Ben Bishop Helps Team USA Down France
May 4, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
AMIENS, France (May 4, 2010) - Peoria Rivermen goaltender Ben Bishop played the third period and stopped all six shots he faced to help the United States Men's National Team defeat France 3-1 in Team USA's lone exhibition game prior to the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation World Men's Championship, May 7-23, in Cologne, Gelsenkirchen and Mannheim, Germany.
After Yorick Treille gave France a 1-0 lead at 11:01 of the first period, Okposo knotted the score with his first marker 4:52 into the middle frame. Matt Greene (Grand Ledge, Mich./Los Angeles Kings/Univ. of North Dakota) sent a pass to Nick Foligno (Buffalo, N.Y./Ottawa Senators), who fed Okposo with a cross-ice goalmouth pass for a tap-in goal past Fabrice Lhenry.
While on the power play, the U.S. grabbed a 2-1 advantage with 7:29 remaining in the second period. T.J. Oshie (Warroad, Minn./St. Louis Blues/Univ. of North Dakota) collected a Brandon Dubinsky (Anchorage, Alaska/New York Rangers) pass behind the French net and fed Jack Johnson (Ann Arbor, Mich./Los Angeles Kings/Univ. of Michigan) at the top of the left circle, where he fired a one-timer over Lhenry's blocker.
In the third stanza, Okposo potted his second marker of the game at 7:44 to close out the scoring. Following a France turnover, Okposo skated down the right wing and sent a shot that beat Lhenry high over the glove. Foligno and Dubinsky both collected their second assists of the game on the tally.
U.S. netminders Scott Clemmensen (Des Moines, Iowa/Florida Panthers/Boston College) and Ben Bishop (Des Peres, Mo./Peoria Rivermen/Univ. of Maine) both saw action in the game, with Clemmensen stopping 11 shots over the first two periods and Bishop turning aside all six attempts he faced in the final frame.
The U.S. Men's National Team opens IIHF World Men's Championship play against host Germany on Friday (May 7) at 2:15 p.m. EDT. The game will be played at Gelsenkirchen's VELTINS-Arena, home of the German soccer league's FC Schalke, in front of an expected world record crowd of more than 76,000 spectators.
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