NTDP Overseas

[boblee]

The national team will head overseas April 4, and will be playing some stiff competition. Here is a thread for thoughts and updates.

[packerboy]

Who is this team and how are they chosen?

[Gopher Blog]

The team is mainly made up of the NTDP's U18 team with a few additions (Patrick White, Ryan McDonagh, and Jim O'Brien... and possibly another goalie that is playing in Canada (but obviously would be American) but I don't know the name). The tourney is the World U18 championships. It is in Finland this year.

[packerboy]

Thats why I asked because I know one of the kids who is playing and he stayed in high school for his senior year instead of going to NTDP.

So, how does that sit with the kids that spent the year in Ann Arbor?

Did some of those guys not get to make the trip because of the guys you mentioned ?

Is this a seperate deal with tryouts?

[The Exiled One]

... and possibly another goalie that is playing in Canada (but obviously would be American) but I don't know the name).

Thomas McCollum or Jeremy Smith from the OHL maybe?

[RLStars]

Thats why I asked because I know one of the kids who is playing and he stayed in high school for his senior year instead of going to NTDP.

So, how does that sit with the kids that spent the year in Ann Arbor?

Did some of those guys not get to make the trip because of the guys you mentioned ?

Is this a seperate deal with tryouts?

I think they only took the Catholics! hehe

[Gopher Blog]

Thats why I asked because I know one of the kids who is playing and he stayed in high school for his senior year instead of going to NTDP.

So, how does that sit with the kids that spent the year in Ann Arbor?

Did some of those guys not get to make the trip because of the guys you mentioned ?

Is this a seperate deal with tryouts?

O'Brien is essentially stepping in for Mike Hoeffel's spot since he injured his knee a few weeks ago and had to have surgery. But the other additions were decided a while ago.

But almost every year, USA Hockey adds a few players from outside of the NTDP to supplement their club. They didn't add any last year though (although I am think they would have added Okposo if he had been available). A couple of years ago, they added four players (including Chad Rau).

I don't know if it hurts anybody's feelings or not. I wouldn't be surprised if it did for a few. Occasionally, a few guys do get left home if they didn't perform as expected during the season. Although I don't know if that will be the case this year.

It is probably a tough call for the people involved. You certainly want to win the gold for your country but it can't be easy to possibly leave a guy at home when he played for you all year.

[Iceburg]

TOURNAMENT LINK

[Gopher Blog]

... and possibly another goalie that is playing in Canada (but obviously would be American) but I don't know the name).

Thomas McCollum or Jeremy Smith from the OHL maybe?

I don't know which guy it might be. I just knew there was talk of adding a goalie from up there.

[Iceburg]

Both McCollom and Smith are on the roster on the tournament site (see the link on my post above). I would guess they won't take as many players as are on that roster, it seems a little large. Jeremy Smith was very impressive at the Select 17 Festival last summer and is pretty highly rated for this summer's NHL draft.

[gomnhky]

Looks like Jordan Schroeder had a growth spurt - he's listed at 5'11"/165 - must be something in the water in Michigan !

[The Exiled One]

Both McCollom and Smith are on the roster on the tournament site (see the link on my post above). I would guess they won't take as many players as are on that roster, it seems a little large. Jeremy Smith was very impressive at the Select 17 Festival last summer and is pretty highly rated for this summer's NHL draft.

I'm guessing if they're only taking two, it's Phillips and Smith. Either goaltender makes this U18 look pretty strong.

I take it this tournament is for ANY '89 or younger? Obviously, a couple of the guys are already 18.

[snowwhite13]

They have jordan and vinny's height swited, jordan is 5'8 and vinny is 5'11

[eastonstealth]

I was suprised to see a '91 born goalie playin U18

[Gopher Blog]

I was suprised to see a '91 born goalie playin U18

I don't recall having seen Adam Murray play at Selects last year but I have heard really good reports on him. He took an unofficial visit to the U last summer. I guess his dad is friends with some of the staff (obviously because of their time in Alaska). Who knows... maybe the kid ends up playing for the Gophers someday. If it did happen, I believe it would be their first player from Alaska since MacSwain back in the 80s.

[packerboy]

I think they only took the Catholics! hehe

Are they that smart?

[Iceburg]

RAUMA, Finland – The U.S. National Under-18 Team fell to Russia today, 5-3, in its opening game at the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship at Rauma Aijanuso.

The U.S. opened the scoring when James O’Brien (Maplewood, Minn.) beat Russian netminder Vadim Zhelobnyuk three minutes into the game with Team USA on the power play. Ryan McDonagh (Arden Hills, Minn.) found O’Brien at the bottom of the left circle and O’Brien snuck a wrist shot past Zhelobnyuk to the short side.

Russia replied 14:35 later when Nikita Filatov tipped a shot from the point over U.S. netminder Thomas McCollum's (Sanborn, N.Y.) shoulder to knot the game at 1-1.

Russia gained its first advantage of the game with a power-play goal by Sergey Krostin 3:44 into the second frame. After a Russian defenseman missed the net with a shot from the point that bounced off the end boards, Krostin picked up the rebound on the right side of the U.S. goal and slipped it past McCollum. U.S. forward Jordan Schroeder (Lakeville, Minn.) evened the game at 2-2 before the end of the second period when he tapped home a loose puck in front of the Russian net. A slap shot from Kevin Shattenkirk (New Rochelle, N.Y.) bounced around in the Russian crease and Schroeder tapped the loose puck into the net.

Russia opened the third-period scoring when Dmitry Kugryshev beat McCollum with a wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle eight minutes into the frame to give the Russians a 3-2 lead. Dmitry Kagarlitsky then scored a wraparound goal 4:42 later to stretch the Russian advantage to 4-2.

With 5:22 remaining in the contest, O’Brien notched his second goal of the night when he tipped a Vinny Saponari (Powder Springs, Ga.) pass by Zhelobnyuk to make it a 4-3 game.

Russia scored an empty-net goal with 27 seconds remaining to put the game out of reach.

“We squandered some great opportunities tonight,” said Ron Rolston, head coach of Team USA. “We can’t ask for more chances on the power play. We just need to bear down and cash in when the time comes. Russia is a good hockey team and their netminder played well tonight. We will work on a few things tonight and in the morning to help us be more successful against Germany tomorrow.”

The U.S. National Under-18 Team will face Germany tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. EDT in its second of four preliminary-round contests.

NOTES: O’Brien (U.S.) and Zhelobnyuk (RUS) earned Best Player of the Game Honors … Tonight’s defeat was the first for the U.S. National Under-18 Team in 12 games at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship. Team USA’s last lost came to Russia in the gold-medal game at the 2004 IIHF World Under-18 Championships in Minsk, Belarus.

3
5 (Final)

First Period
USA: O'Brien (McDonagh, Vaive) 3:00 pp
RUS: Filatov (Kulikov) 17:35
Penalties – RUS, Chudinov (high sticking), 1:31; RUS, Goncharov (hooking), 4:14; USA, Wilson (hooking), 12:30; USA, Shattenkirk (interference), 12:59; USA, Fairchild (cross checking), 18:33

Second Period
RUS: Korostin (Chudinov, Seleznev) 3:44 pp
USA: Schroeder (Wilson, Shattenkirk) 17:40 pp
Penalties – USA, Fairchild (hooking), 3:44; RUS, Loktionov (interference), 6:07; USA, O’Brien (hooking), 7:19; RUS, Korostin (hooking), 8:12; RUS, Karamov (slashing), 11:32; RUS, Chudinov (hooking), 11:32; RUS, Bench (too many players), 15:15; RUS, Churlyaev (charging), 15:38; USA, White (hooking), 16:49; RUS, Cherepanov (high sticking), 17:40; RUS, Petrov (elbowing), 18:57; RUS, Churlyaev (interference), 19:25

Third Period
RUS: Averin (Filatov, Kulikov) 8:00
RUS: Kagarlitskiy (Karamnov) 12:42
USA: O'Brien (Saponari) 14:38
RUS: Lukyanchikov (Un.) 19:33 pp, en
Penalties – RUS, Averin (hooking), 2:59; USA, R. Hayes (cross checking), 5:57; RUS, Filatov (high sticking), 7:38; RUS, Kulikov (high sticking), 15:39; USA, O’Brien (hooking), 18:44; USA, Rust (tripping), 19:51

Shots on goal
USA: 11-15-20-46
RUS: 13-8-11-32

Goalies
USA: McCollum, RUS: Zhelobnyuk

Power Play: RUS 2-9; USA 2-14
Penalties: RUS 14-28; USA 9-18
Attendance: 1,639

GAME STATS

[Iceburg]

U.S. National Under-18 Team Tops Germany, 9-1
Rust, Schroeder and Cole Notch Two Goals Apiece in Tournament Victory

RAUMA, Finland - Led by a five-goal first period, the U.S. National Under-18 Team topped Germany by a 9-1 score today in its second game at the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship at Rauma Aijanuso. Matt Rust (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Jordan Schroeder (Lakeville, Minn.) and Ian Cole (Ann Arbor, Mich.) tallied two goals apiece and netminder Josh Unice (Toledo, Ohio) turned aside 32-of-33 shots to earn the victory for Team USA.

Rust opened the scoring 3:26 into the game when he took a chip pass from Brennan Vargas (Coon Rapids, Minn.) at the top of the German zone, walked in all alone and put a backhand shot under German netminder Andreas Tanzer's glove. Team USA gained a 2-0 lead during a power-play opportunity 3:14 later when Schroeder split the German defense at the blue line and beat Tanzer with a move to his backhand.

Team USA scored three goals within a 58-second span to extend its lead to 5-0 before the first intermission. Ryan Hayes (Syracuse, N.Y.) found a cutting Cole, who buried the puck into the top left corner of the net at 17:28. Rust then notched his second goal of the period when he corralled the rebound of a C.J. Severyn (Beaver, Pa.) attempt and put a shot past a sprawling Tanzer at 17:41, while Cade Fairchild (Duluth, Minn.) made it a five-goal contest at 18: 26.

Germany got on the scoreboard early in the middle stanza when Alexander Oblinger buried a shot from the top of the right circle at 5:54. Team USA struck back 1:29 later when Schroeder tipped a James vanRiemsdyk (Middletown, N.J.) shot past Tanzer during a U.S. power play. John Albert (Concord, Ohio) closed out the period's scoring when he beat a German defenseman and put a snap shot to the far side of the net at 9:06 to give Team USA a 7-1 lead.

The United States added another pair of power-play goals in the final frame to account for the 9-1 final score. Cole tallied his second goal of the game at the 9:14 mark when he walked in from the left point and beat German goaltender Timo Pielmeier, who replaced Tanzer midway through the second period. Jimmy Hayes (Dorchester, Mass.) tallied the game's final goal when buried a loose puck in front of the German net with 9:39 remaining in the game.

The U.S. National Under-18 Team went 4-for-9 with the man advantage, while Germany was scoreless in eight attempts on the power play.

"We received a good effort throughout the line-up today," said Ron Rolston, head coach of Team USA. "Today's game again showed how important special teams are in this tournament."

Following a day off tomorrow, the U.S. National Under-18 Team will face Canada on Sunday (April 15) at 11:30 a.m. EDT in its third of four preliminary-round contests.

NOTES: Rust was named Best Player of the Game for Team USA … The United States is now 3-2-0 versus Germany in five meetings at the IIHF World Under-18 Championships.

9
1 (final)

First Period
USA: Rust (Vargas) 3:26
USA: Schroeder (Shattenkirk) 6:40 pp
USA: Cole (J. Hayes, R. Hayes) 17:28
USA: Rust (Severyn) 17:41
USA: Fairchild (Wilson, VanRiemsdyk)
Penalties - USA, vanRiemsdyk (tripping), 1:06; GER, Heyer (holding), 5:30; USA, Fairchild (slashing), 7:51; GER, Bruckner (tripping), 13:16; GER, Eickmann (slashing), 17:08

Second Period
GER: Oblinger (Sturm,Schopf) 5:54
USA: Schroeder (Wilson, VanRiemsdyk) 7:23
USA: Albert (J. Hayes) 9:06
Penalties - GER, Heyer (tripping), 7:01; USA, White (hooking), 10:58; USA, O'Brien (slashing), 14:55

Third Period
USA: Cole (Vaive, Cross) 9:14 pp
USA: J. Hayes (Albert) 10:21 pp
Penalties - USA, Albert (hooking), 4:20; USA, Severyn (hooking), 5:33; GER, Oblinger (roughing), 8:02; GER, Flaake (kneeing), 9:33; USA, Fairchild (high sticking), 14:05

Shots on Goal
USA: 16-16-16-48
GER: 8-10-15-33

Goalies
USA: Unice, GER: Tanzer, Pielmeier

Power Play: GER 0-8; USA 4-9
Penalties: GER 9-18; USA 8-16
Attendance: 1,244

GAME STATS

[Iceburg]

RAUMA, Finland - The U.S. National Under-18 Team lost a heartbreaker tonight to Canada, 3-2, in a shootout at the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship at the Rauma Aijanuso. James vanRiemsdyk (Middletown, N.J.) and Justin Vaive (Buffalo, N.Y.) scored for Team USA and netminder Josh Unice (Toledo, Ohio) turned aside 31 shots in net for the U.S. in tonight's contest.

In the opening period Canada struck first, 8:45 into the game, when defenseman Luke Schenn caught a pass at the top of the U.S. zone and fired a shot over the shoulder of Unice to gain a 1-0 lead.

Team USA struck back five minutes into the second stanza when vanRiemsdyk gathered in a rebound off the backboards from a Ryan McDonagh (Arden Hills, Minn.) point shot and tucked the puck into an empty net behind Canadian netminder Trevor Cann to knot the game at 1-1.

The U.S. gained its first lead of the game with 6: 25 to play in the contest when Vaive knocked in a loose puck in front of Cann to give Team USA a 2-1 advantage. Canada replied 2:38 later in the final period when Colton Gillies tipped a pass from Yann Suave off the crossbar and in to make it a 2-2 contest.

Unice and Cann both made big saves down the stretch to send the game to overtime. In the four-on-four five-minute extra session, Team USA earned a power-play when Matt Rust (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) was hauled down en route to a breakaway. The U.S. was unable to score with the man advantage, sending the game to a three-man shootout.

Team USA won the coin toss to determine the shooting order and elected to shoot second. Steve Stamkos went first for Canada and beat Unice with a deeke to his forehand. Ryan Hayes (Syracuse, N.Y.) was stopped by Cann on Team USA's first attempt. Unice denied Zach Torquato and then U.S. captain Kevin Shattenkirk (New Rochelle, N.Y.) scored to even the shootout at 1-1. Canada's third shooter, Kyle Turis was also stopped by Unice, giving vanRiemsdyk a chance to win the game for Team USA. Cann stopped vanRiemsdyk to send the shootout to sudden death.

In the second round of the shootout Team USA shot first. Shattenkirk was stopped by Cann, then Stamkos missed the net for Canada. Jordan Schroeder (Lakeville, Minn.) was denied by the Canadian netminder, then Zac Boychuck was able to sneak a shot between Unice's outstretched leg and the left goalpost to end the game.

The U.S. National Under-18 Team (1-1-1) will face Latvia (0-2-0) on Tuesday (April 17) at 9 a.m. EDT in the fourth and final round-robin game of the opening round.

NOTES: Shattenkirk was named Best Player of the Game for Team USA … The U.S. National Under-18 Team must defeat Latvia on Tuesday to advance to the cross-over round beginning on Thursday (April 19) in Tampere, Finland.

2
3 (shoot out)

First Period
CAN: Schenn (Arniel, Stamkos) 8:45
Penalties - USA, Fairchild (interference), 18:47

Second Period
USA: vanRiemsdyk (McDonagh) 5:00
Penalties - CAN, Bench (too many men), 2:01; CAN, Stamkos (boarding), 14:39; CAN, Stamkos (roughing), 17:28; USA, Cole (cross checking), 17:28; USA, McDonagh (roughing), 19:20

Third Period
USA: Vaive (R. Hayes, O'Brien) 13:35
CAN: Gilles (Sauve, Negrin) 16:13
Penalties - USA, O'Brien (holding), 2:14; USA, Wilson (hooking), 4:36; CAN, Sauve (tripping), 7:03; CAN, Doughty (tripping), 11:21

Overtime
No Scoring
Penalties - CAN, Doughty (hooking), 1:33

Shots on Goal
CAN: 7-13-11-2-33
USA: 12-19-10-5-46

Goalies
CAN: Cann, USA: Unice

Power Play: CAN 0-4; USA 0-5
Penalties: CAN 6-12; USA 5-10
Attendance: 2,361

GAME STATS

[Iceburg]

RAUMA, Finland -- Led by a four-goal first period, the 2007 U.S. National Under-18 Team blanked Latvia, 8-0, in its final Preliminary Round game of the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship this afternoon at Rauma Aijanuso. Patrick White (Grand Rapids, Minn.) and Justin Vaive (Buffalo, N.Y.) tallied two goals apiece and netminder Josh Unice (Toledo, Ohio) turned aside all 19 shots he faced to earn Team USA's second win of the tournament.

With the victory, Team USA finished third in Group A and advanced to the Playoff Round, where it will face Slovakia on Thursday (April 19) at 11:30 a.m. EDT in Tampere, Finland. The winner of the game will face Canada on Friday (April 20) at 11:30 a.m. EDT in the semifinals.

"We had a good overall effort today," said Ron Rolston, head coach of Team USA. "We are looking forward to moving over to Tampere (Finland) and starting the cross-over round. Hopefully we can carry momentum from this afternoon into the Slovakia game and beyond."

White opened the scoring for Team USA at the 5:28 mark of the first frame off a feed from Ryan Hayes (Syracuse, N.Y.). James vanRiemsdyk (Middletown, N.J.) notched his second goal in as many games at 10:27 to stretch the early U.S. lead to 2-0. Just 1:13 later, Vaive put Team USA up 3-0 when he notched his second goal of the tournament. C.J. Severyn (Beaver, Pa.) capped off the four-goal period at 14:53. Following Severyn's goal, Latvia replaced Vasiljevs with Nauris Enkuzens between the pipes.

In the second stanza, White tallied a power-play goal at 10:43 to give Team USA a 5-0 advantage. James O'Brien (Maplewood, Minn.) and defenseman Ryan McDonagh (Arden Hills, Minn.) assisted on White's second marker of the game.

Team USA dominated the final period of play, holding a 28-2 shots advantage and adding another pair of goals for the 8-0 final score. Vaive added his second tally of the day and third of the tournament at 1:54, followed by goals from Colin Wilson (Greenwich, Conn.) and Ryan Hayes at 9:13 and 12:07 to close out the scoring.

NOTES: Team USA wore black armbands in memory of those who lost their lives yesterday at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. The IIHF recognized the tragedy with a moment of silence prior to the game … White was named Best Player of the Game for Team USA … This afternoon's contest was the first time the United States has played Latvia at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship … Unice is leading the tournament with a .954 save percentage.

8
0 (final)

First Period
USA: White (R. Hayes) 5:28
USA: vanRiemsdyk (Shattnkirk) 10:27
USA: Vaive (Wilson, Schroeder) 11:40
USA: Severyn (Rust, Vargas) 14:53
Penalties - LAT, Grundmanis (charging), 6:58; USA, McDonagh (hooking), 12:27; LAT, Jekimovs (tripping), 16:36; USA, Cole (holding), 18:44

Second Period
USA: White (O'Brien, McDonagh) 10:43 pp
Penalties - LAT, Birzins (hooking), 10:43; USA, vanRiemsdyk (hooking), 14:52

Third Period
USA: Vaive (Albert, Fairchild) 1:54
USA: Wilson (Schroeder, Sturges) 9:13
USA: R. Hayes (Vaive, Cole) 12:07
Penalties - LAT, Birzins (holding), 10:12; USA, Rust (charging), 10:12; LAT, Enkuzens (delay of game), 14: 46; USA, Severyn (hooking), 16:19; USA, Rust (boarding), 18:50; LAT, Buzats (tripping), 20:00

Shots on Goal
USA: 15-14-28-57
LAT: 8-9-2-19

Goalies
USA: Unice, LAT: Vasiljevs, Enkuzens

Power Play: LAT 0-5; USA 1-5
Penalties: LAT 6-12; USA 6-12
Attendance: 2,032


GAME STATS

[boblee]

Atta Boy Patrick!

[HSLinemaker]

Way to go Mr. White.

Way to go Iceburg.

[boblee]

Way to go team USA by wearing the black arm bands

[rbkhockey]

Is it for the shooting at VT?

[boblee]

Is it for the shooting at VT?

Yes.