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Kravitz: Crushing men's hockey loss, but US proves it belongs among elite

Crushing loss, but US proves it belongs among the elite

8:13 PM,
Feb. 21, 2014

Team USA goalie Jonathan Quick (left) clears the puck away from Canada's Marc-Edouard Vlasic during the second period of Thursday's semifinal match. Team Canada will play Sweden in the gold medal game.

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This isn't what the Americans came for, a chance to beat Finland and walk home with bronze.

But it says something about American hockey that they were viewed throughout the hockey world as a genuine gold-medal threat, that they played throughout this tournament like a genuine gold-medal threat.

It's been 34 years since the Miracle at Lake Placid, but it won't take another 34 years before Americans win Olympic hockey gold. ...