Head coach Mike Sullivan says the 1980 @usahockey team had a huge impact on his generation of hockey players, and that this 2025 #4Nations team has a chance to have the same type of impact on this generation: “I think this group that we have in our dressing room have an opportunity to do that, and inspire the next generation of players. And I think they recognize that… “I think, without a doubt, that 1980 team still to this day has had such an influence on American hockey.” #teamusa #usahockey #

🏒On June 9, 2001 in the Stanley Cup Finals at the Pepsi Center, the Colorado Avalanche beat the defending champion New Jersey Devils, 3-1 for 4-3 series win; giving the Avalanche their second title. Colorado’s Patrick Roy was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals since 1994 that would be decided in the maximum 7 games. This was also the first and most recent Finals since 1989 that the number 1 seeds in each conference met in the Finals. This marked the only time