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Robert Allen Suter (May 16, 1957 – September 9, 2014) was an American professional ice hockey defenseman and member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team who won the gold medal. He was the brother of former National Hockey League (NHL) player Gary Suter and father of current NHL player Ryan Suter currently playing for the St ...
Internationally, Suter has represented the U.S. national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Suter was born into an athletic family as his father, Bob Suter, was a member of the historic gold medal-winning 1980 United States Olympic hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game.
Ryan Suter is the third member of his family to medal for Team USA; his father Bob was part of the "Miracle on Ice" team in 1980, and his uncle Gary won silver in 2002. Keith Tkachuk played 23 games over four Olympic games, more than any other American player. Doug Weight played for three US Olympic squads, winning silver in 2002.
First, a caveat: Wisconsin has left its mark time and again in the Winter Olympics, from speedskating (Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen) to the Miracle on Ice (Mark Johnson, Bob Suter) to ...
Bob Suter, a defenseman on the Miracle on Ice U.S. gold-medal team in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. [8] His son, Ryan Suter, was the first-round draft choice of the NHL's Nashville Predators in 2003. John Tortorella, right wing, played with the South Stars during the 1983-84 ACHL season.
Badger Bob's 1977 team was one of the most successful to date, as the team swept through the WCHA tournament and the 1977 NCAA Tournament. Behind the efforts of four first team All-Americans, Mike Eaves, Mark Johnson (Bob's son), Craig Norwich and Julian Baretta, the 1977 team won the title with a 6–5 victory in overtime against Michigan. [9]
Notre Dame (17-8-1) earned the No. 2 seed for the state tournament and will play No. 3 Madison Edgewood (24-3) in a semifinal at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Bob Suter’s Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton.
Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Pronovost followed his 20-year NHL career with two seasons of play on the Tulsa Oilers in the 1969–70 and 1970–71 seasons. Five players from the 1980 Miracle on Ice team played for the Tulsa Oilers in the late-70s and early-80s. These include Dave Silk, Bill Baker, Steve Janaszak, Rob McClanahan, and Bob Suter.