Unfortunately, Team USA's highly-anticipated WUG debut didn't go very well, as the Americans dropped a 5-1 decision to Slovakia. Since I didn't see the game, I'm going to have to rely heavily (okay, entirely) on the USA Hockey release. Thanks, USA Hockey.
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| Samantha Redick scored Team USA's goal. |
Penn State UpdateERZURUM, Turkey – The U.S. Women's National University Team fell to Slovakia, 5-1, here today in its opening game of the 2011 Winter World University Games. Samantha Redick (Anchorage, Alaska/ Lindenwood University) scored for the U.S., which is competing in the women's tournament for the first time.
"It's pretty exciting for all of us to be a part of the first U.S. women's team at this event and represent our country," said Mo Stroemel, head coach of the U.S. Women's National University Team. "It is a tough loss for the first outing, but we have a chance to bounce back with a game again tomorrow against the host country."
Slovakia took a 3-0 lead early in the second period, before the U.S. responded with a goal at the 10:20 mark of the middle frame. Ashley Rumsey (West Olive, Mich./ Grand Valley State University) sent a pass to Redick, who fired a shot past Slovakia goaltender Zuzana Tomcikova for Team USA's first goal of the tournament.
Slovakia added two more goals in the third period to seal the victory, 5-1.
Goaltender Heather Rossi (Effort, Pa./ Penn State University) made 18 saves for the U.S. in the loss.
Team USA will next face host Turkey tomorrow (Jan. 28) at 4 a.m. EST.
Heather Rossi started and finished the game in net for Team USA, recording 18 saves on 23 shots...Lindsay Reihl was paired with Lindenwood's Shea Crawford on defense and was a -2 (on ice for the Slovakia goals that made it 2-0 at 13:36 of the first period and 3-0 at 0:48 of the second period. She also took a holding penalty at 8:05 of the third period that was successfully killed...Denise Rohlik and Katie Vaughan (obviously, since Rossi played the whole game) did not record any stats.
Cumulative PSU Stats
GP G A PTS +/- PIM
Lindsay Reihl 1 0 0 0 -2 2
Denise Rohlik 1 0 0 0 0 0
GP Record SOG SVS SV% GAA
Heather Rossi 1 0-0-0-1 23 18 0.783 5.00
Katie Vaughan 0 0-0-0-0 0 0 -- --
Other Games
In a possible preview of a game that might happen again in the not-too-distant future, Ellie Seedhouse's shootout winner gave Canada a 2-1 decision over Finland. Marieve Provost's goal with 1:29 left had forced overtime...Great Britain demolished Turkey 10-0.
Current Standings
GP W OTW OTL L PTS GF:GA
GBR 1 1 0 0 0 3 10:0
SVK 1 1 0 0 0 3 5:1
CAN 1 0 1 0 0 2 2:1
FIN 1 0 0 1 0 1 1:2
USA 1 0 0 0 1 0 1:5
TUR 1 0 0 0 1 0 0:10
Upcoming Schedule
January 28th: USA-TUR 4:00 a.m., FIN-GBR 8:00 a.m., CAN-SVK 12:00 p.m.
January 30th: CAN-GBR 4:00 a.m., FIN-USA 8:00 a.m., TUR-SVK 12:00 p.m.
Men
The USA men, of course, don't start their tournament until 1:00 p.m. Eastern tomorrow against Kazakhstan.
Other Games
The Czech Republic added to a pretty rough day for the host country, trashing Turkey 16-0...Russia survived a superhuman effort from goaltender Yuta Narisawa (56 shots, 53 saves) and edged Japan 3-2 on Ayrat Ziazov's third period goal...Canada bombed Slovenia 9-0.
Current Standings
Group A
GP W OTW OTL L PTS GF:GA
CZE 1 1 0 0 0 3 16:0
RUS 1 1 0 0 0 3 3:2
JPN 1 0 0 0 1 0 2:3
TUR 1 0 0 0 1 0 0:16
Group B
GP W OTW OTL L PTS GF:GA
CAN 1 1 0 0 0 3 9:0
KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0
BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0
SLO 1 0 0 0 1 0 0:9
Group C
GP W OTW OTL L PTS GF:GA
SVK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0
KAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0
USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0
ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0
Upcoming Schedule
January 28th: KOR-BLR 5:00 a.m., ESP-SVK 9:00 a.m., KAZ-USA 1:00 p.m.
January 29th: RUS-CZE 5:00 a.m., JPN-TUR 9:00 a.m., CAN-BLR 1:00 p.m.
January 30th: KOR-SLO 5:00 a.m, SVK-USA 9:00 a.m., KAZ-ESP 1:00 p.m.
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