The United States World Hockey Championship roster was picked by Brian Burke, David Poile, Ray Shero, and Don Waddell and will be coached by John Tortorella. The roster for the US is headlined by Patrick Kane, who is the youngest player on the team and the oldest player on the team is Jeff Halpern at 31 years old. There are only 17 players currently on the roster and more will be added before the May 2nd start date.

United States (US) 2008 World Hockey Championships Roster

US Goaltender
Craig Anderson
Tim Thomas

US Defense
Keith Ballard
Tom Gilbert
Matt Greene
James Wisnieski

US Forwards
David Backes
David Booth
Dustin Brown
Paul Gaustad
Jeff Halpern
Patrick Kane
Peter Mueller
Patrick O’Sullivan
Jason Pominville
Drew Stafford
Lee Stempniak
Phil Kessel

US Coach
John Tortorella

Russia jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the U.S. came back to score 2 before the contest was over.  Russia who has been in the gold metal game the last 3 years, won the bronze metal in 2008.  Alexei Cherepanov, Evgeni Kurbatov and Filatov scored in the first period to give Russia a 3-0 lead and scored another by Filatov early in the second period.

Rhett Rakhshani scored in the second and Jordan Schroeder scored in the third to get the U.S. their two goals and a fourth place finish.

Overall a disappointing finish for the United States who went undefeated in the opening round before losing to Canada in the semi-final 4-1 and Russia in the bronze metal game.