Michigan Alum Hagelin Earns Olympic Silver Medal with Sweden
2/23/2014 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey, Olympics
• U-M at the Olympics | Olympic Ice Hockey Updates
SOCHI, Russia -- Sweden forward Carl Hagelin became the seventh University of Michigan ice hockey alumnus to win an Olympic medal, earning silver today (Sunday, Feb. 23) as Sweden fell to Canada, 3-0, in the gold medal game at the Bolshoy Ice Dome. It was Sweden's first loss of the 2014 Olympics.
Hagelin is the sixth Michigan player to earn a silver medal, joining Jack Johnson (USA, 2010), David Harlock (Canada, 1994), Todd Brost (Canada, 1992), John Matchefts (USA, 1956) and Willard Ikola (USA, 1956). Bob White won a bronze medal with Team Canada in the 1956 Olympic Games.
Playing without several key contributors, Sweden was shut out by an outstanding Canadian defensive corps and goaltender Carey Price (24 saves). Jonathan Toews (12:55, first period), Sidney Crosby (15:43, second period) and Chris Kunitz (9:04, third period) scored for Canada, which never trailed in the Olympic tournament.
Hagelin logged 16:04 of ice time and led Sweden with three shots on goal. In his first Olympic tournament, Hagelin played in all six games for Sweden and scored two goals, both in a 5-0 win over Slovenia in the quarterfinal round. He had a plus-1 rating for the tournament and averaged 10:48 of ice time.
A left wing for the Wolverines, Hagelin (2007-11) led the team in scoring as a junior (19-31-50) and a senior (18-31-49). He served as an alternate captain in 2009-10 when U-M won the CCHA Tournament. He was a co-captain for the 2010-11 squad that captured the CCHA regular-season title and finished as the NCAA Tournament runner-up. In 2011, Hagelin was named an Old Time Hockey West All-America second team honoree, the CCHA Best Defensive Forward, an All-CCHA first teamer and a finalist for CCHA Player of the Year.
U-M Ice Hockey Olympians
United States
1956 Willard Ikola (silver)
1956 John Matchefts (silver)
1988 Jeff Norton
1994 David Roberts
2006 Mike Knuble
2010 Jack Johnson (silver)
2014 Max Pacioretty
Canada
1956 Bob White (bronze)
1992 Todd Brost (silver)
1994 David Harlock (silver)
2006 Marty Turco
Austria
2014 Brian Lebler
Sweden
2014 Carl Hagelin (silver)
