MIKELIUT
12-01-2005, 03:00 PM
Canada has cut its list from 81 to 51 according to this report, Staal is still in, but Cam Ward is off ...
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Gibson's Wednesday Hockey Report
Nov, 30 2005 - 9:20 AM
Team Canada has dropped their list of players down from 81 to 51. The Team Canada brain trust will be getting together next week to trim down the list even further. Here's who is left as of today.
Goal: Belfour, Brodeur, Joseph, Luongo, Theodore and Turco.
Defence: Blake, Boyle, Brewer, Foote, Hannan, Jovanovski, McCabe, Morris, Niedermayer, Phaneuf, Phillips, Pronger, Redden, Regehr and Stuart.
Forwards: Allison (Jason), Arnott, Bertuzzi, Crosby, Doan, Draper, Gagne, Heatley, Horcoff, Iginla, Kariya, Lecavalier, Lemieux, Lindros, Maltby, Marleau, Morrison, Morrow, Murray, Nash, O'Neill, Richards (Brad), Sakic, Shanahan, Smyth, Spezza, Staal, St. Louis, Sullivan, Tanguay, Thornton, and Yzerman.
Thirty players have been set aside at this point. It doesn't mean that those thirty won't be on the team. They could set the ice on fire between now and December 21st, although, three weeks is a short time frame. Players not named to the Olympic roster in a few weeks, but are on the original 81 player list can still be added to the team up to 24 hours before Canada's first game on February 15th (flag day) against the host Italy, if a player is unable to play due to injury.
Another point to make is about Canada's third goalie. In 2002 Belfour went and sat in the crowd. Will a veteran goalie want to travel to Italy to do the same this time out? If not, Cam Ward or Andrew Raycroft might be enjoy the sites of the Olympic games. Out of the nine goalies originally named to the list of 81, Curtis Joseph and Marty Turco are playing the best right now.
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Gibson's Wednesday Hockey Report
Nov, 30 2005 - 9:20 AM
Team Canada has dropped their list of players down from 81 to 51. The Team Canada brain trust will be getting together next week to trim down the list even further. Here's who is left as of today.
Goal: Belfour, Brodeur, Joseph, Luongo, Theodore and Turco.
Defence: Blake, Boyle, Brewer, Foote, Hannan, Jovanovski, McCabe, Morris, Niedermayer, Phaneuf, Phillips, Pronger, Redden, Regehr and Stuart.
Forwards: Allison (Jason), Arnott, Bertuzzi, Crosby, Doan, Draper, Gagne, Heatley, Horcoff, Iginla, Kariya, Lecavalier, Lemieux, Lindros, Maltby, Marleau, Morrison, Morrow, Murray, Nash, O'Neill, Richards (Brad), Sakic, Shanahan, Smyth, Spezza, Staal, St. Louis, Sullivan, Tanguay, Thornton, and Yzerman.
Thirty players have been set aside at this point. It doesn't mean that those thirty won't be on the team. They could set the ice on fire between now and December 21st, although, three weeks is a short time frame. Players not named to the Olympic roster in a few weeks, but are on the original 81 player list can still be added to the team up to 24 hours before Canada's first game on February 15th (flag day) against the host Italy, if a player is unable to play due to injury.
Another point to make is about Canada's third goalie. In 2002 Belfour went and sat in the crowd. Will a veteran goalie want to travel to Italy to do the same this time out? If not, Cam Ward or Andrew Raycroft might be enjoy the sites of the Olympic games. Out of the nine goalies originally named to the list of 81, Curtis Joseph and Marty Turco are playing the best right now.