Canada - USA quick facts

Do you know:

1. United States and Canada have met on 17 occasions in Olympic men's ice hockey, more often than any other two teams in the competition. Canada has won 11 of those meetings, including the gold medal game in 2010 which was decided in overtime (3-2) by a Sydney Crosby goal. USA has beaten Canada three times and there have been three draws.
2. In the group stage of the Vancouver 2010 tournament, United States defeated Canada 5-3. That was the first victory by Team USA against Canada in men's Olympic ice hockey in 50 years.
3. Canada beat USA 5-2 in the gold medal match at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
4. United States has won 11 medals in Olympic men's ice hockey, second only to Canada's 14. Of the 11 medals won by United States in Olympic men's ice hockey, eight were silver, including the one collected in Vancouver four years ago
5. No team has won a silver medal in men's ice hockey in one Olympic Games then taken gold in the next since the Soviet Union in 1984
6. United States has not won a medal outside of the Americas in 42 years, its last being a silver at Sapporo in 1972
7. United States has won its only two Olympic gold medals in men's ice hockey on home ice, at Squaw Valley 1960 and Lake Placid 1980
8. Coming into the semifinals, Phil Kessel was leading the tournament in points scored. Kessel scored five goals and provided three assists for a total of eight points in Team USA's first four matches.
9. Canada has not won an Olympic gold medal in men's ice hockey outside of the Americas in 62 years, its last being at Oslo 1952.
10. No team has retained its Olympic gold medal since Soviet Union in 1988.

Quote of the game:

Drew Doughty "I want to beat them pretty badly, along with the rest of the guys, USA is a really good team, and we know that, and we want nothing more than to beat them tomorrow."

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