USA vs. Sweden - Gold medal GDT

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Just read this on CBS Sportsline...

The great thing about this championship for USA Hockey is how the roster was spread throughout the country, illustrating just how much the game has grown in the United States.

The U.S. national teams used to be made up of players almost exclusively from Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts. This team pulled players from 14 states, including Florida (Shayne Gostisbehere), California (Grimaldi), Ohio (J.T. Miller and Connor Murphy), Texas (Seth Jones), New Jersey (John Gaudreau) and southwestern Pennsylvania (Gibson, Vince Trocheck, and Riley Barber)

Yep. More & more of the top athletes in the USA are playing hockey. I hope the lockout doesn't change things.

 

[forty_three]

Just read this on CBS Sportsline...

The great thing about this championship for USA Hockey is how the roster was spread throughout the country, illustrating just how much the game has grown in the United States.

The U.S. national teams used to be made up of players almost exclusively from Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts. This team pulled players from 14 states, including Florida (Shayne Gostisbehere), California (Grimaldi), Ohio (J.T. Miller and Connor Murphy), Texas (Seth Jones), New Jersey (John Gaudreau) and southwestern Pennsylvania (Gibson, Vince Trocheck, and Riley Barber)

Sean Kuraly too.

Kinda cool at my Son's game this morning walking past the shrine to Kuraly at the rink where he and Connor Murphy played their AAA Junior Jackets hockey. Major competition to get into that program. So much so that there are two other teams now besides the Junior Jackets. North Stars and Columbus Capitals.

USA hockey is in good shape right now. Lots of talent coming through the ranks. And it is spread out. For as big a failure as Phoenix has been, the rest of the expansion is working.

Congrats boys, heck of a win today.

 

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Congrats to USA coach Phil Housley (recently inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame) on a fine coaching job (one more Flames connection on this USA team).

 

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