Slovenia - USA quick facts

16 Feb 2014 | Davide Tuniz

Do you know:

The two teams have met at the World Championships three times with the USA winning all three contests by a combined score of 19-3
Slovenia's best effort against USA was their most recent one, a 5-1 loss in the preliminary round of the 2008 World Championship
Slovenia's Anze Kopitar will face Los Angeles Kings teammates Dustin Brown and Jonathan Quick
Slovenia became the 34th NOC to take part in the men's ice hockey tournament and the first men's ice hockey team to debut at the Games since Ukraine at the 2002 Salt Lake Games
The USA is the only team that has been disqualified from an Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament. In 1948, the team came fourth and later was removed from the records due to eligibility issues.
Ryan Miller was announced as starting goalie for this game

Quote of the game:

Anze Kopitar (speaking about Slovenia team): "Everybody knows everybody, everybody has played with each other growing up or against each other. It is just a big family."

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