USA wins gold at WJC

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:56:57 +0000

Yesterday was yet another classic US/Canada thriller matchup that saw Team USA defeat Team Canada in overtime 6 to 5 to win the Gold Medal at the World Junior Championship Tuesday in Saskatoon. The win is only the second Gold medal win for the Americans in WJC history (Team USA beat Canada in the 2004 title game in Helsinki, Finland) and the win also ends Canada’s streak of five straight gold medals.

The American team will have the chance to defend their title on home ice because the 2011 WJC tournament will be played in Buffalo, NY next year. Canada is 27-6-3 all-time versus the U.S. in the tournament and will no doubt be back strong to try and get back the title.

Sweden defeated the Swiss team 11 to 4 to take the bronze medal. Swiss netminder Benjamin Conz was named goaltender of the tournament and Pietrangelo was named defenceman of the tournament. They were both named to the tournament All-Star team along with American’s Stepan and Carlson, Canada’s Eberle and Swiss forward Nino Niederreiter.

Will this gold medal win bring luck to the US Olympic Hockey Team as well or will it just drive Canada to play harder to prove that they are still king at International hockey?

[photo source NHL.com :nhl.com]

USA 2010 Olympic Hockey Team Roster

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:48:55 +0000

The USA Olympic Hockey Team 2010 roster was reveled during the 2010 Winter Classic hockey game. Team USA hopes to improve their disappointing eighth place finish at the last winter games and bring back the type of team that gave them Gold in 1980 at Lake Placid. Only three players with prior Olympic experience have been included

Have a look at the Team USA 2010 roster:

Forwards include:
David Backes
Dustin Brown
Ryan Callahan
Chris Drury
Patrick Kane
Ryan Kesler
Phil Kessel
Jamie Langenbrunner
Ryan Malone
Zach Parise
Joe Pavelski
Bobby Ryan
Paul Stastny.

DEFENSEMEN:
Erik Johnson
Jack Johnson
Mike Komisarek
Paul Martin
Brooks Orpik
Brian Rafalski
Ryan Suter.

GOALTENDERS:
Ryan Miller
Jonathan Quick
Tim Thomas.

Some key players that were left off the roster include Dustin Byfuglien, Scott Gomez, Bill Guerin and Ron Hainsey.

The Head Coach will be Ron Wilson and General Manager is Brian Burke (hopefully they do not use too much from the Toronto Maple Leafs secret play books

We will have to wait and see in February if the Team USa selection was the winning combination or not.

The Russian Olympic Roster should be named later this week.

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USA wins gold at WJC

USA 2010 Olympic Hockey Team Roster