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词条 Phil Verchota
释义

  1. Amateur career

  2. International/professional career

  3. Post playing career

  4. In popular culture

  5. Career statistics

     Regular season and playoffs  International 

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = Left Wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 194
| played_for = SM-liiga
Jokerit
| league = SM-liiga
| ntl_team = USA
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|12|28}}
| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
| career_start = 1979
| career_end = 1984
| draft = 75th overall
| draft_year = 1976
| draft_team = Minnesota North Stars
| wha_draft = 79th overall
| wha_draft_year = 1976
| wha_draft_team = Calgary Cowboys
| image =
| image_size ={{MedalTableTop}}{{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}{{MedalGold| 1980 Lake Placid | Team competition}}{{MedalBottom}}

Phillip John Verchota (born December 28, 1956 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He is best known for being a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal. He also played on the US hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics, this time as team captain.

Amateur career

Verchota attended Duluth East High School where he also was a star defensive tackle in gridiron football and recruited for both football and hockey at the University of Minnesota. However, he chose not to play on the football team and devoted all attention on playing hockey for the Minnesota Gophers. Verchota was a member of the 1976 and 1979 NCAA championship teams coached by Herb Brooks.

International/professional career

Verchota made his international debut at the 1979 Ice Hockey World Championship in Moscow after his college career had ended. He then joined the U.S. Olympic team on a full-time basis for the 1979-80 season.

After the Olympics, Verchota opted to play overseas with Jokerit in Finland rather than sign a contract with the Minnesota North Stars, who had drafted him 75th overall in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft (he also turned down an offer from the North Stars in 1977 to leave U. of Minnesota early). Verchota also played for the U.S. national team at the 1981 ice hockey world championship tournament in Stockholm before taking a one-year sabbatical from hockey.

He rejoined the U.S. national team as a full-time player in 1982/83 and helped the United States win the ice hockey world championship "Pool B" qualifying tournament in the spring of 1983. He continued with the US national program until the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, and retired from hockey afterwards.

Post playing career

Verchota (who is a business administration major and Williams Scholar at University of Minnesota) went into banking after retirement and became senior vice president of First American Bank in Willmar, Minnesota. He was named one of the 50 greatest players in University of Minnesota hockey history as part of "Legends on Ice" tribute in 2001. His skates from 1980 are part of the National Museum of American History collection.[1]

In popular culture

Verchota is not featured in a 1981 TV movie about the 1980 U.S. hockey team called Miracle on Ice, but does appear in archival footage of the medal ceremony where he is awarded the gold medal.

In the 2004 Disney film Miracle, he is played by Kris Wilson, who in 2002 led the University of Wisconsin-Superior to the NCAA Division III hockey championship.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1974–75 East High School MSHSL 43 14 29 43 21
1975–76 University of Minnesota WCHA 42 8 3 11 55
1976–77 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 21 19 40 45
1977–78 University of Minnesota WCHA 34 12 15 27 32
1978–79 University of Minnesota WCHA 44 18 24 42 52
1979–80 United States Intl 54 16 22 38 48
1980–81 Jokerit Liiga 32 15 7 22 42
1982–83 United States Intl 42 30 15 45 36
WCHA totals 161 59 61 120 184

International

Year Team Event  GP G A Pts PIM
1979 United States WC 8 2 3 5 2
1980 United States OG 7 3 2 5 8
1981 United States WC 8 0 3 3 4
1984 United States OG 6 2 2 4 0
Senior totals 29 7 10 17 14

References

1. ^{{cite web |last1=Gambino |first1=Megan |title=30th Anniversary of the Miracle on Ice |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/30th-anniversary-of-the-miracle-on-ice-115086503/ |website=smithsonianmag.com |accessdate=July 31, 2018 |date=February 22, 2010}}
2. ^Kris Wilson biography at the Internet Movie Database https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1537889/

External links

  • {{icehockeystats}}
  • Phil Verchota's Hockeydraftcentral.com bio
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