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David Poile earned a chance to be general manager of the U. Daeshon Hall Panthers Jersey .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey.Since last summer, he spent countless hours trying to shape a roster that would give the Americans a shot to win Olympic gold for the first time since he witnessed whats known as the "Miracle on Ice," in 1980.Poile, though, wont be at the Sochi Games to see the team he helped set up.The Nashville Predators GM and former Washington Capitals executive was hit in the face by a deflected puck during an NHL game last week, a freak accident that will force him to watch the U.S. go for gold on TV from his home in Tennessee."Serving as GM of the U.S. Olympic Team has been the opportunity of a lifetime and I am forever grateful to USA Hockey," Poile said Monday in a statement from the Predators. "However, it is not possible for me to travel at this time, but I will remain in contact with Ray Shero, Brian Burke, Jim Johansson and our coaching staff during the games."Team USA is in great hands and I will be there in spirit. I wish all the best for our players, coaches and entire group as they begin play in the 2014 Olympics and go for the gold."Poile is recovering from surgery and stitches he needed after the puck hit him while he was standing in a tunnel behind the Predators bench in Minnesota."I first want to thank everyone who has reached out to me since suffering this injury," Poile said. "The outpouring of support and comfort has been overwhelming."He led a selection committee that picked the Olympic team after months of work, and his role during the 12-day tournament would have been largely behind the scenes in a supporting role."To hear that he had been hurt and to know that hes not going to be coming over is a huge disappointment," U.S. coach Dan Bylsma said.Shero, who is general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, will be acting GM in Sochi."Having worked with Dave for eight years in Nashville, and knowing, as I told the team, how much passion, time and effort he has put into putting this team together, its disappointing," Shero said.Poile won the Lester Patrick award in 2001 for his contributions to hockey in the U.S., and is a three-time finalist for NHL GM of the year. He has also filled various roles with USA Hockey.He was the associate GM for the U.S. at the Olympics four years ago, when he assisted Burke after he dealt with tragedy. 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Chris Terry and Lindholm each finished with a goal and an assist and Victor Rask tallied his first career goal for the Hurricanes, who were coming off their first win of the season against Arizona on Saturday. Cam Ward, who posted a 25-save shutout against the Coyotes, surrendered just two goals on 32 shots in the win. Mike Richards and Alec Martinez both lit the lamp and Jonathan Quick stopped 29 shots in Los Angeles fourth straight loss. Lindholms snap shot from the top of the right circle with 3:59 remaining in the second extended the Hurricanes lead to 3-1. Los Angeles made it a one-goal game with 12:02 left to play after Martinezs shot from the point beat a screened Ward. The Kings pulled Quick with under a minute to play, but werent able to force the extra session. Quick robbed Zach Boychuk with a quick flash of the glove to keep it a scoreless game with seven minutes to play in the opening stanza. Rask, however, beat Quick for his first career goal with 1:34 to play in the first. Boychuk entered the Kings zone up the right side and sent a cross-ice pass to Terry. Curtis Samuel Panthers Jersey. . Rask crashed the net and tipped Terrys feed into the net. After Justin Williams went off for hooking early in the second, Terrys slap shot from the right circle found twine for a 2-0 Carolina lead 50 seconds into the second. The Kings answered back with a power-play goal of their own. Williams slipped the puck to Drew Doughty at the left circle and Richards one-timed Doughtys feed off the post and past Ward with 5:39 elapsed in the middle frame. Lindholms snap shot from the top of the right circle with 3:59 remaining in the second extended the Hurricanes lead to 3-1. Game Notes The Hurricanes improved to 5-2-2 against the Kings at PNC Arena ... Carolina forward Alexander Semin was a healthy scratch for the second straight game ... 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