Ryan Suter
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| Born |
January 21, 1985 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators |
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| National team |
 United States
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| NHL Draft | 7th overall, 2003 Nashville Predators |
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| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
| Website | rsuter20.com | ||
 Canada's Jonathan Toews guards the puck from Suter during the 2010 Winter Olympics |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| Representing the United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2010 Vancouver | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2004 Helsinki | |
| IIHF World U18 Championships | ||
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2002 Trnava | |
| World U-17 Hockey Challenge | ||
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2002 Manitoba | |
Ryan Suter (born January 21, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Nashville Predators.
Ryan's father, Bob, was a member of the historic gold medal-winning 1980 United States Olympic hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game. Ryan's uncle Gary Suter was a longtime standout in the NHL. Ryan was alternate captain for the US team, earning a silver medal in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Suter played for the Madison Capitols, Culver Military Academy and then went on to the USA Hockey's National Development Team in Ann Arbor, Michigan before he was drafted 7th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He then played one year with the Wisconsin Badgers (Western Collegiate Hockey Association in NCAA Division I) before joining the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League during the 2004–05 season. He played his rookie season in the NHL with the Predators in 2005–06.
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