“I thought we came out strong and played well, but unfortunately we let them back into the game,” said Darren Turcotte (Brentwood, Tenn.), head coach of Team USA. “We have a veteran team, and I expect us to bounce back against Austria.”

Yingling opened the scoring :15 into the contest, followed by an Aaron Moss (Denver, Colo.) tally at 1:04 to give Team USA an early 2-0 advantage. The Czech Republic’s Martin Piecha cut the United States’ lead in half before the end of the quarter with a tally at 11:30.

Yingling notched his second tally of the game, and the only goal of the second quarter, off a feed from Kern at the 6:39 mark to give Team USA a 3-1 lead.

The Czech Republic tied the game after three quarters on goals from Josef Fojtek and Martin Koudelka at 1:56 and 5:58.

With time winding down in the fourth quarter, Team USA netminder Jeff Reynaert (Sterling Heights, Mich.) made the initial save on a Czech Republic rush, but the rebound was picked up by Koudelka behind the goal. Koudelka threw the puck in front of the net, where it caromed off a U.S. defender and into the goal for the game-winner at 11:58.

Team USA will next face Austria on Monday (May 28) at 8:00 p.m. (local time)/2:00 p.m. (EDT).

NOTES: Darren Turcotte, who led the United States to the gold medal at the 2006 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, is the head coach of the 2007 U.S. InLine National Team. Turcotte is being assisted by Tim Graham (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), who also serves as a District Coach-in-Chief for USA Hockey InLine … In the 11-year history of the IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the United States has earned gold medals in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2006; silver medals in 1998 and 2001; and bronze medals at the 2000, 2003 and 2005 tournaments.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring By Period

CZE 1-0-2-1 -- 4
USA 2-1-0-0 -- 3

First Quarter – Scoring: 1, USA, Yingling (Beilsten, C.J. Yoder), :15; 2, USA, Moss (Kern), 1:04; 3, CZE, Piecha (unassisted), 11:30 (pp). Penalties: USA, Moss (hooking), 10:45; CZE, Fojtek (slashing), 10:45; USA, J. Yoder (slashing), 10:50.

Second Quarter – Scoring: 4, USA, Yingling (Kern), 6:39 (pp). Penalties: CZE, Choteborsky (tripping), 6:03; USA, Moss (tripping), 9:01; CZE, Choteborsky (high sticking), 11:52.

Third Quarter – Scoring: 5, CZE, Fojtek (Polansky), 1:56; 6, CZE, Koudelka (unassisted), 5:58. Penalties: CZE, Fojtek (hooking), 4:53; USA, Moss (tripping), 5:10; CZE, Piecha (tripping), 7:37; CZE, Hambalek (hooking), 11:45.

Fourth Quarter – Scoring: 7, CZE, Koudelka (Fojtek), 11:58. Penalties: USA, Bruce (slashing), 4:33; CZE, Piecha (holding), 8:25; USA, C.J. Yoder (hooking), 10:14.

Shots By Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
CZE 10 13 4 8 35
USA 9 4 9 8 30

Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 4 Total
CZE, Jirkuv, 48:00 9-7 4-3 9-9 8-8 30-27
USA, Reynaert, 48:00 10-9 13-13 4-2 8-7 35-31

Power Play: CZE, 1-5, USA 1-6
Penalties: CZE 7-10.5, USA 6-9
Officials: Lubos Jakubec, Roger Ericson
Attendance: 1,200


2007 U.S. InLine National Team Schedule & Results
Landshut and Passau, Germany • May 27-June 2

Date Opponent Location Time (Local/EDT)/Result
May 27 Czech Republic Passau L, 3-4
May 28 Austria Passau 8:00 p.m./2:00 p.m.
May 29 Germany Passau 8:00 p.m./2:00 p.m.
May 30 Qualification Round TBD 8:00 p.m./2:00 p.m.
May 31 Playoff Round Landshut TBD
June 1 Semifinal Round Landshut TBD
June 2 Bronze & Gold- Landshut 6:00 p.m./12:00 p.m.
Medal Games 8:00 p.m./2:00 p.m.