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Jeff Petry and Jim Slater are also on the team. All Team USA games will be televised on the NBC Sports Network.

Here's the schedule:

Team USA 2012 IIHF Men's World Championship Schedule
May 4 - 20 • Helsinki, Finland & Stockholm, Sweden
Date Opponent Location

Time (Local/EDT)
Fri., May 4 France Helsinki 12:15 p.m./5:15 a.m.
Sat., May 5 Canada Helsinki 7:00 p.m./12:00 p.m.
Mon., May 7 Slovakia Helsinki 8:15 p.m./1:15 p.m.
Thurs., May 10 Belarus Helsinki 4:15 p.m./9:15 a.m.
Fri., May 11 Kazakhstan Helsinki 4:15 p.m./9:15 a.m.
Sun., May 13 Finland Helsinki 4:15 p.m./9:15 a.m.
Tues., May 15 Switzerland Helsinki 8:15 p.m./1:15 p.m.
Thurs., May 17 Quarterfinals Helsinki TBD
Sat., May 19 Semifinals Helsinki TBD
Sun., May 20 Bronze-Medal Game Helsinki 4:00 p.m./9:00 a.m.
Gold-Medal Game Helsinki 8:30 p.m./1:30 p.m.

They look pretty accurate considering Helsinki is seven hours ahead of us.

Abs made an impact right away against France, drawing the game's first penalty. On NBCSN now.

Watching this IIHF game on t.v. vs. France right now, 6 to 2 USA with 5 minutes to go in the 3rd. I am amazed at how much better the game is on the Olympic sized rink....more room for skilled players to move...the NHL will never change, but the NHL game is not as interesting to me. Way too many goals the result of lucky deflections/bounces...in this game today, lots more open breaks and shots.

The extra ice certainly improves the game. NHL players have outgrown the 200x85 rink in both speed and size.

You can either go to 200x100 ice, which the owners would balk at due to the cost of converting their rinks and loss of revenue from less seating, or you can go to 4x4 play, which the players would balk at due to either the loss of jobs or the loss of ice time.

Are highlights available for this anywhere, or has NBC stonewalled us? Not sure why they are not replaying the game until 11:30 PM, when whatever daytime programming they have sucks.

He also recorded an assist on the second USA goal. 2-1 USA.