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Omega, the official timekeeper for the 2010 Winter Games has made its popular poster series available for download. Click here to download and choose the racing stripes of the bobsleigh to match your country of choice.
There has been significant movement on the betting odds for which country will win the Olympic Men’s Hockey Gold Medal since a month ago (read here) Team Russia having gone from 2.26:1 up to 2.75:1 meaning putting up $100 will give back your bet plus an additional $275. Canada is still hands the favourite at slightly better than even money but with the format of this 2 week tournament (read here) it may be wiser to play the home town spoiler bets of Sweden or USA as well. Note Slovakia has gone from over 69:1 down to 44:1 and could be the darkhorse worth watching.
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| Fri 2/12 | Will Canada Win the Gold Medal? | |
| 09:00 AM | 101 Yes | +118 |
| 102 No | -138 | |
| Fri 2/12 | Odds to Win The Gold Medal ( All in ) | |
| 09:00 AM | 4501 Canada | +118 |
| 4502 Russia | +275 | |
| 4503 Sweden | +691 | |
| 4504 USA | +994 | |
| 4505 Czech Republic | +1488 | |
| 4506 Finland | +1896 | |
| 4507 Slovakia | +4368 | |
| 4508 Field | +18037 | |
12 Countries will compete in a “mini-tournament” for the Gold Medal in Vancouver. The format is quite simple, round robin determines top 4 teams who get a bye to the quarters, the remaining 8 are ranked by performance and playoff to see who gets into the quarters against the top 4. Then it goes, quarters, semis, Gold Medal, with the 2 losers of the semi’s playing for bronze. For a comprehensive summary of the schedule, Pools and draws click here.
Miracle on Ice. Again?
The United States Olympic Men’s Roster for Hockey was announced after the NHL Outdoor Classic at Fenway Park in Boston. Miracle on Ice, Part II? Currently the US Team is facing odds greater than 8-1 to win gold.
| USA |
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| P | Player | DOB | Club |
| G | Ryan Miller | 17.07.1980 | Buffalo Sabres |
| G | Jonathan Quick | 21.01.1986 | Los Angeles Kings |
| G | Tim Thomas | 15.04.1974 | Boston Bruins |
| D | Erik Johnson | 21.03.1988 | St. Louis Blues |
| D | Jack Johnson | 13.01.1987 | Los Angeles Kings |
| D | Mike Komisarek | 19.01.1982 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| D | Paul Martin | 05.03.1981 | New Jersey Devils |
| D | Brooks Orpik | 26.09.1980 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| D | Brian Rafalski | 28.09.1973 | Detroit Red Wings |
| D | Ryan Suter | 21.01.1985 | Nashville Predators |
| F | David Backes | 01.05.1984 | St. Louis Blues |
| F | Dustin Brown | 04.11.1984 | Los Angeles Kings |
| F | Ryan Callahan | 21.03.1985 | New York Rangers |
| F | Chris Drury | 20.08.1976 | New York Rangers |
| F | Patrick Kane | 19.11.1988 | Chicago Blackhawks |
| F | Ryan Kesler | 31.08.1984 | Vancouver Canucks |
| F | Phil Kessel | 02.10.1987 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| F | Jamie Langenbrunner | 24.07.1975 | New Jersey Devils |
| F | Ryan Malone | 01.12.1979 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| F | Zach Parise | 28.07.1984 | New Jersey Devils |
| F | Joe Pavelski | 11.07.1984 | San Jose Sharks |
| F | Bobby Ryan | 17.03.1987 | Anaheim Ducks |
| F | Paul Stastny | 27.12.1985 | Colorado Avalanche |
Team Finland announced its Roster for the 2010 Olympics on December 30th, goaltending could be strongest in the tournament featuring Mikka Kiprusoff and Niklas Backstrom. Only remaining heavyweight to post their team is USA on Jan 1st.
 FINLAND |
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| P | Player | DOB | Club |
| G | Niklas Bäckström | 13.02.1978 | Minnesota Wild, NHL |
| G | Miikka Kiprusoff | 26.10.1976 | Calgary Flames, NHL |
| G | Antero Niittymäki | 18.06.1980 | Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL |
| D | Lasse Kukkonen | 18.09.1981 | Avangard Omsk, RUS |
| D | Sami Lepistö | 17.10.1984 | Phoenix Coyotes, NHL |
| D | Toni Lydman | 25.09.1977 | Buffalo Sabres, NHL |
| D | Janne Niskala | 22.09.1991 | Frölunda Gothenburg, SWE |
| D | Joni Pitkänen | 19.09.1983 | Carolina Hurricanes, NHL |
| D | Sami Salo | 02.09.1974 | Vancouver Canucks, NHL |
| D | Kimmo Timonen | 18.03.1975 | Philadelphia Flyers, NHL |
| F | Valtteri Filppula | 20.03.1984 | Detroit Red Wings, NHL |
| F | Niklas Hagman | 05.12.1979 | Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL |
| F | Jarkko Immonen | 19.04.1982 | Ak Bars Kazan, RUS |
| F | Olli Jokinen | 05.12.1978 | Calgary Flames, NHL |
| F | Niko Kapanen | 29.04.1978 | Ak Bars Kazan, RUS |
| F | Mikko Koivu | 12.03.1983 | Minnesota Wild, NHL |
| F | Saku Koivu | 23.11.1974 | Anaheim Ducks, NHL |
| F | Jere Lehtinen | 24.06.1973 | Dallas Stars, NHL |
| F | Antti Miettinen | 03.07.1980 | Minnesota Wild, NHL |
| F | Ville Peltonen | 24.05.1973 | Dynamo Minsk, BLR/KHL |
| F | Jarkko Ruutu | 23.08.1975 | Ottawa Senators, NHL |
| F | Tuomo Ruutu | 16.02.1983 | Carolina Hurricanes, NHL |
| F | Teemu Selänne | 03.07.1970 | Anaheim Ducks, NHL |
jaromir Jagr Team Czech
Jaromir Jagr will be back in North America to play for Team Czech Republic in the 2010 Olympic Men’s Hockey Tournament. Other NHL notables include Kaberle, Kuba, Havlat, Erat, Krejci.
 CZECH REPUBLIC |
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| P | Player | DOB | Club |
| G | Ondrej Pavelec | 31.08.1987 | Atlanta Thrashers, NHL |
| G | Jakub Stepanek | 20.06.1986 | Vitkovice Ostrava |
| G | Tomas Vokoun | 02.07.1976 | Florida Panthers, NHL |
| D | Miroslav Blatak | 25.05.1982 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS |
| D | Jan Hejda | 18.06.1978 | Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL |
| D | Tomas Kaberle | 02.03.1978 | Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL |
| D | Filip Kuba | 29.12.1976 | Ottawa Senators, NHL |
| D | Pavel Kubina | 15.04.1977 | Atlanta Thrashers, NHL |
| D | Zbynek Michalek | 23.12.1982 | Phoenix Coyotes, NHL |
| D | Roman Polak | 28.04.1986 | St. Louis Blues, NHL |
| D | Marek Zidlicky | 03.02.1977 | Minnesota Wild, NHL |
| F | Petr Cajanek | 18.08.1975 | SKA Petersburg, RUS |
| F | Roman Cervenka | 10.12.1985 | Slavia Prague |
| F | Patrik Elias | 13.04.1976 | New Jersey Devils, NHL |
| F | Martin Erat | 29.08.1981 | Nashville Predators, NHL |
| F | Tomas Fleischmann | 16.05.1984 | Washington Capitals, NHL |
| F | Martin Havlat | 19.04.1981 | Minnesota Wild, NHL |
| F | Jaromir Jagr | 15.02.1972 | Avangard Omsk, RUS |
| F | David Krejci | 28.04.1986 | Boston Bruins, NHL |
| F | Milan Michalek | 07.12.1984 | Ottawa Senators, NHL |
| F | Tomas Plekanec | 31.10.1982 | Montreal Canadiens, NHL |
| F | Tomas Rolinek | 17.02.1980 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk, RUS |
| F | Josef Vasicek | 12.09.1980 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, RUS |
Canada Hockey
December 30th 2009. Saskatoon, SK. Steve Yzerman of Hockey Canada Announced the official roster for the 2010 Winter Olympics Men’s Hockey Tournament in Vancouver.
Interested readers are also checking out the Rosters for Team Russia, Team Sweden, and Team Slovakia, Team USA will announce on January 1st during the Winter Classic at Fenway Park in Boston.
| CANADA |
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| P | Player | DOB | Club |
| G | Martin Brodeur | 06.05.1972 | New Jersey Devils |
| G | Marc-André Fleury | 28.11.1984 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| G | Roberto Luongo | 04.04.1979 | Vancouver Canucks |
| D | Dan Boyle | 12.07.1976 | San Jose Sharks |
| D | Drew Doughty | 08.12.1989 | Los Angeles Kings |
| D | Duncan Keith | 16.07.1983 | Chicago Blackhawks |
| D | Scott Niedermayer | 31.08.1973 | Anaheim Ducks |
| D | Chris Pronger | 10.10.1974 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| D | Brent Seabrook | 20.04.1985 | Chicago Blackhawks |
| D | Shea Weber | 14.08.1985 | Nashville Predators |
| F | Patrice Bergeron | 24.07.1985 | Boston Bruins |
| F | Sidney Crosby | 07.08.1987 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| F | Ryan Getzlaf | 10.05.1985 | Anaheim Ducks |
| F | Dany Heatley | 21.01.1981 | San Jose Sharks |
| F | Jarome Iginla | 01.07.1977 | Calgary Flames |
| F | Patrick Marleau | 15.09.1979 | San Jose Sharks |
| F | Brenden Morrow | 16.01.1979 | Dallas Stars |
| F | Rick Nash | 16.06.1984 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| F | Corey Perry | 16.05.1985 | Anaheim Ducks |
| F | Mike Richards | 11.02.1985 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| F | Eric Staal | 29.10.1984 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| F | Joe Thornton | 02.07.1979 | San Jose Sharks |
| F | Jonathan Toews | 29.04.1988 | Chicago Blackhawks |
Interested readers are also checking out the Rosters for Team Russia, Team Sweden, and Team Slovakia, Team USA will announce on January 1st during the Winter Classic at Fenway Park in Boston.
Going for Gold in 2010
Could Slovakia be a darkhorse Olympic medal contender in 2010? 13 NHL’ers make the Team Slovak roster including former standouts Satan, Stumpel, Zednik and Palffy…
 SLOVAKIA |
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| P | Player | DOB | Club |
| G | Peter Budaj | 18.09.1982 | Colorado Avalanche, NHL |
| G | Jaroslav Halak | 13.05.1985 | Montreal Canadiens, NHL |
| G | Rastislav Stana | 10.01.1980 | Severstal Cherepovets, RUS |
| D | Zdeno Chara | 18.03.1977 | Boston Bruins, NHL |
| D | Milan Jurcina | 07.06.1983 | Washington Capitals, NHL |
| D | Richard Lintner | 15.11.1977 | Dynamo Minsk, BLR/KHL |
| D | Andrej Meszaros | 13.10.1985 | Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL |
| D | Andrej Sekera | 08.06.1986 | Buffalo Sabres, NHL |
| D | Martin Strbak | 15.01.1975 | MVD Balashikha, RUS |
| D | Lubomir Visnovsky | 11.08.1976 | Edmonton Oilers, NHL |
| F | Lubos Bartecko | 14.07.1976 | SC Bern, SUI |
| F | Martin Cibak | 17.05.1980 | Spartak Moscow, RUS |
| F | Pavol Demitra | 29.11.1974 | Vancouver Canucks, NHL |
| F | Marian Gaborik | 14.02.1982 | New York Rangers, NHL |
| F | Michal Handzus | 11.03.1977 | Los Angeles Kings, NHL |
| F | Marcel Hossa | 12.10.1981 | Dinamo Riga, LAT/KHL |
| F | Marian Hossa | 12.01.1979 | Chicago Blackhawks, NHL |
| F | Tomas Kopecky | 05.02.1982 | Chicago Blackhawks, NHL |
| F | Zigmund Palffy | 05.05.1972 | HK 36 Skalica |
| F | Branko Radivojevic | 24.11.1980 | Spartak Moscow, RUS |
| F | Miroslav Satan | 22.10.1974 | free agent |
| F | Jozef Stümpel | 20.07.1972 | Barys Astana, KAZ/KHL |
| F | Richard Zednik | 06.01.1976 | Lokomotiv Jaroslavl, RUS |
Gold Medal Sweden
Defending Olympic Gold Medal winner Sweden named its provisional roster for the 2010 Games in Vancouver Sunday afternoon and 13 of the 23 players were part of the Tre Kroner team that defeated arch rival Finland to win the gold medal in 2006.
| SWEDEN | |||
| P | Player | DOB | Club |
| G | Jonas Gustavsson | 24.10.1984 | Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL |
| G | Stefan Liv | 21.12.1980 | HV71 Jönköping |
| G | Henrik Lundqvist | 02.03.1982 | New York Rangers, NHL |
| D | Tobias Enström | 05.11.1984 | Atlanta Thrashers, NHL |
| D | Magnus Johansson | 04.09.1973 | Linköpings HC |
| D | Niklas Kronwall | 12.01.1981 | Detroit Red Wings, NHL |
| D | Nicklas Lidström | 28.04.1970 | Detroit Red Wings, NHL |
| D | Douglas Murray | 12.03.1980 | San Jose Sharks, NHL |
| D | Johnny Oduya | 01.10.1981 | New Jersey Devils, NHL |
| D | Mattias Öhlund | 09.09.1976 | Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL |
| D | Henrik Tallinder | 10.01.1979 | Buffalo Sabres, NHL |
| F | Daniel Alfredsson | 11.12.1972 | Ottawa Senators, NHL |
| F | Nicklas Bäckström | 23.11.1987 | Washington Capitals, NHL |
| F | Loui Eriksson | 17.07.1985 | Dallas Stars, NHL |
| F | Peter Forsberg | 20.07.1973 | MODO Örnsköldsvik |
| F | Tomas Holmström | 23.01.1973 | Detroit Red Wings, NHL |
| F | Patric Hörnqvist | 01.01.1987 | Nashville Predators, NHL |
| F | Fredrik Modin | 08.10.1974 | Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL |
| F | Samuel Påhlsson | 17.12.1977 | Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL |
| F | Daniel Sedin | 26.09.1980 | Vancouver Canucks, NHL |
| F | Henrik Sedin | 26.09.1980 | Vancouver Canucks, NHL |
| F | Mattias Weinhandl | 01.06.1980 | Dynamo Moscow, RUS |
| F | Henrik Zetterberg | 09.10.1980 | Detroit Red Wings, NHL |
Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk will headline Russia’s star-laden, 23-man provisional hockey roster for the Vancouver Olympics unveiled Friday. Current betting odds for Russia to win gold is +233.
| RUSSIA | |||
| P | Player | DOB | Club |
| G | Ilya Bryzgalov | 22.06.1980 | Phoenix Coyotes, NHL |
| G | Evgeni Nabokov | 25.07.1975 | San Jose Sharks, NHL |
| G | Semyon Varlamov | 27.04.1988 | Washington Capitals, NHL |
| D | Sergei Gonchar | 13.04.1974 | Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL |
| D | Denis Grebeshkov | 11.10.1983 | Edmonton Oilers, NHL |
| D | Dmitri Kalinin | 22.07.1980 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa |
| D | Konstantin Korneyev | 05.06.1984 | CSKA Moscow |
| D | Andrei Markov | 20.12.1978 | Montreal Canadiens, NHL |
| D | Ilya Nikulin | 12.03.1982 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| D | Fedor Tyutin | 19.07.1983 | Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL |
| D | Anton Volchenkov | 25.02.1982 | Ottawa Senators, NHL |
| F | Maxim Afinogenov | 04.09.1979 | Atlanta Thrashers, NHL |
| F | Pavel Datsyuk | 20.07.1978 | Detroit Red Wings, NHL |
| F | Sergei Fedorov | 13.12.1969 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| F | Ilya Kovalchuk | 15.04.1983 | Atlanta Thrashers, NHL |
| F | Viktor Kozlov | 14.02.1975 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa |
| F | Evgeni Malkin | 31.07.1986 | Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL |
| F | Alexei Morozov | 16.02.1977 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| F | Alexander Ovechkin | 17.09.1985 | Washington Capitals, NHL |
| F | Alexander Radulov | 05.07.1986 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa |
| F | Alexander Semin | 03.03.1984 | Washington Capitals, NHL |
| F | Danis Zaripov | 26.03.1981 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| F | Sergei Zinoviev | 04.03.1980 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa |
