Sochi Watch: How Michigan’s players fared at the Winter Games
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia officially came to a close on Sunday – the same day that saw Canada successfully defend their gold medal in men’s ice hockey. Here is a look at how the Michigan natives and connections that were named to national teams performed on international hockey’s biggest stage.
MiHockey Player Watch:
Cam Fowler – Farmington native, Anaheim Ducks – Team USA – 6 games, 1 goal, 1 point, +4 rating, 7 shots on goal, 16:18 average ice time per game
Ryan Kesler – Livonia native, Vancouver Canucks – Team USA – 6 games, 1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points, +6 rating, 7 shots on goal, 18:56 average ice time per game
Ryan Miller – East Lansing native, Buffalo Sabres – Team USA – 1 game, 17 saves, 18 shots faced, 94.44 save percentage, 1-0 record
Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings – Team USA – did not play
Max Pacioretty – University of Michigan alum, Montreal Canadiens – Team USA – 5 games, 1 assist, 1 point, 4 penalty minutes, even plus/minus, 10:20 average ice time per game
Pavel Datsyuk – Detroit Red Wings – Team Russia – 5 games, 2 goals, 4 assists, 6 points, +3 rating, 11 shots on goal, 18:24 average ice time per game
Tomas Jurco – Detroit Red Wings – Team Slovakia – 4 games, 1 goal, 1 point, 2 penalty minutes, -1 rating, 8 shots on goal, 14:09 average ice time per game
Tomas Tatar – Detroit Red Wings – Team Slovakia – 4 games, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 2 penalty minutes, +1 rating, 9 shots on goal, 16:58 average ice time per game
Brian Lebler – University of Michigan alum, Linz EHC (Austria) – Team Austria – 4 games, 2 assists, 2 points, 2 penalty minutes, -2 rating, 7 shots on goal, 15:17 average ice time per game
Chris Kunitz – Ferris State alum, Pittsburgh Penguins – Team Canada – 6 games, 1 goal, 1 point, 6 penalty minutes, +2 rating, 8 shots on goal, 14:09 average ice time per game – gold medalist
Duncan Keith – Michigan State alum, Chicago Blackhawks – Team Canada – 6 games, 1 assist, 1 point, 4 penalty minutes, +6 rating, 12 shots on goal, 21:06 average ice time per game – gold medalist
Daniel Alfredsson – Detroit Red Wings – Team Sweden – 6 games, 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points, 2 penalty minutes, even plus/minus, 9 shots on goal, 14:17 average ice time per game – silver medalist
Henrik Zetterberg – Detroit Red Wings – Team Sweden – 1 game, 1 goal, 1 point, +2 rating, 2 shots on goal, 18:14 average ice time per game – silver medalist
Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings – Team Sweden – 6 games, no points, +1 rating, 2 shots, 6:40 average ice time per game – silver medalist
Jonas Gustavsson – Detroit Red Wings – Team Sweden – did not play – silver medalist
Jonathan Ericsson – Detroit Red Wings – Team Sweden – 6 games, 1 assist, 1 point, 8 penalty minutes, -4 rating, 7 shots on goal, 17:34 average ice time per game – silver medalist
Niklas Kronwall – Detroit Red Wings – Team Sweden – 6 games, 2 assists, 2 points, 4 penalty minutes, -2 rating, 4 shots on goal, 20:13 average ice time per game – silver medalist
Carl Hagelin – University of Michigan, New York Rangers – Team Sweden – 6 games, 2 goals, 2 points, +1 rating, 13 shots on goal, 10:48 average ice time per game – silver medalist