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United States

Nickname(s)	Team USA
Association	USA Hockey
General Manager	Bill Zito
Head coach	Jeff Blashill
Assistants	Dan Bylsma Don Granato Seth Appert
Captain	Patrick Kane
Most games	Mark Johnson (151)
Most points	Mark Johnson (146)
Team colors
IIHF code	USA
Ranking
Current IIHF	4 2 (21 May 2018)[1]
Highest IIHF	4 (first in 2016)
Lowest IIHF	7 (first in 2003)
First international
United States 29–0 Switzerland   (Antwerp, Belgium; April 24, 1920)
Biggest win
United States 31–1 Italy  (St. Moritz, Switzerland; February 1, 1948)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 17–2 United States  (Stockholm, Sweden; March 12, 1963)  Soviet Union 17–2 United States  (Stockholm, Sweden; March 15, 1969)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	69 (first in 1920)
Best result	Gold: (1933, 1960)
Canada Cup/World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1976)
Best result	Gold: (1996)
Olympics
Appearances	22 (first in 1920)
Medals	Gold: (1960, 1980) Silver: (1920, 1924, 1932, 1952, 1956, 1972, 2002, 2010) Bronze: (1936)

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1960 Squaw Valley	Team
	1980 Lake Placid	Team
	1920 Antwerp	Team
	1924 Chamonix	Team
	1932 Lake Placid	Team
	1952 Oslo	Team
	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Team
	1972 Sapporo	Team
	2002 Salt Lake City	Team
	2010 Vancouver	Team
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Team
World Championship
	1933 Czechoslovakia
	1960 United States	Team
	1920 Belgium	Team
	1924 France	Team
	1931 Poland
	1932 United States	Team
	1934 Italy
	1939 Switzerland
	1950 Great Britain
	1952 Norway	Team
	1956 Italy	Team
	1936 Germany	Team
	1949 Sweden
	1962 United States
	1996 Austria
	2004 Czech Republic
	2013 Sweden/Finland
	2015 Czech Republic
	2018 Denmark
Canada Cup/World Cup
	1996 Montreal
	1991 Hamilton

The United States men's national ice hockey team^[2] is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with its U18 and U17 development program in Plymouth, Michigan. The team is controlled by USA Hockey, the governing body for organized ice hockey in the United States. The U.S. team is ranked 4th in the IIHF World Rankings.^[3] The current head coach is Jeff Blashill.^[4]

The U.S. won gold medals at the 1960 and 1980 Olympics and more recently, silver medals at the 2002 and 2010 Olympics. The U.S. also won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, defeating Canada in the finals. The team's most recent medal at the World Championships came with a bronze in 2018. They won the tournament in 1933 and 1960. Unlike other nations, the U.S. doesn't typically use its best NHL players in the World Championships. Instead, it provides the younger players with an opportunity to gain international experience.^[5] Overall, the team has collected eleven Olympic medals (two of them gold), eighteen World Championship medals (two of them gold), and it reached the semifinal round of the Canada Cup/World Cup five times, twice advancing to the finals and winning gold once.^[6]

The U.S. is a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, and Sweden.^[7]

As of 2017, the U.S. has a registered ice hockey population of 637,744 with USA Hockey.^[8] USA Hockey is the largest governing body for ice hockey in the U.S. and is considered the best representation of the number of ice hockey players in the country.^[9]

History

The American ice hockey team's greatest success was the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, when American college players defeated the heavily favored seasoned professionals from the Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal. Though ice hockey is not a major sport in most areas of the United States, the "Miracle" is often listed as one of the all-time greatest American sporting achievements. The U.S. also won the gold medal in the 1960 Games at Squaw Valley, California, defeating the Soviet Union, Canada, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden along the way. However, since this victory is not as well known as the 1980 win, it has come to be known as the "Forgotten Miracle".^[10][11]

U.S. hockey experienced a spike in talent in the 1980s and 1990s, with future NHL stars including Tony Amonte, Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher, Brett Hull, Pat LaFontaine, John LeClair, Brian Leetch, Mike Modano, Mike Richter, Jeremy Roenick, Kevin Stevens, Keith Tkachuk, and Doug Weight. Although the U.S. finished no higher than fourth in any World or Olympic event from 1981 through 1994 (unlike other nations, the U.S. was limited to amateurs at these tournaments), the Americans reached the finals of the 1991 Canada Cup and won the 1996 World Cup with a squad of NHL players. Six years later, after the International Olympic Committee and NHL arranged to accommodate an Olympic break in the NHL schedule, the U.S. earned a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics with a roster that included NHL stars Adam Deadmarsh, Chris Drury, Brian Rafalski, and Brian Rolston. However, by 2006, many of these NHL All-Stars had retired or had declined with age. Though the 2006 Olympic team finished a disappointing 8th, it was more of a transitional team, featuring young NHL players like Rick DiPietro, John-Michael Liles, and Jordan Leopold.

The 2010 U.S. Olympic team was composed of much younger and faster players than teams of previous years, including David Backes, Dustin Brown, Jack Johnson, Patrick Kane, Phil Kessel, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Bobby Ryan, Paul Stastny, and Ryan Suter. The team also had a solid group of veterans that included such stars as goalie Ryan Miller, defenseman Brian Rafalski, and team captain Jamie Langenbrunner. The U.S. team upset team Canada 5–3 in the round-robin phase of the tournament and went into the single elimination phase of the tournament as the number-one seeded team. After beating Finland 6–1, the U.S. advanced to the gold medal game, where they lost in overtime 3–2 to Canada to claim the silver medal. The gold medal game between Canada and the U.S. was watched by an estimated 27.6 million U.S. households. This was the most watched hockey game in America since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" game, including any Stanley Cup final or NHL Winter Classic broadcast.^[12]

The NHL pulled out of the Olympics for the 2018 competition in a dispute over insurance and the IOC's ambush marketing restrictions, prohibiting the national teams from inviting any player it held under contract. The American team was put at a particular disadvantage, as more than 31% of NHL players are Americans (in comparison, only 4.1% are Russians). As a result, the U.S. had to enter the tournament with a hastily assembled team of players from European leagues, AHLers on one-way contracts, and college players.^[13] The team proved unsuccessful, losing to Slovenia and the Olympic Athletes from Russia in the preliminary round, and being eliminated by the Czechs in the quarterfinals.^[14] The OAR team benefited most from NHL's absence and ultimately won the tournament with a team that was composed primarily of SKA Saint Petersburg and HC CSKA Moscow players from the Russia-based KHL and featured ex-NHL all-stars Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Voynov (all SKA).

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Games[15][16]	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Round	Position
1920 Antwerp	4	3	1	0	52	2	Cornelius Fellowes Roy Schooley	Joe McCormick	Silver medal round	Silver
1924 Chamonix	5	4	1	0	73	6	William Haddock	Irving Small	Final round	Silver
1928 St. Moritz	Did not participate
1932 Lake Placid	6	4	1	1	27	5	Alfred Winsor	John Chase	Final round	Silver
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	8	5	2	1	10	4	Albert Prettyman	John Garrison	Final round	Bronze
1948 St. Moritz	8	5	3	0	86	33	John Garrison	Goodwin Harding	Round-robin	DSQ
1952 Oslo	8	6	1	1	43	21	John E. Pleban	Allen Van	Round-robin	Silver
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	7	5	2	0	33	16	John Mariucci	Gene Campbell	Final round	Silver
1960 Squaw Valley	7	7	0	0	48	17	Jack Riley	Jack Kirrane	Final round	Gold
1964 Innsbruck	7	2	5	0	29	33	Edward Jeremiah	Herb Brooks Bill Reichart	Round-robin	5th
1968 Grenoble	7	2	4	1	23	28	Murray Williamson	Lou Nanne	Round-robin	6th
1972 Sapporo	6	4	2	0	23	18	Murray Williamson	Tim Sheehy	Round-robin	Silver
1976 Innsbruck	6	3	3	0	23	25	Bob Johnson	John Taft	Round-robin	5th
1980 Lake Placid	7	6	0	1	33	15	Herb Brooks	Mike Eruzione	Final round	Gold
1984 Sarajevo	6	2	2	2	23	21	Lou Vairo	Phil Verchota	7th place game	7th
1988 Calgary	6	3	3	0	35	31	Dave Peterson	Brian Leetch	7th place game	7th
1992 Albertville	8	5	2	1	25	19	Dave Peterson	Clark Donatelli	Bronze medal game	4th
1994 Lillehammer	8	1	4	3	28	32	Tim Taylor	Peter Laviolette	7th place game	8th
1998 Nagano	4	1	3	0	9	14	Ron Wilson	Chris Chelios	Quarterfinals	6th
2002 Salt Lake City	6	4	1	1	26	10	Herb Brooks	Chris Chelios	Gold medal game	Silver
2006 Turin	6	1	4	1	16	17	Peter Laviolette	Chris Chelios	Quarterfinals	8th
2010 Vancouver	6	5	1	—	24	9	Ron Wilson	Jamie Langenbrunner	Gold medal game	Silver
2014 Sochi	6	4	2	—	20	12	Dan Bylsma	Zach Parise	Bronze medal game	4th
2018 Pyeongchang	5	2	3	—	11	12	Tony Granato	Brian Gionta	Quarterfinals	7th

World Championship

Note: Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year.^[17]

Note: World War II forced cancellation of all tournaments from 1940 to 1946.

Note: In 1972, a separate tournament was held both for the World Championships and the Winter Olympics for the first time.

Note: No World Championships were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988.

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  1920 —  Silver
  


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  1924 —  Silver
  


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  1928 — did not participate
  


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  1930 — did not participate
  


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  1931 —  Silver
  


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  1932 —  Silver
  


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  1933 —  Gold
  


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  1934 —  Silver
  


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  1935 — did not participate
  


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  1936 —  Bronze
  


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  1937 — did not participate
  


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  1938 — 7th place


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  1939 —  Silver
  


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  1947 — 5th place


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  1948 — 4th place


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  1949 —  Bronze
  


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  1950 —  Silver
  


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  1951 — 6th place


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  1952 —  Silver
  


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  1953 — did not participate
  


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  1954 — did not participate
  


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  1955 — 4th place


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  1956 —  Silver
  


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  1957 — did not participate
  


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  1958 — 5th place


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  1959 — 4th place


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  1960 —  Gold
  


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  1961 — 6th place


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  1962 —  Bronze
  


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  1963 — 8th place


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  1964 — 5th place


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  1965 — 6th place


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  1966 — 6th place


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  1967 — 5th place


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  1968 — 6th place


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  1969 — 6th place (relegated)


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  1970 — 7th place (1st in Group B, promoted)


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  1971 — 6th place (relegated)


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  1972 — 8th place (2nd in Group B)


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  1973 — 8th place (2nd in Group B)


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  1974 — 7th place (1st in Group B, promoted)


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  1975 — 6th place


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  1976 — 4th place


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  1977 — 6th place


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  1978 — 6th place


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  1979 — 7th place


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  1981 — 5th place


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  1982 — 8th place (relegated)


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  1983 — 9th place (1st in Group B, promoted)


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  1985 — 4th place


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  1986 — 6th place


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  1987 — 7th place


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  1989 — 6th place


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  1990 — 5th place


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  1991 — 4th place


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  1992 — 7th place


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  1993 — 6th place


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  1994 — 4th place


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  1995 — 6th place


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  1996 —  Bronze
  


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  1997 — 6th place


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  1998 — 12th place


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  1999 — 6th place


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  2000 — 5th place


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  2001 — 4th place


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  2002 — 7th place


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  2003 — 13th place


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  2004 —  Bronze
  


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  2005 — 6th place


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  2006 — 7th place

Games	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Round	Position
2007 Moscow	7	4	3	29	20	Mike Sullivan	Chris Clark	Quarterfinals	5th
2008 Quebec City, Halifax	7	4	3	26	17	John Tortorella	Jeff Halpern	Quarterfinals	6th
2009 Bern, Kloten	9	4	5	32	28	Ron Wilson	Dustin Brown	Third place game	4th
2010 Cologne, Mannheim, Gelsenkirchen	6	3	3	15	9	Scott Gordon	Jack Johnson	Relegation round	13th
2011 Bratislava, Košice	7	3	4	20	24	Scott Gordon	Mark Stuart	Quarterfinals	8th
2012 Helsinki, Stockholm	8	6	2	34	20	Scott Gordon	Jack Johnson	Quarterfinals	7th
2013 Stockholm, Helsinki	10	7	3	35	24	Joe Sacco	Paul Stastny	Third place game	Bronze
2014 Minsk	8	6	3	30	27	Peter Laviolette	Justin Abdelkader	Quarterfinals	6th
2015 Prague, Ostrava	10	8	2	28	19	Todd Richards	Matt Hendricks	Third place game	Bronze
2016 Moscow, St. Petersburg	10	4	6	29	30	John Hynes	Matt Hendricks	Third place game	4th
2017 Paris, Cologne	8	6	2	31	16	Jeff Blashill	Connor Murphy	Quarterfinals	5th
2018 Copenhagen, Herning	10	8	2	46	25	Jeff Blashill	Patrick Kane	Third place game	Bronze

Canada Cup/World Cup

Games[18]	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Round	Position
1976	5	1	3	1	14	21	Bob Pulford		Group stage	5th
1981	6	2	3	1	18	23	Bob Johnson		Semifinals	4th
1984	6	3	2	1	23	22	Bob Johnson		Semifinals	4th
1987	5	2	3	0	13	14	Bob Johnson		Group stage	5th
1991	8	5	3	0	29	26	Bob Johnson		Finals	Silver
1996	7	6	1	0	37	18	Ron Wilson	Brian Leetch	Finals	Gold
2004	5	2	3	0	11	11	Ron Wilson	Chris Chelios	Semifinals	4th
2016	3	0	3	—	5	11	John Tortorella	Joe Pavelski	Group stage	7th

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.^[19][20]

Head coach: Jeff Blashill

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Keith Kinkaid	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	(1989-07-04) July 4, 1989 (age 29)	New Jersey Devils
3	F	Nick Bonino	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001890000000000000♠89 kg (196 lb)	(1988-04-20) April 20, 1988 (age 30)	Nashville Predators
4	D	Will Butcher	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	(1995-01-06) January 6, 1995 (age 23)	New Jersey Devils
5	D	Connor Murphy – A	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb)	(1993-03-26) March 26, 1993 (age 25)	Chicago Blackhawks
7	F	Derek Ryan	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001770000000000000♠77 kg (170 lb)	(1986-12-29) December 29, 1986 (age 31)	Calgary Flames[21]
12	F	Alex DeBrincat	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb)	(1997-12-18) December 18, 1997 (age 20)	Chicago Blackhawks
13	F	Johnny Gaudreau	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	7001710000000000000♠71 kg (157 lb)	(1993-08-13) August 13, 1993 (age 25)	Calgary Flames
14	D	Nick Jensen	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	(1990-09-21) September 21, 1990 (age 28)	Detroit Red Wings
20	F	Chris Kreider	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7002103000000000000♠103 kg (227 lb)	(1991-04-30) April 30, 1991 (age 27)	New York Rangers
21	F	Dylan Larkin – A	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	(1996-07-30) July 30, 1996 (age 22)	Detroit Red Wings
22	F	Sonny Milano	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	(1996-05-12) May 12, 1996 (age 22)	Columbus Blue Jackets
23	D	Alec Martinez	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb)	(1987-07-26) July 26, 1987 (age 31)	Los Angeles Kings
25	F	Blake Coleman	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	(1991-11-28) November 28, 1991 (age 27)	New Jersey Devils
27	F	Anders Lee	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7002103000000000000♠103 kg (227 lb)	(1990-07-03) July 3, 1990 (age 28)	New York Islanders
29	F	Tage Thompson	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	(1997-10-30) October 30, 1997 (age 21)	Buffalo Sabres[22]
33	G	Scott Darling	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb)	(1988-12-22) December 22, 1988 (age 29)	Carolina Hurricanes
35	G	Charlie Lindgren	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	(1993-12-18) December 18, 1993 (age 24)	Montreal Canadiens
36	F	Colin White	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	(1997-01-30) January 30, 1997 (age 21)	Ottawa Senators
39	F	Brian Gibbons	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb)	(1988-02-26) February 26, 1988 (age 30)	Anaheim Ducks[23]
43	D	Quinn Hughes	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb)	(1999-10-14) October 14, 1999 (age 19)	Univ. of Michigan
44	D	Neal Pionk	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb)	(1995-07-29) July 29, 1995 (age 23)	New York Rangers
73	D	Charlie McAvoy	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb)	(1997-12-21) December 21, 1997 (age 20)	Boston Bruins
82	D	Jordan Oesterle	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb)	(1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 26)	Arizona Coyotes[24]
88	F	Patrick Kane – C	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001800000000000000♠80 kg (180 lb)	(1988-11-19) November 19, 1988 (age 30)	Chicago Blackhawks
89	F	Cam Atkinson	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	7001810000000000000♠81 kg (179 lb)	(1989-06-05) June 5, 1989 (age 29)	Columbus Blue Jackets

IIHF World Championship directorate awards

The IIHF has given awards for each year's championship tournament to the top goalie, defenseman, and forward (all since 1954), and most valuable player (since 2004). The following American team members have won awards.

• 1955 – Don Rigazio (goalie)


• 1956 – Willard Ikola (goalie)


• 1959 – Bill Cleary (forward)


• 1960 – Jack McCartan (goalie)


• 1962 – John Mayasich (defenseman)


• 1967 – Carl Wetzel (goalie)


• 2004 – Ty Conklin (goalie)


• 2014 – Seth Jones (defenseman)


• 2018 – Patrick Kane (MVP)

See also

• List of United States national ice hockey team rosters

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States national ice hockey team.

External links

• Official website


• IIHF profile