Team USA

One of the charms of the Olympics is seeing and hearing the family members of the athletes cheering from the seats and waving the national flags after traveling around the world to get there. Concerns about safety in Sochi have prompted some U.S. Olympians to tell their loved ones to stay home, however. Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter, who will skate for Team USA next month, is one of them.

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are in about a month, and there will be some local talent on the team.

Hilary Knight scored the lone shootout goal and the United States women's hockey team beat Canada for the third straight time in their pre-Olympic exhibition series, 3-2 on Saturday.

A record-breaking night by Zeb Knutson combined with a blistering-hot power play drove the Sioux Falls Stampede to their sixth straight win in 10-4 victory over the U.S. National Under-17 Team Saturday night at the Sioux Falls Arena.

The Sioux Falls Stampede were missing their top three players Wednesday night and the U.S. Under-18 Development Program took advantage, rolling past the Stampede 7-1 at the Ice Cube.

Five current or former University of Minnesota women’s hockey players have made the U.S. national team roster for pre-Olympic competition.

Wednesday, the last gold medal coach, and current Duke head coach Mike Krzyzweski announced he is stepping down from coaching team USA at the Olympics.

Four different players scored goals while David Jacobson earned his first career USHL victory in goal with 21 saves as the Sioux Falls Stampede defeated the U.S. Under-17 Development Team 4-1 Friday night at the Ice Cube.

The United States won the junior ice hockey championships on Saturday after Rocco Grimaldi scored twice and Vince Trocheck added an empty-net goal for a 3-1 win over Sweden in the final.

Jake McCabe and John Gaudreau scored two goals each Thursday to lead the United States to the final of the world junior hockey championships with a 5-1 win over Canada.