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Catching Up With Head Coach Todd Richards

04/29/2015, 5:45pm EDT

By USAHockey.com

U.S. head coach talks team dynamic and mentality heading into start of Men's Worlds

Head Coach of the 2015 U.S. Men's National Team, Todd Richards (Crystal, Minn.), previews the upcoming 2015 IIHF Men's World Championship as he discusses the energy and dynamic of the team and what they've accomplished as a group after just two practices. He also gives his thoughts on preparation and expectations heading into the tournament.

The U.S. Men's National team skated past Austria, 4-1, in an exhibition game on Tuesday and will take on Finland on Friday (May 1), in its first preliminary-round game of the tournament.

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Team USA Schedule

For more information about the 2015 U.S. Men's National Team, click here. All sixteen teams will play a round-robin format in the preliminary round with the top four teams from each group advancing to the quarterfinals. The U.S. will play its seven preliminary round games in Ostrava at CEZ Arena. NBC Sports will televise and stream all Team USA games in the 2015 IIHF Men's World Championship. For broadcast schedule click here.

2015 Results

Date	Opponent	Time (Local/ET)/Result
April 28	Austria (ex.)	W, 4-1
May 1	Finland	W, 5-1
May 2	Norway	W, 2-1
May 4	Russia	W, 4-2
May 7	Belarus	L, 2-5
May 8	Denmark	W, 1-0
May 10	Slovenia	W, 3-1
May 12	Slovakia	W, 5-4 OT
May 14	Switzerland Quarterfinals	W, 3-1
May 16	Russia Semifinals	L, 0-4
May 17	Czech Republic Bronze Medal Game	W, 3-0