The United States men's national ice hockey team is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado with its U18 and U17 development program in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team is controlled by USA Hockey. Because of the United States' fourth-place performance in the 2009 World Championships, the team moved up one spot – passing the Czech Republic – to 5th in the IIHF World Rankings. The United States won silver medals at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics and the gold medal at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. The team's most recent medal at the World Championships came with a bronze in 2004, and they won the tournament in 1933 and 1960 (from 1920 to 1968, the Olympic gold medallist was also crowned the world champion for that year). At the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, the U.S. was unable to defend its title, losing to Finland in the semifinals. Most recently, the team finished 7th in the 2012 IIHF World Championship. Its current head coach is Ron Wilson. As of 2007, the United States has a total of 480,038 registered ice hockey players (0.20% of its population). The United States is a member of the so called "Big Six", the unofficial group of six the strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden.
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