United States 5-2 Russia 
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
Madison Square Garden, New York 
Monday, September 2, 1996

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:26 –  GOAL – Deadmarsh (LaFontaine, Leetch)
04:58 –  PEN – Kovalyov, elbowing / slashing double minor
04:58 –  PEN – Guerin, slashing
07:08 –  GOAL – LeClair (LaFontaine, Modano)
07:35 –  PEN – Amonte, hooking
10:47 –  PEN – Yashin, hooking
14:14 –  PEN – Kozlov, interference
16:44 –  PEN – Schneider, high sticking

2nd Period
24:46 –  GOAL – Tkachuk (Guerin, Modano)
28:04 –  PEN – Kasparaitis, roughing
28:04 –  PEN – Tkachuk, roughing
28:04 –  PEN – Schneider, charging
29:32 –  SH GOAL – LaFontaine (Chelios)
32:33 –  GOAL – Tverdovski (Larionov, Kozlov)
33:03 –  GOAL – Weight (Hull, K. Hatcher)
36:27 –  PEN – Young, boarding
37:31 –  PEN – Zelepukin, elbowing

3rd Period
40:48 –  PEN – Gonchar, charging
47:29 –  PEN – Zhamnov, roughing
47:29 –  PEN – Guerin, roughing
47:29 –  PEN – Nikolishin, roughing
47:29 –  PEN – K. Hatcher, roughing
49:30 –  PEN – Suter, holding
54:43 –  PEN – Kozlov, slashing
54:43 –  PEN – D. Hatcher, cross checking
56:18 –  PEN – Kasparaitis, slashing
59:32 –  GOAL – Kovalenko (Zhamnov, Nikolishin)

GOALTENDERS
W:  Richter (32-34)
L:  Khabibulin (17-22), Trefilov (10-10)

SHOTS ON GOAL
 7+15+10 = 32
 9+10+15 = 34

ROSTERS
 Goaltenders: Guy Hebert, Mike Richter. Defence: Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher, Kevin Hatcher, Brian Leetch (C), Mathieu Schneider, Gary Suter. Forwards: Tony Amonte, Adam Deadmarsh, Bill Guerin, Brett Hull, Pat LaFontaine, John LeClair, Mike Modano, Joel Otto, Bryan Smolinski, Keith Tkachuk, Doug Weight, Scott Young.
 Goaltenders: Nikolai Khabibulin, Andrei Trefilov. Defence: Sergei Gonchar, Darius Kasparaitis, Vladimir Malakhov, Oleg Tverdovski, Dmitri Yushkevich, Alexei Zhitnik, Sergei Zubov. Forwards: Sergei Fyodorov, Andrei Kovalenko, Alexei Kovalyov, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Igor Larionov, Alexander Mogilny, Sergei Nemchinov, Andrei Nikolishin, Alexei Yashin, Valeri Zelepukin, Alexei Zhamnov.

UNITED STATES (C)	vs.	RUSSIA
current champion (since 08/31/1996)	Last Title	08/29/1996
42	All-Time Wins	366
5 wins	Head-To-Head	28 wins
First IHLC Meeting (USA vs. RUS)  URS 3-0 USA  – 03/02/1955 – WC – Krefeld
Previous IHLC Meeting (USA vs. RUS)  RUS 6-4 USA  – 08/23/1996 – EX – Detroit
Last IHLC Game  USA 5-3 CAN  – 08/31/1996 – WCH – Philadelphia
Next IHLC Game  USA 9-3 SVK  – 09/03/1996 – WCH – New York

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