Author Archives: Chris Peters
2014 Olympics Preview: Profile of an Olympian — Ryan Miller
With the Olympics less than a month away, United States of Hockey will profile a member of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team almost daily between now and opening ceremonies. Since we’re conditioned as hockey fans to think … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Preview: Profile of an Olympian — Zach Parise
With the Olympics less than a month away, United States of Hockey will profile a member of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team almost daily between now and opening ceremonies. Since we’re conditioned as hockey fans to think … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship Postmortem: Assessing Team USA’s Defense and Goaltending
After taking a look at the U.S. National Junior Team as a whole and detailing the play of the forwards, it’s time to close the book on the 2014 World Juniors with the final looks at Team USA’s defense and … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship Postmortem: Assessing Team USA’s Forwards
After taking a look at the team as a whole and examining how everything happened and what we can learn from it, there’s a far simpler task ahead. It’s time to look at how the individuals performed under the bright lights … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship Postmortem: Assessing Team USA’s Tournament
The U.S. National Junior Team saw their World Junior Championship come to an end far sooner than they could have expected it to in 2014. After starting with three sound wins over weaker opponents, the U.S. suffered back-to-back losses to … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship: USA vs. Russia Recap
The U.S. played with fire too much and got burned. Now their World Junior Championship is over. Team USA fell to Russia 5-3 in the quarterfinals in Malmo today. A pair of 5-on-3 power-play goals in the second period made … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship: USA vs. Russia Quarterfinal Preview
Happy New Year, everyone! Now the real fun begins at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. From here on out, it’s win or watch your tournament end. The U.S. National Junior Team will meet Russia in the quarterfinals at 6 … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship: USA vs. Canada Recap
The game certainly lived up to the hype as USA and Canada played another one-goal game on New Year’s Eve. Canada earned the 3-2 win thanks to a strong second half of the game after the U.S. clearly dominated the … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship: USA vs. Canada Preview
This is the match-up you hope to see in every World Junior Championship. The history between the two rivals, particularly in the last decade has made this must-see TV for any hockey fan. You never know how it’s going to … Continue reading
2014 IIHF World Junior Championship: USA vs. Germany Recap
Games like Sunday’s are always tough. The U.S. knew it was going to roll over Germany, and of course they did, winning 8-0. Team USA is now 3-0-0-0 and is guaranteed to head into Tuesday’s game against Canada as the … Continue reading