2007 World University Games

2007 World University
Games - Torino, Italy

Introduction
[By William "Will" Rusk, Newsletter Editor]
The Winter World University Games ("WUGs") will be held January 17th to 27th in Torino, Italy. The games will held at the Tazzoli Rink and the Torre Pellice. The WUGs, also known as the Universiade, are held every two years under the auspices of FISU, the International University Sports Federation (www.fisu.net).
The US University Select hockey team (Team USA) features 22 players that were selected after an USA Hockey identification camp held in August, which featured non-varsity players from the three men's divisions (333 teams total) in the ACHA.
Keith Jordan, Frank Berry, and Lukas DeLorenzo from the Icers are on the team. Forwards Mike McMullen and Nate Obringer are alternates. Other ACHA Men's Division I teams that have players on the team are Illinois, Rhode Island, Michigan-Dearborn, and Ohio University.
The team's coach is Chad Cassel from University of Illinois. Assistant coaches are Joe Augustine from Rhode Island and David Debol from Michigan-Dearborn.
The WUGs features 1500 players from the 17-28 year range in 11 sports and 72 metal events. It is the second largest sporting event in the world.
The last US team had a 3-3-0 record in 2003, and the US returned to the games in 2001.
For more information on these games, their official web site in English is at http://www.universiadetorino2007.org/ENG/home.aspx .

Game Results

OTHER GAME SCORES
January 27, 2007
Semifinal: Kazakhstan 5 (finishes 3rd) - Finland 2 (finishes 4th)
Semifinal: Canada 3 (finishes 1st) - Russia 1 (finishes 2nd)
January 26, 2007
Semifinal: Kazakhstan 1 - Russia 3
Semifinal: Canada 2 - Finland 1
January 25, 2007:
Japan 5 (finishes 10th) - Korea 2 (finishes 9th)
Italy 1 (finishes 6th) - Slovakia 2 (finishes 5th)

January 25, 2007
USA 0 - CZECH REPUBLIC 3
Scoring By Period: USA 0-0-0 -- 0; CZE 1-0-2 -- 3
First Period – Scoring: 1, CZE, Kubista (Kriz), 5:49. Penalties: CZE, Fiedler (cross checking), 6:10; USA, Podelnyk (cross checking), 8:42; USA, Fuhs (hooking), 16:37; USA, Cash (cross checking), 19:51.
Second Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: CZE, Kubista (hooking), 2:57; USA, Eberenz (boarding), 7:25; USA, Kuehn (holding), 9:34; USA, Schmitt (delay of game), 9:55; CZE, Nemec (elbowing), 12:22; USA, Chubirka (elbowing), 16:56.
Third Period – Scoring: 2, CZE, Hauer (Zluva), 15:23 (5x3 pp); 3, CZE, Kubista (unassisted), 19:21 (en). Penalties: CZE, Fiedler (interference), 4:16; USA, Kuehn (5-minute major – checking to the head), 6:48; USA, Kuehn (game misconduct), 6:48; USA, Schmitt (cross checking), 9:26; CZE, Hauer (interference), 11:40; CZE, Raska (delay of game), 12:43; USA, Berry (interference), 13:45; USA, Eberenz (interference), 15:12; USA, Cash (roughing), 16:16.
Shots By Period 1 2 3 Total: USA 4 6 10 20; CZE 13 16 15 44
Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 Total: USA, Feyock, 59:32 13-12 16-16 14-13 43-41; CZE, Sevcik, 59:54 4-4 6-6 10-10 20-20
Power Play: USA 0-6; CZE 1-12
Penalties: USA 12-47; CZE 6-12
Note: USA finishes 8th and Czech Republic finishes 7th

OTHER GAME SCORES
January 24, 2007:
Great Britain 1- Japan 7
Kazakhstan 4 - Finland 4
Italy 7 - Czech Republic 0
Canada 2 - Russia 2

January 24, 2007:
USA 5 - KOREA 2
Scoring By Period: USA 3-0-2 -- 5; KOR 1-0-1 -- 2
First Period – Scoring: 1, KOR, Sim (unassisted), 12:58; 2, USA, Heredia (Liang), 13:54; 3, USA, Chubirka (unassisted), 15:51 (sh); 4, USA, Heredia (Liang), 16:08 (sh). Penalties: USA, Bonacorso (interference), :39; USA, Kuehn (hooking), 2:01; KOR, Song (holding), 5:50; KOR, Ko Byung (holding), 10:24; USA, Kuehn (high sticking), 14:48; USA, DeLorenzo (slashing), 17:24; KOR, Y. Lee (slashing), 17:24; USA, Kuehn (charging), 18:18.
Second Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: USA, Bonacorso (delay of game), :25; KOR, Ko Byung (holding), :32; USA, DeLorenzo (interference), :48; KOR, H. Lee (interference), 3:32; KOR, Park (hooking), 6:26; USA, Schmitt (interference), 8:10; USA, Curran (tripping), 13:24; USA, Krebsbach (roughing), 16:34; KOR, Baek (roughing), 16:34; KOR, Bench Minor (too many men), 16:43.
Third Period – Scoring: 5, USA, McMullen (DeLorenzo), 12:07 (pp); 6, KOR, Y. Lee (Park, E. Kim), 16:28 (pp); 7, USA, Jordan (Curran, Kuehn), 19:09 (pp). Penalties: KOR, Choi (cross checking), 5:50; USA, Liang (interference), 7:00; KOR, Park (hooking), 11:32; USA, Berry (charging), 12:32; KOR, Song (hooking), 12:39; USA, Chubirka (charging), 14:31; KOR, Hwang (hooking), 17:36.
Shots By Period 1 2 3 Total: USA 15 7 13 35; KOR 7 8 8 23
Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 Total: USA, Feyock, 60:00 7-6 8-8 8-7 23-21; KOR, S. Kim, 58:53 15-12 7-7 13-11 35-30; KOR, J. Kim, :35 0-0 x-x x-x 0-0
Power Play: USA 2-9; KOR 1-11
Penalties: USA 13-26; KOR 12-24

OTHER GAME SCORES
January 22, 2007:
Japan 3 - Czech Republic 5
Kazakhstan 20 - Great Britain 1
Finland 2 - Italy 3
Canada 8 - Slovakia 0

January 22, 2007
USA 2 - RUSSIA 5
Scoring By Period : RUS 2-0-3 -- 5 ; USA 1-1-0 -- 2
First Period – Scoring: 1, RUS, Rychagov (Isakov), 3:52 (5x3 pp); 2, RUS, Leskin, (unassisted), 4:50 (pp); 3, USA, DeLorenzo (McMullen), 13:56. Penalties: RUS, Ternavskiy (tripping), :15; USA, Tomassoni (holding), 2:23; USA, Heredia (cross checking), 3:19; RUS, Trusov (tripping), 5:28; RUS, Isakov (tripping), 6:59; USA, McMullen (kneeing), 11:31; RUS, Trusov (slashing), 14:21; RUS, Kachesov (hooking), 17:48.
Second Period – Scoring: 4, USA, McMullen (DeLorenzo, Bonacorso), 19:18. Penalties: USA, Jordan (tripping), 9:08; USA, Chubirka (slashing), 10:41; RUS, Zasypkin (interference), 19:39.
Third Period – Scoring: 5, RUS, Leskin (Zasypkin), 13:34; 6, RUS, Rychagov (unassisted), 16:34; 7, Rychagov (unassisted), 18:51 (eng). Penalties: USA, Tomassoni (tripping), 5:53; RUS, Isakov (slashing), 8:54; USA, Cash (holding), 10:35; USA, Heredia (delay of game), 16:34.
Shots By Period 1 2 3 Total: RUS 9 13 15 37; USA 9 8 3 20
Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 Total: RUS, Koryakin, 60:00 9-8 8-7 3-3 20-18; USA, Feyock, 59:56 9-7 13-13 14-12 36-32
Power Play: RUS 2-9; USA 0-8
Penalties: RUS 8-16; USA 9-18

OTHER GAME SCORES January 21, 2007:
Czech Republic 4 - Kazakhstan 5
Russia 4 - Slovakia 2
Italy 2 - Japan 3
Great Britain 1 - Finland 22
Korea 0 - Canada 14

January 19, 2007
USA 2 - SLOVOKIA 3
Scoring By Period: USA 0-1-1 -- 2; SVK 1-0-2 -- 3
First Period – Scoring: 1, SVK, Galko (Ruckay), 3:42 (pp). Penalties: USA, DeLorenzo (hooking), 2:37; USA, Chubirka (tripping), 5:01; USA, Biliouris (hooking), 5:57; SVK, Liptak (interference), 8:17; SVK, Vojtek (interference), 10:57; SVK, Chrenko (slashing), 16:40; SVK, Kolnik (holding), 17:33; SVK, Klement (charging), 18:28.
Second Period – Scoring: 2, , Eberenz (Curran, Tomassoni), 19:49 (pp). Penalties: , Kuehn (illegal equipment), 2:19; , Bonacorso (kneeing), 5:32; , Podelnyk (hooking), 9:33; , Schmitt (hooking), 13:14; , Cash (high sticking), 16:08; SVK, Klein (hooking), 17:57.
Third Period – Scoring: 3, SVK, Gonczi (Liptak), 2:13 (pp); 4, SVK, Polacek (Huntata), 2:39; 5, , Bonacorso (Heredia), 3:07. Penalties: , Bench Minor (delay of game), 1:47; , (hooking), 4:56; SVK, Vojtek (interference), 7:18; , Krebsbach (delay of game), 10:48; SVK, Chrenko (hooking), 12:30; SVK, Ruckay (hooking), 19:06.
Shots By Period 1 2 3 Total: SVK 11 16 7 34; USA 8 8 7 23
Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 Total: USA, Feyock, 58:36 11-10 16-16 7-5 34-31; SVK, Stieranka, 59:49 8-8 8-7 7-6 23-21; SVK, Surek, :11 x-x 0-0 x-x 0-0
Power Play: 1-9; SVK 2-11
Penalties: 11-22; SVK 9-18

OTHER GAME SCORES JANUARY 19, 2007:
Japan - 4, Kazakhstan - 5
Russia - 8, Korea - 0
Great Britain - 0, Italy - 10
Finland - 3, Czech Republic - 2

January 18, 2007
CANADA 5 - USA 0
scoring By Period : CAN 2-0-3 -- 5 ; USA 0-0-0 -- 0
First Period – Scoring: 1, CAN, Hennigar (unassisted), 3:58 (pp); 2, CAN, Fournier (Roach), 11: 15 (pp). Penalties: CAN, Roach (interference), :13; USA, Force (tripping), 2:38; CAN, Laprise (tripping), 5:06; USA, Raushel (boarding), 7:45; USA, Tomassoni (boarding), 10:49; CAN, Zanowski (cross checking), 13:54; CAN, Fournier (interference), 16:50.
Second Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: USA, Curran (cross checking), 3:05; USA, Biliouris (boarding), 6:42; CAN, McAllister (interference), 9:00; USA, Kuehn (hooking), 15:38; CAN, Turner (hooking), 18:38.
Third Period – Scoring: 3, CAN, Rudisuela (Boyce), 3:40; 4, CAN, Benedict (unassisted), 4:15; 5, CAN, Laprise (Fournier), 13:52. CAN, Friesen (cross checking), 10:12; CAN, Roberts (high sticking), 14:37; CAN, Hotham (cross checking), 18:16; USA, Raushel (tripping), 19:13.
Shots By Period 1 2 3 Total : CAN 13 12 10 35; USA 7 3 3 13
Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 Total : CAN, Drew, 60:00 7-7 3-3 3-3 13-13; USA, Feyock, 60:00 13-11 12-12 10-7 35-30
Power Play: CAN 2-7; USA 0-10
Penalties: CAN 10-20; USA 7-14

OTHER GAME SCORES JANUARY 18, 2007:
Czech Republic - 12, Great Britain - 0
Japan - 4, Finland - 9
Kazakhstan - 3, Italy - 1
Slovakia - 13, Korea - 0

PRE WUG 2007 EXHIBITION GAME
January 13, 2007
USA 1 - WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 0
Scoring By Period: USA 0-0-1 -- 1; WVU 0-0-0 -- 0
First Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: USA, Biliouris (hooking), 10:42; WVU, Leszcynski (slashing), 17:52.
Second Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: WVU, Kurth (slashing), 2:45; USA, Fuhs (slashing), 5:33; USA, Schmitt (tripping), 6:35.
Third Period – Scoring: 1, USA, Podelnyk (unassisted), 15:35. Penalties: USA, Fuhs (hooking), 3:18; WVU, Leszcynski (tripping), 5:22; USA, McMullen (hooking), 18:09.
Shots By Period 1 2 3 Total: USA 8 13 8 29; WVU 2 3 4 9
Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 Total: USA, Feyock, 30:27 2-2 3-3 - 5-5; USA, Yu, 29:33 - 0-0 4-4 4-4; WVU, Kret, 58:54 8-8 13-13 8-7 29-28
Power Play: USA 0-3; WVU 0-5
Penalties: USA 5-10; WVU 3-6

US Team Roster

GOALTENDERS
29 Anthony Feyock 6-2 (187) 170 (77) 9/19/84 L Senior Johnstown, Pa. University of Rhode Island
1 Stephen Yu 6-3 (190) 195 (88) 11/23/85 R Junior Garden City, Mich. University of Mich.-Dearborn
DEFENSEMEN
5 Jon Biliouris 6-2 (187) 195 (88) 2/16/86 R Sophomore North Smithfield, R.I. University of Rhode Island
4 Anthony Bonacorso 5-8 (173) 170 (77) 7/2/86 R Junior Munhall, Pa. Arizona State University
2 Jayson Cash 6-3 (190) 210 (95) 7/25/85 R Senior Dayton, Ohio Wright State University
6 Danny Force 6-1 (185) 210 (95) 7/24/84 L Senior Riverside, Calif. University of Oklahoma
3 Keith Jordan 6-0 (183) 190 (86) 2/8/84 L Junior State College, Pa. Penn State University (Assistant Captain)
7 Mike Mannina 5-9 (175) 190 (86) 6/5/84 R Sophomore Schaumburg, Ill. University of Illinois
9 Ryan Tomassoni 6-0 (183) 170 (77) 7/19/86 R Junior Carol Stream, Ill. Robert Morris College
FORWARDS
16 Frank Berry 6-1 (185) 195 (88) 6/9/86 R Sophomore Allentown, Pa. Penn State University
15 Marshall Chubirka 6-0 (183) 202 (92) 6/29/84 L Senior Crystal Lake, Ill. University of Illinois
11 Mike Curran 5-9 (175) 175 (79) 12/31/84 L Senior Devon, Pa. University of Rhode Island
19 Lukas DeLorenzo 5-11 (180) 185 (84) 2/24/85 R Sophomore Export, Pa. Penn State University
12 Scott Eberenz 5-10 (177) 180 (82) 1/13/84 R Senior Springfield, N.J. University of Rhode Island
20 James Fuhs 5-10 (177) 185 (84) 6/7/84 L Senior Pittsburgh, Pa. Ohio University
10 Drew Heredia 6-0 (183) 185 (84) 1/26/86 R Junior Wadsworth, Ill. University of Illinois
23 Nick Krebsbach 5-8 (173) 180 (82) 11/2/82 R Senior Minot, N.D. North Dakota State University (Captain)
24 Joel Kuehn 6-1 (185) 185 (84) 7/27/84 L Senior Troy, Mich. University of Mich.-Dearborn (Assistant Captain)
22 Johnny Liang 5-8 (173) 175 (79) 1/10/85 R Sophomore Glenview, Ill. University of Illinois
17 Thomas Montes 6-1 (185) 210 (95) 9/20/81 L Sophomore Forest Park, Ill. DePaul University
14 Michael Podelnyk 6-2 (187) 185 (84) 6/24/86 L Junior Howell, Mich. Western Michigan University
21 Allen Raushel 6-2 (187) 200 (91) 9/11/85 R Junior Ames, Iowa Iowa State University
Head Coach: Chad Cassel – Champaign, Ill.
Assistant Coaches: Joe Augustine – North Scituate, R.I.; David Debol – Saline, Mich.
Team Leader: Ashley Bevan – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Equipment Manager: Scott Aldrich – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Scouting Coordinator: Dr. Alan Murdoch – Ames, Iowa
Media Relations: Craig Stancher – Colorado Springs, Colo.

Schedule

Pool A: Czech Republic, Great Britain, Japan, Finland, Kazakhstan, Italy
Pool B: United States, Canada, Slovakia, Korea, Russia

Thursday, Jan. 18
Game 1 Czech Republic vs. Finland 1:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 2 United States vs. Canada 2:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Game 3 Japan vs. Finland 4:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 4 Kazakhstan vs. Italy 7:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 5 Slovakia vs. Korea 8:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Friday, Jan. 19
Game 6 Japan vs. Kazakhstan 1:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 7 Russia vs. Korea 2:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Game 8 Great Britain vs. Italy 4:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 9 Finland vs. Czech Republic 7:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 10 Slovakia vs. United States 8:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Saturday, Jan. 20
Day Off
Sunday, Jan. 21
Game 11 Czech Republic vs. Kazakhstan 1:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 12 Russia vs. Slovakia 2:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Game 13 Italy vs. Japan 4:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 14 Great Britain vs. Finland 7:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 15 Korea vs. Canada 8:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Monday, Jan. 22
Game 16 Japan vs. Czech Republic 1:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 17 United States vs. Russia 2:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Game 18 Kazakhstan vs. Great Britain 4:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 19 Finland vs. Italy 7:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 20 Canada vs. Slovakia 8:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Day Off
Wednesday, Jan. 24
Game 21 Great Britain vs. Japan 1:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 22 Korea vs. United States 2:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Game 23 Kazakhstan vs. Finland 4:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 24 Italy vs. Czech Republic 7:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 25 Canada vs. Russia 8:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Thursday, Jan. 25
Game 26 A5 vs. B5 1:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 27 A4 vs. B4 4:30 PM Torre Pellice
Game 28 A3 vs. B3 7:30 PM Torre Pellice
Friday, Jan. 26
Game 29 B2 vs. A1 4:00 PM Tazzoli Rink
Game 30 A2 vs. B1 8:30 PM Tazzoli Rink
Saturday, Jan. 27
Game 31 L29 vs. L30 2:00 PM Tazzoli Rink
Game 32 W29 vs. W30 6:00 PM Tazzoli Rink

Schedule is subject to change.
All game times are local - Eastern Standard Time is six hours earlier (ex. 1:30pm local is 7:30am EST).

LINKS

WUG 2007 Web Site
Hockey Page on WUG Site
Team USA Media Guide (USA Hockey Web Site)
WUG Page on our "sister" site www.pennstatehockey.com