"Verchota provided offensive punch from the left wing of the Mark Wells-led fourth line. Verchot logged single points in five of the seven Olympic games, with the most important being a third-period goal against Finland that pulled the U.S. into a 2-2 tie and sterred them toward gold. Verchota took a feed from Dave Christian and slapped a 15-footer past Finnish netminder Jorma Valtonen, a 33-year old veteran who had made several specatcular saves earlier in the game."