Olympics 2006: Rosters, Schedule, Info etc.

[joshjull]

Hard to believe Bouillion got left off. I'm with you lets seperate.

He should be left off team Canada. He is an American. Born in New York City

 

[SwisshockeyAcademy]

He should be left off team Canada. He is an American. Born in New York City

My bad.

 

[Madevilz]

is there a reason why Slava Kozlov was not invited to the russian team?

 

[Booba]

USa should have taken Mara

 

[Easton]

are the games gonna be televised on American television?

 

[Henne]

Jeez, after looking at those gametimes this is one tournament where I will be hoping for tape delays.

 

[Jazz]

are the games gonna be televised on American television?

NBC and its affiliates (CNBC etc)

 

[Slitty]

is there a reason why Slava Kozlov was not invited to the russian team?

The official version as said by Krikunov is "I really do not know this player" which is kinda strange since he played in the RSL and its Krikunov's job to know players potentially going to the Olympics.

Slava Kozlov is doing great this season: he may not be the best player, but Kovalchuk certainly likes him. He is easily Russia's #4-#6 left winger (ahead of Kharitonov even maybe but behind Korolyuk in terms of actualy quality in my personal opinion) so its not surprising he didn't make the final team.

What was (more) suprising yet not really suprising at the same time is that he wasn't included in the perliminary roster. SLava refused to play for Russia at past Olympics (1998 for example) and since he wasn't a superstar like Zubov that we needed: he was punished for it. There is some doubt even if he would play if selected.

A stranger omission from the preliminary roster was Kvasha, Yashin was upset about that one.

 

[Den]

The official version as said by Krikunov is "I really do not know this player" which is kinda strange since he played in the RSL and its Krikunov's job to know players potentially going to the Olympics.

In fact Krik said once that he saw Kozlov play in Khimik and he ws not impresed at all. I think Krik-Mikhailov-Jurzinov think that Kozlov is a character and will be bad for the team atmosphere.

 

[Mr Kanadensisk]

Here is a list of the Olympians sorted by NHL team:

Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Samuel Pahlsson
Sandis Ozolins
Teemu Selänne
Ilya Bryzgalov
Vitaly Vishnevski

Atlanta Thrashers
Peter Bondra
Marian Hossa
Ilya Kovalchuk
Niclas Havelid

Boston Bruins
Marco Sturm
Per-Johan Axelsson
Milan Jurcina

Buffalo Sabres
Chris Drury
Teppo Numminen
Toni Lydman
Maxim Afinogenov

Calgary Flames
Jordan Leopold
Robyn Regehr
Jarome Iginla

Carolina Hurricanes
Erik Cole
Frantisek Kaberle
Martin Gerber
Bret Hedican

Chicago Blackhawks
Jaroslav Spacek

Colorado Avalanche
John-Michael Liles
Vitaliy Kolesnik
Rob Blake
Joe Sakic
Peter Budaj
Marek Svatos
Milan Hejduk
Karlis Skrastins
David Aebischer
Antti Laaksonen

Columbus Blue Jackets
Adam Foote
Rick Nash
Radoslav Suchy
David Vyborny

Dallas Stars
Bill Guerin
Mike Modano
Marty Turco
Niko Kapanen
Jere Lehtinen
Antti Miettinen
Jussi Jokinen

Detroit Red Wings
Chris Chelios
Mathieu Schneider
Kris Draper
Nicklas Lidström
Mikael Samuelsson
Henrik Zetterberg
Robert Lang
Pavel Datsyuk
Tomas Holmstrom

Edmonton Oilers
Chris Pronger
Ryan Smyth
Ales Hemsky

Florida Panthers
Roberto Luongo
Jozef Stumpel
Rostislav Olesz
Olli Jokinen
Jay Bouwmeester

Los Angeles Kings
Craig Conroy
Mattias Norström
Lubomir Visnovsky
Pavol Demitra
Alexander Frolov

Minnesota Wild
Brian Rolston
Marian Gaborik
Filip Kuba
Mikko Koivu
Daniel Tjarnqvist

Montreal Canadiens
Richard Zednik
Jan Bulis
Mark Streit
Saku Koivu
Andrei Markov
Alexei Kovalev

Nashville Predators
Tomas Vokoun
Marek Zidlicky
Martin Erat
Kimmo Timonen
Daniil Markov

New Jersey Devils
Brian Rafalski
Brian Gionta
Scott Gomez
Martin Brodeur
Viktor Kozlov
Patrick Elias

New York Islanders
Rick DiPietro
Jason Blake
Mark Parrish
Miroslav Satan
Alexei Yashin

New York Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
Marcel Hossa
Marek Malik
Jaromir Jagr
Martin Rucinsky
Martin Straka
Darius Kasparaitis
Fedor Tyutin
Ville Nieminen

Ottawa Senators
Christoph Schubert
Wade Redden
Dany Heatley
Daniel Alfredsson
Zdeno Chara
Andrej Meszaros
Domink Hasek
Anton Volchenkov

Philadelphia Flyers
Robert Esche
Derian Hatcher
Mike Knuble
Dennis Seidenberg
Simon Gagne
Peter Forsberg
Michal Handzus
Antero Niittymaki

Phoenix Coyotes
Shane Doan

Pittsburgh Penguins
Sergei Gonchar
Tomas Surovy

San Jose Sharks
Christian Ehrhoff
Marcel Goc
Joe Thornton
Evgeni Nabokov

St. Louis Blues
Keith Tkachuk
Doug Weight
Christian Bäckman
Petr Cajanek

Tampa Bay Lightning
John Grahame
Vincent Lecavalier
Brad Richards
Martin St. Louis
Fredrik Modin
Pavel Kubina
Vaclav Prospal

Toronto Maple Leafs
Nikolay Antropov
Mikael Tellqvist
Mats Sundin
Tomas Kaberle
Aki-Petteri Berg
Bryan McCabe

Vancouver Canuks
Todd Bertuzzi
Mattias Öhlund
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Sami Salo
Jarkko Ruutu

Washington Capitals
Olaf Kölzig
Ivan Majesky
Alexander Ovechkin

 

[Kronblom]

Anthony Tuzzolino is now a member of MoDo Hockey (SWE), he wanted to play in a competive league in preparation for the olympics.

video interview here:
http://allehanda.se/webb-tv/inslag/060116TonyX.wmv

 

[shawn_kemp*]

From the Russian section of the forum :

Sokolov replaces Khabibulin
Korolyuk replaces Zhamnov
Kulyash replaces Bykov

 

[Art Vandelay]

From the Russian section of the forum :

Sokolov replaces Khabibulin
Korolyuk replaces Zhamnov
Kulyash replaces Bykov

Added the first two, sin they are also confirmed by IIHF. I'll wait for an official source for Bykov - Kulyash though.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Ville Nieminen has replaced Sami Kapanen for Finland.

 

[Easton]

Who's commentating the games?

 

[shawn_kemp*]

Who's commentating the games?

specify country & channel

 

[Easton]

USA, NBC...duh, just look at my flag.

 

[Hedberg]

- Have any of those Itallian players ever been anywhere NEAR the NHL radar?

Jason Muzzatti (former Flame, Whaler, Ranger, and Shark) and Anthony Tuzzolino (former Mighty Duck, Ranger, and Bruin) played in the NHL

 

[larsmark]

Crappy Detroit red wings has cost us Kronwall for the Olympics. Just because they said he would start playing in the AHL first before being ready to play in the NHL. Now he'll probably play all the games before the Olympics and hopefully get into shape until then. BÃ…G has however removed him from the Olympic troop since it was said earlier that there wasn't a chance that Kronwall would be playing that many games before the Olympics...

Detroit sucks

Btw, Henrik Lundqvist

 

[Art Vandelay]

Tomas Holmström (DET) replaces Markus Näslund (VAN) for Sweden.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Here's a transcript of a chat U.S. G.M. Don Waddell had over at usatoday.com:

http://transcripts.usatoday.com/Chats/transcript.aspx?c=593

 

[Joe MacMillan]

*Finland is yet to name replacements for goalie Kari Lehtonen and defenseman Ossi Väänänen.

Nummelin has replaced Väänänen. No official word on who's gonna replace Lehtonen though.

 

[sk84fun_dc]

USA updates per Hotstove - Hedican replacing Aaron Miller (pulling out because of back)

and USA taxi squad: Matt Cullen, Ryan Miller (but not actually going to Italy unless needed), and Paul Martin

 

[Leo Naphta]

Not sure how accurate this is, but Swedish television reports that Patrik Elias will replace Petr Prucha.

 

[Kronblom]

Not sure how accurate this is, but Swedish television reports that Patrik Elias will replace Petr Prucha.

Yes, it seems to be that way (without understanding a word of this text).

http://www.hokej.cz/index.php?lng=CZ&webid=0&id=29164&menu=menu_0&view=clanek