Sochi 2014 men’s hockey analysis – Canada vs USA
Video: Guest video blogger Steve Dangle discusses the U.S. roster announcement and what may be on the way for Team Canada (prior to team announcement).
At Vancouver 2010, both the men’s and women’s Ice Hockey finals featured Team Canada vs Team USA. It would be a long shot to say both teams will be in the finals again at Sochi 2014, but it definitely wouldn’t be unheard of. There is a lot more competition on the men’s side, but it is still safe to say that Canada and the USA are both favourites to bring home hockey gold from Russia.
Read: Hockey Canada men’s team set to defend Olympic title
Read: Our writers tell us who they’d like to see on Team Canada
Team USA was announced last week, and the Canadian team was finally released this morning.
| CANADA | USA | ||
| Goalies – 2014 SV% & GAA | |||
| Luongo | .922 & 2.23 | Jimmy Howard | .911 & 2.65 |
| Carey Price | .928 & 2.22 | Ryan Miller | .927 & 2.64 |
| Mike Smith | .911 & 2.89 | Jonathan Quick | .909 & 2.27 |
| Defencemen – 2014 Pts & +/- (as of Jan 6) | |||
| Jay Bouwmeester | 27 Pts & +21 | John Carlson | 15 Pts & -2 |
| Drew Doughty | 23 Pts & +13 | Justin Faulk | 16 Pts & -4 |
| Dan Hamhuis | 13 Pts & +12 | Cam Fowler | 26 Pts & +14 |
| Duncan Keith | 42 Pts & +18 | Paul Martin | 11 Pts & -1 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 28 Pts & +15 | Ryan McDonagh | 25 Pts & -2 |
| PK Subban | 33 Pts & +14 | Brooks Orpik | 10 Pts & +4 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 16 Pts & +12 | Kevin Shattenkirk | 31 Pts & +13 |
| Shea Weber | 27 Pts & -13 | Ryan Suter | 23 Pts & +1 |
| Forwards – 2014 Goals & Assists (as of Jan 6) | |||
| Jamie Benn | 15 G & 22 A | David Backes | 16 G & 16 A |
| Patrice Bergeron | 10 G & 15 A | Dustin Brown | 8 G & 6 A |
| Jeff Carter | 15 G & 11 A | Ryan Callahan | 7 G & 7 A |
| Sidney Crosby | 23 G & 40 A | Patrick Kane | 23 G & 31 A |
| Matt Duchene | 16 G & 22 A | Ryan Kesler | 17 G & 12 A |
| Ryan Getzlaf | 20 G & 28 A | Phil Kessel | 20 G & 18 A |
| Chris Kunitz | 23 G & 24 A | T.J. Oshie | 8 G & 29 A |
| Patrick Marleau | 19 G & 22 A | Max Pacioretty | 19 G & 6 A |
| Rick Nash | 9 G & 9 A | Zach Parise | 15 G & 12 A |
| Corey Perry | 23 G & 21 A | Joe Pavelski | 18 G & 22 A |
| Patrick Sharp | 25 G & 21 A | Paul Stastny | 11 G & 16 A |
| Steven Stamkos | 14 G & 9 A | Derek Stepan | 7 G & 19 A |
| John Tavares | 20 G & 31 A | James van Riemsdyk | 15 G & 15 A |
| Jonathan Toews | 15 G & 29 A | Blake Wheeler | 16 G & 16 A |
