USA Hockey

University of Minnesota Assistant Garrett Raboin will lead the program's first-ever hockey team.

USA Hockey has named Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin to the same roll with the team that will look to capture a gold medal in Beijing.

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 Sioux Falls Stampede’s top line of Zeb Knutson, Dennis Kravchenko and C.J. Franklin have been named to the 22-man roster for the 2013 World Junior A Challenge next month in Nova Scotia.

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