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The Minnesotans in the Games

February 24, 2014 at 4:53AM
Anne Schleper of the United States celebrates a goal against Canada during the second period of the 2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Anne Schleper of the United States celebrates a goal against Canada during the second period of the 2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Minnesotans

Men's hockey

David Backes, Blaine/Minnesota State Mankato; Justin Faulk, South St. Paul/Minnesota Duluth; Phil Kessel, Gophers; Paul Martin, Elk River/Gophers; Ryan McDonagh, St. Paul; T.J. Oshie, Warroad; Zach Parise, Minneapolis/Wild; Derek Stepan, Hastings; Ryan Suter, Wild; Blake Wheeler, Robbinsdale/Gophers

Bronze medal game: Lost to Finland 5-0.

Women's Hockey

Megan Bozek, Gophers; Amanda Kessel, Gophers; Gigi Marvin, Warroad/Gophers; Anne Schleper, St. Cloud/Gophers; Lee Stecklein, Roseville/Gophers

Gold medal game: Lost to Canada 3-2 in overtime.

Cross-Country skiing

Brian Gregg, Minneapolis

Results: Finished 47th in skiathlon 15K classic/15K freestyle; 47th in 15K classic, and 51st in 50K mass-start freestyle.

Jessie Diggins, Afton

Results: Finished eighth in skiathlon 7.5K classic/7.5K freestyle; 12th in sprint free qualification; third in sprint free quarterfinals; ninth in 4x5K relay, and 40th in 30K mass-start freestyle.

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Men's Curling

John Shuster, Duluth; Jeff Isaacson, Gilbert; Jared Zezel, Hibbing; John Landsteiner, Duluth

Result: Completed play with a 2-7 record.

Women's Curling

Allison Pottinger, Eden Prairie;

Jessica Schultz, Minneapolis.

Result: Completed play with a 1-8 record.

Biathlon

Leif Nordgren, Marine on St. Croix.

Results: Finished 45th in 10K sprint; 53rd in 12.5K pursuit; 83rd in 20K individual, and 16th in 4x7.5K relay.

FreeskiIng

Keri Herman, Bloomington

Result: Finished 10th in the women's slopestyle.

Speedskating

Anna Ringsred, Duluth

Result: Finished 26th in the 3,000 meters.

Maria Lamb, St. Paul.

Up next: Finished 16th in the 5,000 meters.


David Backes (42) shot the puck past Slovakia goalie Jaroslav Halak (41) for a goal in the second period. USA beat Slovakia by a final score of 7-1. The Americans led 1-0 at the first intermission on the strength of a goal by John Carlson (Colonia, N.J.) at the 14:27 mark. Tomas Tatar evened the contest moments into the second period with a goal at 20:24, which served to ignite an offensive flurry by the U.S. Ryan Kesler (Livonia, Mich.) started the assault at 21:26, and Stastny added his first
David Backes, from Blaine and MSU Mankato, scored during the United States’ victory Thursday. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) used a strong performance in the free portion of the women's skiathlon event to finish eighth in competition at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center Saturday afternoon. Diggins found herself in 27th place after covering the classic portion of the course in 20:01.7, but improved to a 19:29.5 in the free portion for a final time of 1:31.9, 1:20.7 off the podium pace. The gold medal went to Marit Bjoergen of Norway in 38:33.6, while Sweden's Charlotte Kalla
Jessie Diggins (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Keri Herman walked of the course after her final run of the women's ski slopestyle finals. Herman finished in 10th place. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ cgonzalez@startribune.com - February 11, 2013, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Women's Ski Slopestyle
Keri Herman (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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