Team USA's Patrick Kane has said that he is looking forward to playing in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The Americans have been placed in Group A in the men's ice hockey tournament at the Sochi Games.
"It's two weeks of your life to give it your all for your country," The AP quotes the 25-year-old as saying.
"It's not Chicago playing against Philadelphia or Detroit. All those cities are rooting for you when you're over there. To have 300 million people have your back and cheering for you to win for the gold medal, it's pretty amazing to think about.
"You feel fortunate to play in an arena in Chicago with 22,000 people and that seems like a lot every night. But to know you'll have support of so many more people from so many different cities is amazing."
The USA has won four medals so far in Sochi.
