United States men's national ice hockey team

Olympic medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey
	1920 Antwerp	Ice Hockey
	1924 Chamonix	Ice Hockey
	1932 Lake Placid	Ice Hockey
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Ice Hockey
	1952 Helsinki	Ice Hockey
	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Ice Hockey
	1960 Squaw Valley	Ice Hockey
	1972 Sapporo	Ice Hockey
	1980 Lake Placid	Ice Hockey
	2002 Salt Lake City	Ice Hockey

The US national ice hockey team is the national team for the United States, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team is controlled by USA Hockey. As of 2005 the US team was ranked 7th in the IIHF World Rankings. The United States won the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. Their only recent medal at the World Championships came in 2004 with a bronze. At the 2004 World Cup of Hockey the US were unable to defend their 1996 title, losing to Finland in the semi-finals. The United States has a total of 485,017 registered players (0.16% of its population). Their current head coach is Peter Laviolette.

Team USA's greatest success was the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal. Though hockey is not a universally popular sport in the United States, the "Miracle" is often listed as one of the greatest achievements in the history of American sports.

US hockey peaked in talent in the 1990s with top NHL stars like Brett Hull, Jeremy Roenick, Brian Leetch, and Mike Modano and the US won the 1996 World Cup and earned a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. But by 2006, many of these All-Stars had retired or lost their skill with age. Though the 2006 Olympic Team finished a disappointing 8th place, it was more of a transitional team, featuring young NHL players like Rick DiPietro, Jordan Leopold and John-Michael Liles, and other young talents like Bobby Ryan, Phil Kessel, and Ryan Miller already have hockey analysts listing the United States as a strong medal contender for 2010.

2006 World Championship Roster

Goaltenders

• Craig Anderson
• Jason Bacashihua
• David McKee

Defensemen

• Andrew Alberts
• Joe Corvo
• Hal Gill
• Mike Komisarek
• Freddy Meyer
• Brooks Orpik
• Ryan Suter

Forwards

• Dustin Brown
• Mark Cullen
• Adam Hall
• Andy Hilbert
• Jimmy Johnson
• Ryan Kesler
• Phil Kessel
• Ryan Malone
• Patrick O'Sullivan
• Richard Park - C
• Marty Reasoner
• Jim Slater
• Drew Stafford
• Yan Stastny
• RJ Umberger

2006 Olympic team

Goaltenders

• Rick DiPietro
• Robert Esche
• John Grahame

Defensemen

• Chris Chelios - C
• Derian Hatcher
• Bret Hedican
• Jordan Leopold
• John-Michael Liles
• Aaron Miller
• Brian Rafalski
• Mathieu Schneider - A

Forwards

• Jason Blake
• Erik Cole
• Craig Conroy
• Chris Drury
• Brian Gionta
• Scott Gomez
• Bill Guerin
• Mike Knuble
• Mike Modano - A
• Mark Parrish
• Brian Rolston
• Keith Tkachuk - A
• Doug Weight

Reserves

• Matt Cullen
• Paul Martin
• Ryan Miller

Former Rosters

'List of American national hockey team rosters'

Olympic record

File:Miracle on Ice - Eruzione goal celebration.jpg

The American national team's defeat of the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics has been dubbed the Miracle on Ice.

• 1920 - Silver medal winner
• 1924 - Silver medal winner
• 1928 - Did not participate
• 1932 - Silver medal winner
• 1936 - Bronze medal winner
• 1948 - Finished in 4th place
• 1952 - Silver medal winner
• 1956 - Silver medal winner
• 1960 - Gold medal winner
• 1964 - Finished in 5th place
• 1968 - Finished in 6th place
• 1972 - Silver medal winner
• 1976 - Finished in 5th place
• 1980 - Gold medal winner
• 1984 - Finished in 7th place
• 1988 - Finished in 7th place
• 1992 - Finished in 4th place
• 1994 - Finished in 8th place
• 1998 - Finished in 6th place
• 2002 - Silver medal winner
• 2006 - Finished in 8th place

Canada Cup record

• 1976 - Finished in 5th place
• 1981 - Finished in 4th place, lost semi-final
• 1984 - Finished in 2nd place, lost semi-final
• 1987 - Finished in 5th place
• 1991 - Finished in 2nd place, lost final

World Cup record

• 1996 - Won World Cup
• 2004 - Lost semi-final

World Championship record

• 1930 - Did not participate
• 1931 - Won silver medal
• 1933 - Won gold medal
• 1934 - Won silver medal
• 1935-1937 - Did not participate
• 1938 - Finished in 7th place
• 1939 - Won silver medal
• 1947 - Finished in 5th place
• 1949 - Won bronze medal
• 1950 - Won silver medal
• 1951 - Finished in 6th place
• 1953-1954 - Did not participate
• 1955 - Finished in 4th place
• 1957 - Did not participate
• 1958 - Finished in 5th place
• 1959 - Finished in 4th place
• 1960 - Won gold medal
• 1961 - Finished in 6th place
• 1962 - Won bronze medal
• 1963 - Finished in 8th place
• 1965 - Finished in 6th place
• 1966 - Finished in 6th place
• 1967 - Finished in 5th place
• 1969 - Finished in 6th place
• 1970 - Finished in 7th place (Won "Pool B")
• 1971 - Finished in 6th place
• 1972 - Finished in 8th place (2nd in "Pool B")
• 1973 - Finished in 8th place (2nd in "Pool B")
• 1974 - Finished in 7th place (Won "Pool B")
• 1975 - Finished in 6th place
• 1976 - Finished in 4th place
• 1977 - Finished in 6th place
• 1978 - Finished in 6th place
• 1979 - Finished in 7th place
• 1981 - Finished in 5th place
• 1982 - Finished in 8th place
• 1983 - Finished in 9th place (Won "Pool B")
• 1985 - Finished in 4th place
• 1986 - Finished in 6th place
• 1987 - Finished in 7th place
• 1989 - Finished in 6th place
• 1990 - Finished in 5th place
• 1991 - Finished in 4th place
• 1992 - Finished in 7th place
• 1993 - Finished in 6th place
• 1994 - Finished in 4th place
• 1995 - Finished in 6th place
• 1996 - Won bronze medal
• 1997 - Finished in 6th place
• 1998 - Finished in 12th place
• 1999 - Finished in 6th place
• 2000 - Finished in 5th place
• 2001 - Finished in 4th place
• 2002 - Finished in 7th place
• 2003 - Finished in 13th place
• 2004 - Won bronze medal
• 2005 - Finished in 6th place
• 2006 - Finished in 7th place
• 2007 - Finished in 5th place

Others

• 1988 Spengler Cup winners

External links

• USA Hockey official website