usa defeated finland in the final game to win the gold medal in ice hockey in 1980.
usa defeated finland in the final game to win the gold medal in ice hockey in 1980.
who did the usa defeat in the final game to win the gold medal in ice hockey in 1980?
finland
roach's hockey announcing goes well beyond the nhl. roach served as english-speaking public address announcer for all men's olympic hockey games at the e-center in salt lake city, utah for the 2002 winter olympic games. roach was at the mic for the historic gold medal win by the canadians over team usa on february 24, 2002. roach also announced hockey in turin, italy at the 2006 winter olympic games at torino palasport olimpico. roach was english announcer during the women's gold medal game won by canada, 4-1 over sweden, on february 20, 2006. one day later, roach was at the mic again for what is widely considered as one of the best hockey games of all time, the 2006 men's gold medal game won by sweden 3-2 over finland. 4 years later, roach was also heard in canada hockey place in vancouver announcing men's and women's games at the 2010 winter olympic games. roach announced the canadian women's gold medal win over team usa on february 25, 2010. roach was at the mic one more time in sochi, russia for the 2014 olympic winter games hockey match between team russia and team usa when tj oshie took the game-winning shot as the americans beat the russians on february 15, 2014. roach also announced the gold medal win by the canadians over sweden, and the swiss women's hockey team's first ever medal, a bronze, on february 22, 2014.
alan roach
jones first represented the united states at the 2010 under-17 (u-17) four nations cup. in the tournament jones scored a goal and registered four points, helping team usa to a first-place finish. he next represented usa in the 2011 world u-17 hockey challenge. team usa finished the preliminary round undefeated winning all four of their games. in their semi-final game team usa defeated canada's pacific team 6–5 in overtime to advance to the gold medal game. in the championship game team usa was defeated 5–3, finishing the tournament as the silver medal winners. in the loss jones was named the player of the game for the united states. jones finished the tournament scoring a goal and two points. he was named to the tournament all-star team. later in the year jones joined team usa for the 2011 iihf world u18 championships. the united states went undefeated in the preliminary round and the semi-final advancing the gold medal game. in the championship game team usa faced a two-goal deficit in the third period. the americans came back eventually tying the game with 1:29 remaining to force overtime. usa scored four minutes into overtime to win the gold medal. jones finished the tournament with three assists in six games.
seth jones (ice hockey)