The defiant words were uttered by Tom Williams of Duluth, Minnesota, in February 1960. Williams not only left Squaw Valley, California, with a gold medal, he would enjoy a 15-season NHL career, plus two seasons in the World Hockey Association.

The last time Sweden and the United States met in the Winter Olympics, Team USA was defeated 2-1 in a preliminary round game. When the two teams meet this Wednesday, the stakes will be higher as they kick off the quarterfinals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Team USA vs. Slovakia turned into a uniform nightmare during the Olympic semifinal, with both teams showing up to the ice wearing the same color helmet, pants, and jersey combination

We just witnessed two of the best gold-medal games in the history of Olympic hockey, as Team USA defeated Canada in the men's and women's tournaments.