Another Win For Team USA At The World Championship

RIGA, Latvia – Conor Garland (Scituate, Mass.) and Tage Thompson (Orange, Conn.) each scored and Jake Oettinger (Lakeville, Minn.) contributed 22 saves to help the U.S. Men’s National Team to a 2-1 victory over Norway here tonight in preliminary round play at the 2021 IIHF Men’s World Championship. It was the fourth straight win at the world championship for Team USA.

Team USA is 4-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) and will face Germany on Monday (May 31) in its sixth of seven preliminary round games. Opening faceoff is set for 9:15 a.m. ET and the game can be seen live on NHL Network.

“All the credit to the guys, this was a good hockey game," said Jack Capuano, head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team. "We knew coming in that this would be a tight game. Norway is a good team and made it tough. We’ve got to improve internally, control the penalties and give ourselves more opportunities moving forward."

The U.S. (1-1-0-0/W-OTW-OTL-L) will return to action Monday (May 7) against Germany at 4:15 p.m. local time/10:15 a.m. ET. That game, along with all U.S. Men's World Championship games, will be broadcast live on NHL Network.

For the complete game recap, click here.

Team USA Schedule
2018 IIHF Men's World Championship
Live on NHL Network

Date	Opponent	Location	Time (Local/ET)	Live Broadcast
May 1	Denmark Exhibition	KVIK Hockey Arena Herning, Denmark	W, 3-2	NA
May 4	Canada Preliminary Round	Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark	SOW, 5-4	NHL Network
May 5	Denmark Preliminary Round	Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark	W, 4-0	NHL Network
May 7	Germany Preliminary Round	Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark	4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.	NHL Network
May 10	Latvia Preliminary Round	Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark	4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.	NHL Network
May 11	Korea Preliminary Round	Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark	8:15 p.m./2:15 p.m.	NHL Network
May 13	Norway Preliminary Round	Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark	4:15 p.m./10:15 a.m.	NHL Network
May 15	Finland Preliminary Round	Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark	12:15 p.m./6:15 a.m.	NHL Network
May 17	TBD Quarterfinals	TBD	TBD	NHL Network
May 19	TBD Semifinals	Royal Arena Copenhagen, Denmark	3:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. 7:15 p.m./1:15 p.m.	NHL Network
May 20	TBD Bronze-Medal Game	Royal Arena Copenhagen, Denmark	3:45 p.m./9:45 a.m.	NHL Network
May 20	TBD Gold-Medal Game	Royal Arena Copenhagen, Denmark	8:15 p.m./2:15 p.m.	NHL Network

NOTES:Chris Kreider (Boxford, Mass.) was named the U.S. Player of the Game ... For the complete game stats, click here ... Jeff Blashill (Detroit Red Wings) is serving as head coach for the second straight year ... The staff and players of the 2018 U.S. Men's National Team are selected by Bill Zito (Columbus Blue Jackets), general manager of the 2018 U.S. Men's National Team along with members of the U.S. Men's National Team Advisory Group that includes Stan Bowman (Chicago Blackhawks), David Poile (Nashville Predators), Ray Shero (New Jersey Devils), Dale Tallon (Florida Panthers), and Jeff Gorton (New York Rangers) ... For complete coverage of the U.S. Men’s National Team, visit teamusa.usahockey.com/2018mensworlds … The official online home of the 2018 IIHF Men’s World Championship is 2018.IIHFWorlds.com … The U.S. has finished in the top four of the world championship in three of the last five years ... USA Hockey's international council, chaired by Gavin Regan (Potsdam, N.Y.), has oversight responsibilities for all U.S. national teams.

added 6:42pm,

Hear from head coach Jeff Blashill and @Blockaid1 following #TeamUSA’s second straight win to open the #2018MWC.

Recap → https://t.co/yBx5nuAfao pic.twitter.com/A0FRz8p4PT
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) May 5, 2018

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