Team USA vs Team Slovakia

· Tuesday, September 3, 1996 · Madison Square Garden

TeamUSAAway

9–3

39–32

TeamSlovakiaHome

Game summary

The Team USA beat the Team Slovakia 9–3 on Tuesday, September 3, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The USA outshot the Slovakia 39–32.

Keith Tkachuk scored a hat trick and Mike Modano scored twice. Peter Bondra, Doug Weight, John LeClair, Mathieu Schneider, Slavomir Ilavsky, Joel Otto and Lubomir Rybovic also scored.

Guy Hebert made 0 saves on 31 shots for the win; Roman Mega stopped 0 of 39.

Goals
USA	3	3	3	9	39
SVK	1	1	1	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Peter Bondra (3)Ziggy Palffy (2), Robert Svehla (3)0–102:15 SVK ·
Keith Tkachuk (2)Brett Hull (4), Phil Housley (1)1–105:50 USA ·
Doug Weight (3)John LeClair (1), Scott Young (1)2–107:13 USA ·
John LeClair (3)Tony Amonte (2), Brian Leetch (2)3–113:34 USA

2nd period

Keith Tkachuk (3)John LeClair (2)4–110:16 USA
Mathieu Schneider (1)Adam Deadmarsh (1), Shawn McEachern (1)5–112:37 USA
Slavomir Ilavsky (1)Vlastimil Plavucha (1)5–216:09 SVK
Keith Tkachuk (4)Mike Modano (3)6–218:20 USA

3rd period

Joel Otto (1)Kevin Hatcher (2)7–203:29 USA
Mike Modano (1)Bill Guerin (2), Keith Tkachuk (1)8–206:16 USA
Mike Modano (2)Brian Leetch (3)9–212:44 USA
Lubomir Rybovic (1)Vlastimil Plavucha (2), Slavomir Ilavsky (1)9–315:38 SVK

Team stats

USASVK

3932

0%0%

2/41/7

1812

Penalties

1:48 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · tripping2 min
2:53 into the first periodJohn LeClair · hooking2 min
5:07 into the first periodJergus Baca · interference2 min
5:28 into the first periodPeter Bondra · holding2 min
8:40 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
13:51 into the first periodDoug Weight · interference2 min
0:26 into the second periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
5:12 into the second periodStanislav Jasecko · holding2 min
8:16 into the second periodJan Varholik · hooking2 min
9:17 into the second periodTony Amonte · high sticking2 min
9:17 into the second periodJergus Baca · cross checking2 min
6:49 into the third periodBill Guerin · slashing2 min
8:41 into the third periodMathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min
17:06 into the third periodAdam Deadmarsh · roughing2 min
17:06 into the third periodZiggy Palffy · roughing2 min

Team USA

Team USA skaters

17Keith TkachukL	3	1	4	+3	4	2	–	–	–	–
9Mike ModanoC	2	1	3	+3	4	0	–	–	–	–
10John LeClairL	1	2	3	+2	3	2	–	–	–	–
2Brian LeetchD	0	2	2	+1	3	2	–	–	–	–
11Tony AmonteR	0	1	1	+1	3	2	–	–	–	–
12Bill GuerinR	0	1	1	+2	2	2	–	–	–	–
14Shawn McEachernC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–	–	–
15Brett HullR	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	–
18Adam DeadmarshC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	–	–	–	–
19Doug WeightC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	–	–	–	–
21Scott YoungR	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–	–	–
29Joel OttoC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	1	1	+4	0	2	–	–	–	–
5Mathieu SchneiderD	1	0	1	+3	4	2	–	–	–	–
6Phil HousleyD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–	–	–
25Brian RolstonL	0	0	0	0	5	0	–	–	–	–
7Chris CheliosD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–	–	–
28Shawn ChambersD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Team USA goalies
Goalie
31Guy HebertG	W	31	0	3	.903	60:00
35Mike RichterG		0	0	0	.000	00:00

Team Slovakia

Team Slovakia skaters

9Vlastimil PlavuchaC	0	2	2	0	5	0	–	–	–	–
17Slavomir IlavskyR	1	1	2	−1	1	0	–	–	–	–
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	0	6	2	–	–	–	–
23Lubomir RybovicL	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–	–	–
24Ziggy PalffyR	0	1	1	−1	2	2	–	–	–	–
8Robert SvehlaD	0	1	1	−4	0	0	–	–	–	–
10Otto HascakC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–	–	–
16Jozef StumpelR	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	–
18Miroslav SatanL	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–	–	–
20Zdeno CigerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
22Richard ZednikL	0	0	0	−3	3	0	–	–	–	–
26Pavol DemitraR	0	0	0	−4	2	0	–	–	–	–
28Lubomir KolnikR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–
2Jergus BacaD	0	0	0	−3	0	4	–	–	–	–
3Ivan DroppaD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–	–	–
4Stanislav JaseckoD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–	–	–
6Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
27Jan VarholikD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–	–	–

Team Slovakia goalies
Goalie
31Igor MurinG		0	0	0	.000	00:00
35Roman MegaG	L	39	0	9	.769	60:00