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Milford Native Earns Second Olympics Nod for U.S. Hockey
Jonathan Quick, whose hometown is Milford, Conn., will represent the U.S. at the Sochi Games in Russia next month.
Milford native Jonathan Quick will make his second appearance with the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey team at the Sochi Games in Russia next month.
The 27-year-old Quick, who plays professionally for the L.A. Kings, was on the U.S. team in 2010 when it won silver at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Quick, a goaltender, graduated from the hockey-centric boarding school Old Avon Farms in Avon, Conn., in 2005.
In 2010, Quick led the Kings to their first-ever Stanley Cup title, recording three postseason shutouts en route to winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
In 2012, the Kings reportedly signed Quick to a 10-year contract extension worth $58 million. The Milford native played collegiately at the University of Massachusetts.
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