Although on the ice or trophy of the troops, American hockey players rapidly melt long-term raising in Canada in the Canadian sport.
When Team USA and Canada See TD Garden Rink in Boston last Thursday night in the inaugural championship game 4 countries face-orff (8 PM ET of ESPN), this is an exceptional example of neighbors who appear to be close to nilHavens invented north of the border.
“There are two excellent teams to be very indented and do everything they can do to win,” US Coach Mike Sullivan told reporters on Wednesday. “How well is that for hockey? This is an incredible hockey celebration. The two teams can be emotional.”
The NHL, the best and useful hockey league in the world, can now be dominated by Canadian players. But over the past few years, the gap between Canadian- and speaking US-Born players have a lot of deductions.
As recently today is 2021-22, there are 481 Canadian-born players who took the ice in the NHL – 438 for ander and defensismentem and 43 Goalmenders. That’s 161 more than the total number of players born in American period – 320, with 294 skaters and 26 between pipes.
The gap is reduced to each period since and now to 107 a little more than half up to 2024-25 NHL campaigns. Up to this NHL period, there is 359 Skaters and 27 Net Winders Was born in Canada compared to their 260 and 19 American counterparts.
Matchup on Thursday will succeed in the best against the best.
“This is one compared to Canada, so this is what you expect,” American Defenseman JaccObs slavin said. “I think for all of us, it’s probably one of the coolest games we play. So I can dream it too.”
Earlier in the tournament, Americans beat Canada in Montreal in a game marked with Three fights separated in the first nine seconds of play.
American Pass jack hughes Looking forward to the environment to be “crazy” once more.
“Perhaps the same force, the same body, the same speed, perhaps even more,” he said. “And I know they’re eager to get us again, and we look forward to playing them again.”
Tonight 4 facial face-off countries can be good to be a preview of games In Milan a year from now on NHL players Make their first display of Olympic Ice since 2014.
World-main players in the world first allowed to be in the Olympics in 1998, but the nhlThe players’ union, the world in charge of the International Hockey and International Olympic Committee cannot be fulfilled for pros playing in 2018 and 2022.
Although the hockey world has never seen the new flow of the United States of the Olympic Ice, it found the results of the World Chasc-Christmas tournament with the best teen players.
Team USA won the past two gold medals and took the highest place four times over the past nine competitions.
“Our team helped to grow the game here in this country,” said American Matthew Tkachuk, the son of 538-Goal Scorer Keith Tkachuk and brother with partner Brady Tkachuk. “And I think a victory can only knock the door to the right and open a new waves of hockey players across the country.”
While the US National Team Development Program clearly more than recognizing and coaching elite talent, that work should not have resulted in mass development of the largest grass level.
There are 1,641 high school offers boys ice hockey in 2023-24, with 32,996 players who prompt, according to The National Federation of State High School Associations. Those levels without changing for past decade and a half.
Glenn HefferanPresident and Commissioner of Junior-Level Hockey League in the United States, said that hockey infrastructure is not yet.
He dreamed of a “Friday night light” hockey culture that could be in Someday Bedf Game, similar to how high school Gridiron is in all football.
“It went through to access,” Hakeeran told Boston news on Wednesday. “Each youth athlete experienced their chance in a game for the first time in their town, if it’s soccer, basketball, lacrosse. That’s not the case for hockey Like Minnesota. So we need Kentucky with lots of rinks, Tennessee with lots of rinks, Florida with lots of rinks. “
And of course, the US should further exceed the highest level of play.
Since “Miracle of Ice“ Team in 1980The US has not yet obtained the golden Olympic – even if America invited to approach the silver medal Investations in 2002 and 2010.
Team USA won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
The US Coach Sullivan, 56, said his hockey love can be traced to which is 1980 “MIRACLES“ group And hoping his squad has the same effect on the future of American players.
“That one hockey event inspires a generation of players – my generation,” says Sullivan about that Lake Placid group. “I think this group in our dressing room has the opportunity to do that and inspire the next generation. And I think they know that.”
