Tonight could be a memorable night for USA Hockey.

Stars center Mike Modano sits two points shy of tying Phil Housley for the most points by an American-born player. San Jose forward Jeremy Roenick is two goals shy of becoming only the third American-born player to record 500 goals in his career. Roenick said he'd like to see both milestones attained on the same night.

"It would be nice, because Mike would be in the building," said Roenick, who contemplated retirement in the off-season. "He's one of the guys who told me, 'Hey, you've got to stick around,' which meant the world to me."

Roenick said he also would like to see Modano get his record.

"He's the greatest. I think he's the best American ever," Roenick said. "That's why I love playing against him, because he's so challenging. He's a tremendous, tremendous, tremendous hockey player."