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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.
Hockey House Being Built
Tickets for Molson Hockey House are now selling fast. The Fan pass which sells for $99 allows in and out access from 11am-2am including meals will be hardest to come by during the Olympics. Currently Fan Passes for January 21,24,26,27,28 are sold out. With capacity in the Hockey House at the 3,000 range it is not surprising, especially considering that the location of the Hockey House is right beside the 17,000 seat arena. The VIP passes which include priority seating and open bar are in the $500 range but it is fully expected for these to sell out very soon as well. You can follow on twitter @Hockey_House
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 | |
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.
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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.
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 |
Yes you can bet on the Olympics. Worth the roll of the dice on USA to win Gold, yes indeed. A $100 bet will win you $108o at Pinnacle Online Sports Book & Casino if Miracle on Ice part II unfolds. Here’s current odds on each of the countries and for those outside of the majors, “the field”
| 4501 Canada | -104 | |||
| 4502 Russia | +226 | |||
| 4503 Sweden | +651 | |||
| 4504 USA | +1080 | |||
| 4505 Czech Republic | +1782 | |||
| 4506 Finland | +2362 | |||
| 4507 Slovakia | +6952 | |||
| 4508 Field | +11809 |
The Olympic Flame will be lit by the power of the sun’s rays on October 22 during a time-honoured ceremony almost 10,000 kilometres away in Olympia, site of the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Officials will present the flame to VANOC a week later in Athens’ Panathinaiko Stadium after a brief relay through Greece.
Sheltered in a security lantern, similar to a miner’s lantern, the Olympic Flame will embark on a trans-Atlantic flight to Canada on board a Canadian Armed Forces’ aircraft. Less than 24 hours later, it will arrive in Victoria, BC, where it is anticipated thousands will cheer on the starting point of the relay and enjoy the first community celebration.
After revisiting our previous post on how to carry the torch, RBC’s page is down and you have to go through 8 pages of Coke ads to find out their contest is over too:( From sources there are still a number of spots yet to be assigned but connections will be the key to land this coveted opportunity.
