American national men's hockey team

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

The American national men's hockey team is the national ice hockey team for the United States. The team is controlled by USA Hockey. As of 2005 the American 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 Americans 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 the greatest achievement in the history of American sports.^{[citation needed]}

American hockey peaked in talent in the 1990s with top NHL stars like Brett Hull, Jeremy Roenick, Brian Leetch, and Mike Modano and the Americans 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 young and inexperienced 2006 Olympic Team finished a disappointing 8th place, it was more of a transitional team, featuring young NHL prospects like Rick DiPietro 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.

Contents 1 2006 World Championship Roster 2 2006 Olympic team 3 Olympic record 4 Canada Cup record 5 World Cup record 6 World Championship record 7 Others 8 External links

[edit] 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
• Ryan Kesler
• Phil Kessel
• Ryan Malone
• Patrick O'Sullivan
• Richard Park - C
• Marty Reasoner
• Jim Slater
• Drew Stafford
• Yan Stastny
• RJ Umberger

[edit] 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
• Jamie T Kennedy

Reserves

• Matt Cullen
• Paul Martin
• Ryan Miller

[edit] Olympic record

• 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 - Tied in 5th place
• 2002 - Silver medal winner
• 2006 - Finished in 8th place

[edit] Canada Cup record

• 1976 - Finished in 5th place
• 1981 - Finished tied in 3rd place
• 1984 - Finished tied in 3rd place
• 1987 - Finished in 5th place
• 1991 - Finished in 2nd place

[edit] World Cup record

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Others

• 1988 Spengler Cup winners

[edit] External links

• USA Hockey official website