How many players from the 1960 Olympic Hockey team went on to play in the NHL?
Only two players went on to play in the NHL. Tommy Williams
became one of the best American born players ever to play in the
NHL and goalie Jack McCartan played in 12 games for the New York
Rangers. A third player, Herb Brooks, never played in the NHL but
gained great fame as the coach of the 1980 Olympic team and as a
coach in the NHL.