Author Archives: Chris Peters
2014 Olympics Hockey: USA prepares for Quarterfinal, lines from practice
The U.S. won’t know its opponent until later this afternoon, but they got on the ice in Sochi and got back to work in preparation. When the tournament gets to this stage, it doesn’t take much for the unexpected to … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: Team USA Preliminary Round Assessment
The U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team finished the preliminary round Sunday with a 5-1 win over Slovenia and a final record of 2-1-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) and a goal differential of plus-11. That makes the U.S. the No. 2 overall seed heading … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: Team USA lines vs. Slovenia
Both the U.S. and Slovenia are coming off big wins, but each have to get right back after it today. The game has some pretty interesting implications. A U.S. win of any kind or Russia loss against Slovakia clinches the … Continue reading
T.J. Oshie and the Power of the Olympics
T.J. Oshie has played six seasons in the National Hockey League. He has 241 career points in 349 games with the St. Louis Blues, was a first-round draft pick and a superstar college player at the University of North Dakota. … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: USA-Russia Reviewed
So often a game gets hyped up to a degree where it’s impossible to live up to. Somehow, USA-Russia surpassed the hype. The game included back and forth action, some controversy and perhaps the most compelling shootout you’ll ever see. … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: Team USA lines vs. Russia
It’s the biggest day of the preliminary round as the U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team takes on host Russia at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in the second preliminary round game at the Olympics. The two squads will take the ice … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: USA vs. Russia — Lines Shuffling and How to Stop the Big Red Scoring Attack
Saturday morning will bring the most highly anticipated games of the entire preliminary round as the U.S. meets Russia. The electricity in the Bolshoy Ice Dome is bound to leap through your TV and you may require medical assistance, so … Continue reading
2014 Olympics: Five stray thoughts on Team USA’s 7-1 rout of Slovakia
Well, that was something, wasn’t it? There was so much buildup to the Olympics and now that it’s finally here, Team USA is apparently really excited about it. So excited they scored seven goals against a pretty solid Slovakian side. … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: Team USA lines vs. Slovakia
The U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team opens play against Slovakia Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Team USA is looking to improve on its silver medal finish in 2010 and it will need a good start … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Men’s Hockey: It’s Time
At 7:30 a.m. ET Thursday all of the build up, all of the hype, all of the projected rosters and medal predictions and words upon words of opinion all fade into the background and it’s time for U.S. Olympic hockey. … Continue reading