Championships.

The 33-year-old is providing veteran leadership as he is the only member of the team who is both married and has children. "To be brought here to a foreign country where I’ve never been and get to put the USA jersey on for the first time in my career has been just incredible. Having that ‘C’ on the sweater means a lot, too. And, yes, I’m the only guy with kids. I have boy-girl twins that are three and a half," he said of Gunnar and Lennon. The Americans take on Russia in the semi-finals on Saturday with the winner taking on the winner of Canada and the Czech Republic for the gold Sunday.

Jordan Eberle will play for Canada at the upcoming World Championships.

Eberle does not want toperiod of Thursday's 8-2 loss to the Kings.

It was a nice goal, too. Purcell floated to between the hash-marks and corralled an Anton Lander rebound with the end-point of his reach, and fired it through Jonathan Quick's legs all in one motion. Purcell now has 11 goals and 33 points this season, with five coming on the man advantage.

Tyler Pitlick thinks that if he could get better luck on the injury front, then he could earn a regular spot with the Oilers.

Pitlick has suffered a variety of health problem over the years, with his most recent issue being an injured spleen, which sidelined him for a little over three months last season. He finished with two goals in 17 games with Edmonton. "If I could just stay healthy