Box Score: United States at Japan Posted: Thur February 12, 1998 at 4:39 a.m EST

United States        5 2 3--10	 
Japan                0 0 0--0	 

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, United States, Looney 2 (unassisted), 3:55.
2, United States, Mleczko 1 (Merz), 9:08. 3, United States, Whyte 1
(Granato), 13:32. 4, United States, Looney 3 (power play) (Ulion,
Schmidgall), 14:14. 5, United States, Mleczko 2 (Brown-miller, Looney),
14:36. Penalties: Obikawa, Jpn (interference), 13:56; Sakuma, Jpn (Body
checking), 14:46; Merz, Usa (cross checking), 16:31.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, United States, King 2 (Baker, Bailey),
9:18. 7, United States, King 3 (Blahoski, Baker), 19:34. Penalties:
Obikawa, Jpn (hooking), 3:17; Fujiwara, Jpn (holding), 14:44; Dunn, Usa
(Body checking), 16:53.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, United States, Baker 2 (power play)
(Granato), 5:37. 9, United States, Bye 4 (power play) (Mounsey, Ulion),
11:46. 10, United States, King 4 (Baker), 13:03. Penalties: Sudo, Jpn
(Body checking), 5:06; S Ono, Jpn (holding), 11:35; Brown-miller, Usa
(high sticking), 14:19; Mounsey, Usa (elbowing), 16:32.

Shots on goal:
United States        19 24 13--56
Japan                 1  1  2--4

Power-play Conversions: Usa - 3 of 6, Jpn - 0 of 4.  Goalies: United
States, Decosta (4 shots, 4 saves; record: 2-0-0). Japan, Watanabe (19,
14; record: 0-3-0), Oda (start of 2nd, 37, 32).  A: 5,015.  Referee:
Taylor-boulton. Linesmen: Giguere, Nonas.