World University Games: Day 3

Men

Penn Stater Eric Steinour and Team USA will look to bounce back against Slovakia tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. Photo: Shane Bufano

While action proceeded in Groups A and B today (see below), Team USA and the rest of Group C had the day off from games, although the American delegation did have a scheduled practice from 2:00-2:45 a.m.

Cumulative PSU Stats

                GP  G   A   PTS  +/-  PIM
Tim O'Brien     1   0   0   0    NA   NA
Eric Steinour   1   0   0   0    NA   NA

Other Games

Marat Valiullin's three-point night helped power the Russians past the Czech Republic 5-1. Russia cracked open what had been a tight game with three third-period goals, and now only Turkey now stands between them and a sweep of Group A. I'm pretty confident in how that game will go...Hayato Ebata, Naoto Mizuuchi and Hiromichi Terao all had hat tricks as Japan took their turn padding stats against Turkey, 18-0...in the best game of the men's tournament so far, Belarus jumped into the Group B driver's seat by taking down heavy favorite Canada 3-2 in a shootout. Pavel Razvadouski forced extra hockey with 49 seconds left, and Artsiom Demkov added two goals and an assist, including the shootout winner.

Current Standings

Group A

     GP  W   OTW OTL L   PTS GF:GA
RUS  2   2   0   0   0   6    8:3
JPN  2   1   0   0   1   3   20:3
CZE  2   1   0   0   1   3   17:5
TUR  2   0   0   0   2   0    0:34

Group B

     GP  W   OTW OTL L   PTS GF:GA
BLR  2   1   1   0   0   5   11:3
CAN  2   1   0   1   0   4   11:3 
KOR  1   0   0   0   1   0    1:8
SLO  1   0   0   0   1   0    0:9

Group C

     GP  W   OTW OTL L   PTS GF:GA
SVK  1   1   0   0   0   3    8:1
KAZ  1   1   0   0   0   3    5:0
USA  1   0   0   0   1   0    0:5 
ESP  1   0   0   0   1   0    1:8

Upcoming Schedule

January 30th: KOR-SLO 5:00 a.m, SVK-USA 9:00 a.m., KAZ-ESP 1:00 p.m.
January 31st: JPN-CZE 5:00 a.m., TUR-RUS 9:00 a.m., CAN-KOR 1:00 p.m.
February 1st: BLR-SLO 5:00 a.m., USA-ESP 9:00 a.m., SVK-KAZ 1:00 p.m.

Women

There's even less to discuss on the women's side of things, as the entire field was game-free today. Each team had scheduled ice time for practice, with Team USA's taking place from 7:00-7:45 a.m. Just to rehash where things stand...

Cumulative PSU Stats               
               
                GP  G   A   PTS  +/-  PIM
Lindsay Reihl   2   0   1   1    -1   4
Denise Rohlik   2   1   2   3    +7   0

                GP   Record    SOG   SVS  SV%    GAA    SHO
Heather Rossi   1    0-0-0-1   23    18   0.783  5.00   0
Katie Vaughan   1    1-0-0-0   2     2    1.000  0.00   1
        
Current Standings

     GP  W   OTW OTL L   PTS GF:GA
CAN  2   1   1   0   0   5    5:1
FIN  2   1   0   1   0   4    7:2
USA  2   1   0   0   1   3   16:5  
GBR  2   1   0   0   1   3   10:6
SVK  2   1   0   0   1   3    5:4
TUR  2   0   0   0   2   0    0:25

Upcoming Schedule

January 30th: CAN-GBR 4:00 a.m., FIN-USA 8:00 a.m., TUR-SVK 12:00 p.m.
January 31st: USA-CAN 4:00 a.m., SVK-GBR 8:00 a.m., FIN-TUR 12:00 p.m.
February 1st: No games.