Phil Verchota

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United StatesUnited States  Phil Verchota Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 28, 1956
place of birth Duluth , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Left wing
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1976 , 5th round, 75th position
Minnesota North Stars
WHA Amateur Draft 1976 , 7th lap, 79th position
Calgary Cowboys
Career stations
1976-1979 University of Minnesota
1979-1980 USA hockey
1980-1981 Jokerit Helsinki
1982-1984 USA hockey

Phillip John Verchota (born December 28, 1956 in Duluth , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player . He won the NCAA championship twice with the Minnesota Golden Gophers and was part of the US team at the 1980 Winter Olympics , which won the gold medal at the so-called " Miracle on Ice ".

Career

Verchota attended Duluth East High School , where she played football and ice hockey successfully . In both sports he was named to the high school all-state first team. After graduating, he went to the University of Minnesota , where he decided against football and played exclusively for the ice hockey team. In the period from 1976 to 1979 he was used in 161 games for the Golden Gophers, scoring 59 goals and giving 61 assists. Under the coach Herb Brooks , he won the national college championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1976 and 1979. At the 1979 World Cup in Moscow he was part of the USA team for the first time, which finished seventh. A year later he was at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid to the team trained by Herb Brooks, which defeated the USSR in the final round and then became Olympic champion. Verchota scored three goals and two assists in the seven games. In the last game of the final group, he laid the foundation for the necessary point gain with his 2-2 equalization against Finland.

After the Olympic victory, he turned down an offer from the Minnesota North Stars , who had drafted him in 1976 , and played a season in Finland with Jokerit Helsinki . He also played for the US team at the 1981 World Cup in Gothenburg before taking a year off from ice hockey and concentrating on his studies. He then returned to the US national team and helped the United States, who had previously been relegated from the A group, to the title at the 1983 B World Cup and the associated return to the A group. In 1984 he led the US players at the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo as team captain , but where they only finished seventh.

Then Verchota ended his ice hockey career and worked as a bank clerk. He is a member of the 1980 Olympic team, inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.

literature

  • Ross Bernstein: More ... Frozen Memories. Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Hockey . Nodin Press, Minneapolis MN 2007, ISBN 978-1-932472-49-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gopherhockeyhistory.com - Player Details Verchota, Phillip J.

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personal data
SURNAME Verchota, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verchota, Phillip John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Duluth , Minnesota