.S. In his last outing, Friday, May 13 - Group B (St. Petersburg) he made made 27 saves in a 3-2 overtime loss to Slovakia on USA vs. Hungary W, 5-1 Tuesday (May 17). He is 1-2 in the world championship with a 2.98 Sunday, May 15 - Group B (St. Petersburg) goals against average and .873 save percentage. Forward Kyle Connor and goaltender Thatcher Demko (healthy scratches) will Germany vs. USA L, 2-3 not dress today. Jordan Schroeder returns to the U.S. lineup after Tuesday, May 17 - Group B (St. Petersburg) having been a healthy scratch against Slovakia. Schroeder has USA vs. Slovakia* L, 2-3 OT played more games in a Team USA uniform than any other player Thursday, May 19 - Quarterfinals (Moscow) currently on the roster at 39 (all levels of IIHF play). vs. Czech Republic* 4:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. • ALL-TIME vs. CZECH REPUBLIC Saturday, May 21 - Semifinals (Moscow) Team USA is 5-1-1-6-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) against the Czech vs. TBD TBD Republic in the IIHF Men’s World Championship. Six meetings have Sunday, May 22 - Bronze-Medal Game (Moscow) occurred in the playoff rounds, including the most recent match-up in 2015, which the U.S. won 3-0 in the bronze medal game. vs. TBD 4:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. Sunday, May 22 - Gold-Medal Game (Moscow) USA vs. Czech Republic Series History vs. TBD 8:15 p.m./1:15 p.m. Date Round Result GF-GA All games streamed lived on NBC Sports Live Extra. 5/17/15 Bronze W 3-0 5/22/14 Quarterfinals L 3-4 Games with * above live on NBC Sports Network. Others in preliminary round delayed as 5/11/11 Quarterfinals L 0-4 follows: Belarus-1:30 am ET/Hungary-9:45 a.m./Germany-3 p.m. ET 5/1/07 Preliminary L 3-4 5/16/06 Qualification W 3-1 QF EDITION: BITE SIZE TIDBITS 5/12/05 Quarterfinals OTL* 2-3 The U.S. and the Czech Republic have met four times previ- 5/5/04 Quarterfinals OTW* 3-2 ously in the quarterfinals, with the Czechs winning three times 5/4/02 Qualification L 4-5 (three of four games decided by a single goal). The most recent 5/5/99 Preliminary L 3-4 quarterfinal meeting came in Minsk, Belarus, in 2014, where the 5/5/97 Round Robin W 4-3 Czechs gained a 4-3 win (see boxscore later in these notes). 5/3/96 Semifinals L 0-5 Three players (Brock Nelson, Connor Murphy, Jake McCabe) 4/27/95 Preliminary W 4-2 on this year’s team played in that game two years ago. Nelson 4/28/94 Preliminary W 5-3 had a power play goal in the contest ... Team USA left St. Pe- tersburg yesterday via train at 9:30 a.m. and arrived in Moscow 4/18/93 Preliminary T 1-1 at 1:30 p.m. The group got to its hotel about an hour after ar- * shootout TOTALS 5-1-1-6-1 38-41 riving and after lunch, rest and relaxation was on the agenda in preparation for today’s game. The U.S. had a team meeting • BEN SMITH TO BE INDUCTED INTO IIHF HALL OF FAME at the hotel this morning and departed for the rink about 1:15 Ben Smith, who was the head coach of three U.S. Olympic Wom- p.m. ... Brock Nelson is fourth in the world championship in en’s Ice Hockey Teams, including the 1998 squad that won the faceoff percentage at .655 (19/29). Connor Murphy enters first-ever gold medal awarded in women’s hockey in the Olympic play today second in points among tournament defensemen Winter Games, will be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame here with 3-2--5, while Chris Wideman is eighth (2-2--4) ... The U.S. on Sunday. Smith, who continues to be widely involved in player has allowed the third fewest shots on goal in the tournament evaluation for USA Hockey, was also an assistant coach for the with 149. Finland has allowed the fewest (117), followed by 1988 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. He was the first Canada (129), the U.S., Germany (162) and Czech Republic full-time women’s national team coach ever hired by USA Hockey (168) ... Ron DeGregorio, co-chair of the board of USA Hock- back in 1996, a position he held for 10 years. Smith’s wife, Julie, ey, was elected to the IIHF Council earlier today ... Jim Smith, is with him here in Moscow for the celebration. president of USA Hockey; Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey; and Gavin Regan, vice president of USA Hock- • LOU VAIRO HERE ey are all here for today’s game in addition to DeGregorio ... Lou Vairo, currently the director of special projects for USA Team USA is 2-2 to date in games with a 4:15 p.m. start time Hockey and one of the most esteemed coaches in the U.S., is (Canada, Hungary, France, Germany) ... Three of Team USA’s here in Moscow and will be for the remainder of the world cham- four losses have been decided by a 3-2 count, including one in overtime ... John Hynes and Mike Eaves are the only two pionship. Vairo, who was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of individuals to serve as head coach of a U.S. team in the U18 Fame in 2014, is widely known in Russia, particularly because of Men’s Worlds, World Juniors and Men’s World Championship. his long-time relationship with legendary Russian hockey coach Anatoly Tarasov. Team USA Game Notes vs. Czech Republic • Thursday, May 19, 2016 • 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship • Page Two • MANAGEMENT TEAM USA vs. Czech Republic The 2016 U.S. Men’s National Team is under the direction of the U.S. Men’s National Team Advisory Group, includ- Tale of the Tape ing NHL general managers Stan Bowman (Chicago), Category USA Czech Republic Dean Lombardi (Los Angeles), David Poile (Nashville), Record 3-0-1-3 5-1-1-0 Ray Shero (New Jersey) and Dale Tallon (Florida). Also Goals For/Avg. 22/3.14 27/3.86 involved is Don Waddell, president of Gale Force Sports Goals Against/Avg. 18/2.57 12/1.71 & Entertainment. The group is led by Jim Johannson, Power Play .267 (8-30) .182 (4-22) USA Hockey’s assistant executive director of hockey oper- Penalty Killing .833 (25-30) .818 (18-22) Shots For Gm/Avg. 202/28.9 240/34.3 ations. Chris Drury, director of player development for the Shots Against Gm/Avg. 149/21.3 168/24.0 New York Rangers, is also part of the management group Shorthanded Goals 0 2 for the 2016 U.S. Men’s National Team. Top Scorers Larkin (2-5--7) Birner (4-3--7) Matthews (3-3--6) Cervenka (2-5--7) • USA HOCKEY’S NTDP ROOTS Murphy (3-2--5) Pastrnak (1-5--6) Fourteen members of the 2016 U.S. Men’s National Top Goalie (statistically) Condon Furch Team were members of USA Hockey’s National Team (2-2, 2.26, .885) (2-1, 0.65, .972) Development Program. The NTDP is an elite development program created by USA Hockey in 1996 currently housed • THE U.S. IN QUARTERFINAL GAMES -- Quarterfinal in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth, Michigan. games have been played in the IIHF World Championship since 1992 with the exception of 1997, 1998, and 1999. Of • TEAM LEADERSHIP GROUP the 21 years quarterfinals have been played, the U.S. has Matt Hendricks is the captain of the 2016 U.S. Men’s qualified for the quarterfinal game all but twice. Team USA National Team. He played on his first U.S. Men’s National is 7-12-0 in 19 previous quarterfinal games. A breakdown is Team a year ago and as captain helped lead Team USA to below. the bronze medal. Hendricks was the oldest member of the U.S. Men’s National Team a year ago and holds that same 2015 USA 3, Switzerland 1 distinction this year at age 34. The next oldest on the team 2014 Czech Republic 4, USA 3 is Nick Foligno (28). Hendricks has served as an alternate captain throughout his professional career, including at 2013 USA 8, Russia 3 Edmonton the last three seasons.