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Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86), of Rus-
sia, scores past Detroit Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek (34), of
the Czech Republic, during the third period of an NHL hockey
game Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. Looking on is
Red Wings’ Kyle Quincey (27) and Lightning’s Ondrej Palat (18),
of the Czech Republic.

Associated Press

Bishop earns 100th In this Feb. 29, 1960 file photo, U.S. Olympic Hockey coach Jack Riley is welcomed back to U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
win with Lightning,
Associated Press
beats Red Wings 3-1
Jack Riley, U.S. hockey coach
at 1960 Olympics, dies at 95

The Associated Press vision, are 6-4-0 in their last JOHN KEKIS Brian Riley said. “He was a before coach Herb Brooks,
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Ben 10 games. AP Sports Writer fierce competitor. He did the last player cut by Riley
Bishop made 24 saves to Dale Weise and Alex Gal- Jack Riley, the Army coach not like to lose, but at home in 1960, led the “Miracle
get his 100th win with Tam- chenyuk scored for Mon- who in 1960 guided the he was a softie.” on Ice” triumph by the U.S.
pa Bay and Nikita Kuch- treal, which has lost four in U.S. to its first Olympic gold In 1986 and 2002, Jack Ri- at the 1980 Lake Placid
erov scored his 21st goal to a row and is 1-8-1 in its last medal in hockey, has died. ley won the Lester Patrick Games. The Squaw Valley
help the Lightning beat the 10. He was 95. Award for outstanding gold medal was dubbed
Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on FLAMES 4, HURRICANES 1 Riley died Wednesday on service to U.S. hockey. He “The Forgotten Miracle” in
Wednesday night. CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Cape Cod in Massachu- was elected to the United a documentary.
J.T. Brown and Tyler John- Sean Monahan had a goal setts, the U.S. Military Acad- States Hockey Hall of Fame “He pushed his guys,” Brian
son also scored for the and three assists to lead emy said Thursday. He reg- in 1979 and was inducted said. “For the 1960 Olym-
Lightning, who have won the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 ularly attended Army home into the International Hock- pics he brought his team
nine of 10. victory over the Carolina games into his early 90s. ey Hall of Fame in 1998. He back to West Point to train.
Gustav Nyquist had De- Hurricanes. “He lived a great life, and also was a member of the He knew on paper they
troit’s lone goal. Petr Calgary broke a 1-1 tie mid- although he is known as Army Sports Hall of Fame’s probably weren’t the fa-
Mrazek stopped 20 shots way through the second a hockey coach to many inaugural class in 2004. vorites, but he was going to
and had his seven-game period when Monahan set people, he was a great “Jack’s imprint on the have the best-conditioned
road winning streak end. up goals 38 seconds apart husband, father, grandfa- game was enormous,” USA team and kind of skated
SABRES 4, CANADIENS 2 by All-Stars Mark Giordano ther and friend to all,” said Hockey executive direc- the guys into the ice to
MONTREAL (AP) — Jamie and Johnny Gaudreau. son Brian Riley, the current tor Dave Ogrean said in a make sure they were going
McGinn, Johan Larsson Dougie Hamilton also Army hockey coach. statement. “While to many to be in great shape. Obvi-
and Brian Gionta all scored scored for Calgary, which Jack Riley compiled a he is best known as the ously, they were.”
in Buffalo’s big third period ended a three-game los- 542-343-20 record at West head coach of the 1960 Riley kept a reminder of
and the Sabres rallied for a ing streak and climbed to Point during a 36-year col- gold medal team, he de- that moment — his gold
comeback victory over the within six points of the third- lege coaching career that voted his entire career and medal — in a dresser draw-
slumping Montreal Cana- place Anaheim Ducks in started in 1950, transform- life to coaching and devel- er buried under T-shirts, Bri-
diens. the Pacific Division. ing the Black Knights into oping young men.” an said.
Marcus Foligno also scored Elias Lindholm had the lone an Eastern power. He led Riley was born in Boston, The West Point men’s
for Buffalo, which played its goal for Carolina, opened the Black Knights to 29 win- played left wing on the hockey team has been
first game since the All-Star a three-game road trip ning seasons, including a hockey team at Dartmouth coached by a member of
break and led 2-1 heading and started the night 7-2-1 school-record 28 victories and was a member of the the Riley family since Jack
into the final period. The Sa- in its last 10.q during the 1983-84 season. 1948 U.S. Olympic team. took the job in 1950. His son
bres, last in the Atlantic Di- He was the NCAA coach of Twelve years later, he Rob succeeded him for 18
the year in 1957 and 1960. coached the U.S. team to seasons and Brian became
When he retired in 1986, the gold medal, with the coach in 2004-05.
Riley was second all-time Americans upsetting the Jack Riley said of all his
in NCAA victories and cur- Soviet Union and going accomplishments he was
rently ranks 18th. undefeated at the 1960 perhaps proudest of being
“He did have a little bit of Squaw Valley Games in a Navy pilot in the Pacific
an Irish temper at the rink California. It was a startling Theater during World War
and on the golf course,” victory that came 20 years II.q