BROOKLINE, Mass. -- John Jack Kirrane Jr., the captain of the U.S. hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics, has died. He was 88.The Brookline, Massachusetts, native died Sunday at a Quincy care facility from complications of Alzheimers disease, said his son, John P. Kirrane.Kirrane first played for the Olympic hockey team in 1948 at age 17. At the 1960 Squaw Valley Games, the 31-year-old defenseman led a squad of mostly college players to upsets of Canada and the Soviet Union before beating Czechoslovakia for the gold.His son was 5 years old at the time but clearly remembers the excitement as the whole family yelled and screamed around a small black-and-white television to watch the game.The gold medal, placed in a display case, was always somewhere around the house when he was growing up, but the younger Kirrane said his father was forever humble about the achievement.He didnt say much about it unless you asked him, his son said. He wasnt the type of guy to blow his own horn. He was modest about it.The 1960 team never received the measure of fame enjoyed by the 1980 Miracle on Ice gold-medal team, but Kirrane didnt mind.He knew it was a different time, his son said. Back then, unless you were from Boston or Michigan or Minnesota, hockey really wasnt a big deal.Kirrane served in the Army during the Korean War, although he never saw combat, his son said. He was also a firefighter in Brookline for nearly four decades.The older Kirrane is a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame and the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame, while the skating rink in Brookline is named after him.He is survived by three children, as well as several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His wife died in 2010.A funeral Mass is to be celebrated Thursday at St. Lawrence Church in Chestnut Hill. David Luiz Chelsea Jersey . Roman Josi had a goal and an assist to lead the Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night. Antonio Rudiger Jersey . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. "I have been having this neck ache thats been affecting my golf recently," Oyama said. http://www.chelseasoccerjerseysonline.com/womens-pedro-chelsea-jersey/ . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Davide Zappacosta Jersey . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. Emerson Jersey . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games.NEWTON, Iowa -- The NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway was postponed Saturday night until 10 a.m. CDT Sunday because of rain. The race was set to begin at 7 p.m., but rain began falling about 40 minutes before the scheduled start. Workers were nearly finished drying the track before it started to pour again, forcing officials to push the race back a day. Austin Dillon will start first after winning the pole for the third week in a row, followed by Sam Hornish Jr., Brian Scott and Brian Vickers. The postponement, which is the first for a major race in the six-year history of Iowa Speedway, also ensured that field Sundayy will be made up solely of Nationwide regulars.dddddddddddd Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano, racing Sunday at Pocono in Pennsylvania, will be replaced by teammate Ryan Blaney. The threat of bad weather loomed throughout the day. But the rain stayed just west of Newton for afternoon qualifying -- and the track hosted its quickest pole session yet. Eleven drivers broke the previous high of 135.141 mph set by Elliott Sadler last August, with Dillon leading the way at 136.737. Dillon became the sixth Nationwide driver to win three consecutive poles. With one more at Michigan next week, he will break the series record. ' ' '