page_title: List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for the United States
section_title: Goaltenders
hierarchical_section_title: List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for the United States / Goaltenders
caption_attribution_description: English: United States goaltender Ryan Miller watches the action against Canada during the 2010 Winter Olympics Suomi: Yhdysvaltain miesten jääkiekkomaajoukkueen maalivahti Ryan Miller talviolympialaisten 2010 alkusarjan ottelussa Kanadaa vastaan.
context_page_description: Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. The United States has participated in 22 of 23 tournaments, sending 43 goaltenders and 282 skaters.
  For the first two tournaments, the United States sent club amateur teams with additional players from other squads. After sitting out the 1928 tournament, they returned in 1932 with a team made up almost entirely of players attending college in the US. The early American teams were successful, winning three silver medals and a bronze in the first five tournaments. In 1948, controversy struck when the US sent two teams to the Olympics. Two competing bodies, the American Hockey Association and the Amateur Athletic Union, each claimed that their team had the right to represent the United States. As a compromise, the AHA team was permitted to compete, but they would be prohibited from qualifying for a medal.
  In 1960, an unheralded American squad defeated the Canadian and Soviet squads on American soil en route to their first Olympic gold medal.
caption: Ryan Miller led the USA to a silver medal in 2010, and was named MVP of the Olympic tournament.
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