User:Fightonfortroy/US Hockey Addition

The 2010 team was comprised of much younger and faster talent than in previous years such as Patrick Kane, Zach Parise, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan, Phil Kessel, Mike Komisarek, and Bobby Ryan. At the start of the tournament, Goaltender Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres was considered one of the hottest goalies in the NHL, but the U.S. was not considered to be a favorite for a medal. The U.S. team upset team Canada 5-3 in the round-robin phase of the tournament and went into the single elimination phase of the tournament as the number one seed. After beating Finland 6-0 the U.S. advanced to the Gold Medal game where they lost in overtime 3-2 to Canada to claim the Silver Medal. According to Nielson the Gold Medal game between Canada and the U.S. received an estimated 17.6% of U.S. households. A rating that was up 44-percent from the U.S./Canada Gold Medal game at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games. Many hockey analysts and some economists are predicting that this sudden spike of interest in hockey in the United States could give the struggling NHL a much needed boost in ratings at least for a brief amount of time.