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| Nickname(s) | Team USA |
|---|---|
| Association | USA Hockey |
| General manager | Brett Peterson |
| Head coach | John Hynes |
| Assistants | Derek Lalonde Ty Hennes Jack Capuano Greg Moore |
| Captain | Brady Tkachuk |
| Most games | Mark Johnson |
| Most points | Mark Johnson (146) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | USA |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 6  2 (May 27, 2024)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 4 (2016, 2018, 2021–23) |
| Lowest IIHF | 7 (2003, 2006–07, 2012) |
| 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) | |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 24 (first in 1920) |
| Medals |  Gold: (1960, 1980) Silver: (1920, 1924, 1932, 1952, 1956, 1972, 2002, 2010) Bronze: (1936) |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 75 (first in 1920) |
| Best result |  Gold: (1933, 1960) |
| Canada Cup / World Cup | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1976) |
| Best result |  Winner: (1996) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 914–471–86 | |
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 currently ranked 6th in the IIHF World Rankings.[3]
The U.S. won gold medals at the 1960 and the 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 2021. They won the tournament in 1933 and 1960. Unlike other nations, the U.S. does not typically use its best NHL players in the World Championships. Instead, it provides the younger players with an opportunity to gain international experience.[4] Overall, the team has collected eleven Olympic medals (two of them gold), nineteen World Championship medals (two of them gold), and it reached the semi-final round of the Canada Cup/World Cup five times, twice advancing to the finals and winning gold once.[5] The U.S. has never reached a World Championship gold medal game, having lost in the semi-final round twelve times since the IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992; this includes six semi-finals appearances in ten tournaments from 2013 through 2023, and three consecutive in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
The U.S. is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and 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.[6][7][8]
- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. May 27, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ Men's Teams and Events at USAHockey.com
- ^ "IIHF - World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ Mount, Dan (May 6, 2019). "Team USA IIHF Roster for Worlds Full of Promise".
- ^ "Men's Teams and Events". teamusa.usahockey.com.
- ^ "NHL announces World Cup of Hockey for 2016". The Canadian Press. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ "Membership Statistics". usahockey.com.
- ^ Peters, Chris (June 18, 2014). "U.S. Hockey Participation Numbers for 2013–14".