Olympic team announcement
r On Wednesday, Hockey Canada announced the Men’s Olympic hockey roster that will be nominated to the Canadian Olympic Team. The announcement was made at a press conference in Saskatoon, Sask. that was broadcast live on 13 networks in partnership with Canada’s Olympic Media Broadcast Consortium.
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r Click here for the roster.
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r Canada’s roster includes three goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards.
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r All 23 players have international experience, including 53 gold medals, eight Olympians and, as a group, the players have played in 702 international games, 13,136 NHL regular season games and 1,219 NHL playoff games.
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r The management group also announced on Wednesday that Scott Niedermayer (Cranbrook, B.C./Anaheim, NHL) will be Canada’s captain in Vancouver, while Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL), Jarome Iginla (St. Albert, Alta./Calgary, NHL) and Chris Pronger (Dryden, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) will serve as alternate captains.
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r Canada’s Women’s Hockey roster for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games was announced on December 21, while the National Sledge Hockey roster for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games will be announced on January 4 in Saskatoon.
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