United States 9-3 Slovakia 
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
Madison Square Garden, New York 
Tuesday, September 3, 1996

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:48 –  PEN – Tkachuk, tripping
02:15 –  PP GOAL – Bondra (Pálffy, Švehla)
02:53 –  PEN – LeClair, hooking
05:07 –  PEN – Bača, interference
05:28 –  PEN – Bondra, holding
05:50 –  PP2 GOAL – Tkachuk (Hull, Housley)
07:13 –  PP GOAL – Weight (LeClair, Young)
08:40 –  PEN – K. Hatcher, high sticking
13:34 –  GOAL – LeClair (Amonte, Leetch)
13:51 –  PEN – Weight, interference

2nd Period
20:26 –  PEN – Leetch, hooking
25:12 –  PEN – Jasečko, holding
28:16 –  PEN – Varholík, hooking
29:17 –  PEN – Bača, cross checking
29:17 –  PEN – Amonte, high sticking
30:16 –  GOAL – Tkachuk (LeClair)
32:37 –  GOAL – Schneider (Deadmarsh, McEachern)
36:09 –  GOAL – Ilavský (Plavucha)
38:20 –  GOAL – Tkachuk (Modano)

3rd Period
43:29 –  GOAL – Otto (K. Hatcher)
46:16 –  GOAL – Modano (Guerin, Tkachuk)
46:49 –  PEN – Guerin, slashing
48:41 –  PEN – Schneider, high sticking
52:44 –  GOAL – Modano (Leetch)
55:38 –  GOAL – Rybovič (Plavoucha, Ilavský)
57:06 –  PEN – Pálffy, slashing
57:06 –  PEN – Deadmarsh, roughing

GOALTENDERS
W:  Hebert (28-31)
L:  Mega (30-39)

SHOTS ON GOAL
 14+12+13 = 39
 7+12+12 = 31

ROSTERS
 Goaltenders: Guy Hebert, Mike Richter. Defence: Shawn Chambers, Chris Chelios, Kevin Hatcher, Phil Housley, Brian Leetch (C), Mathieu Schneider. Forwards: Tony Amonte, Adam Deadmarsh, Bill Guerin, Brett Hull, John LeClair, Shawn McEachern, Mike Modano, Joel Otto, Brian Rolston, Keith Tkachuk, Doug Weight, Scott Young.
 Goaltenders: Roman Mega, Igor Murín. Defence: Jerguš Bača, Ivan Droppa, Stanislav Jasečko, Róbert Švehla, Ján Varholík, Ľubomír Višňovský. Forwards: Peter Bondra (C), Zdeno Cíger, Pavol Demitra, Oto Haščák, Slavomír Ilavský, Ľubomír Kolník, Žigmund Pálffy, Vlastimil Plavucha, Ľubomír Rybovič, Miroslav Šatan, Jozef Stümpel, Richard Zedník.

UNITED STATES (C)	vs.	SLOVAKIA
current champion (since 08/31/1996)	Last Title	02/23/1994
43	All-Time Wins	13
1 win	Head-To-Head (+ 2 ties)	0 wins
First IHLC Meeting (USA vs. SVK)  SVK 5-5 USA  – 11/21/1993 – THC – Lillehammer
Previous IHLC Meeting (USA vs. SVK)  SVK 3-3 USA  – 02/15/1994 – OG – Gjøvik
Last IHLC Game  USA 5-2 RUS  – 09/02/1996 – WCH – New York
Next IHLC Game  USA 5-2 RUS  – 09/08/1996 – WCH – Ottawa

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