Phil Kessel scores 3 to help US rout Slovenia 5-1

By Larry Lage

Published February 16, 2014 8:37pm ET

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Phil Kessel scores 3 to help US rout Slovenia 5-1 — USA forward Phil Kessel take the puck away from Slovenia forward Ziga Jeglic during the 2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) | Matt Slocum

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Phil Kessel is the first American in more than a decade to score a hat trick in an Olympic hockey tournament.

He’s more interested in something no American has accomplished on Olympic ice since 1980 — winning a gold medal.

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