Olympic Winter Games 2010 / Ice Hockey (Men) / Squad

The squad for the 2010 men's Olympic ice hockey tournament consisted of a total of 276 players in twelve teams. The tournament took place between February 16 and 28 as part of the XXI. Winter Olympics held in Vancouver , Canada . For the fourth time after Nagano in 1998 , Salt Lake City in 2002 and Turin in 2006 , players of the North American professional league National Hockey League were also allowed to take part in the competition.

Nomination process
Squad lists
Germany	Finland	Canada
Latvia	Norway	Russia
Sweden	Switzerland	Slovakia
Czech Republic	United States	Belarus
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Individual evidence

Nomination process

Before the start of the Olympic ice hockey tournament, each participating nation had to name a squad that consisted of 20 field players and three goalkeepers for a maximum of 23 players. This had to be named no later than February 15, 2010, one day before the start of the tournament. Previously, the twelve participating nations announced a provisional roster between December 23, 2009 and January 1, 2010. However, the binding squad of February 15 could deviate from the provisional. Only after the confirmation of the maximum number of 23 players by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF , no further players could be nominated. The associations opted for the field players either the offensive variant with 13 forwards and seven defenders or the more defensive approach with only twelve attackers and eight defenders.

nation	Notification date	attacker	defender	goalkeeper
Germany	Dec 30, 2009	12	8th	3
Finland	Dec 30, 2009	13	7th	3
Canada	Dec 30, 2009	13	7th	3
Latvia	Dec 29, 2009	12	8th	3
Norway	Dec 29, 2009	13	7th	3
Russia	Dec 25, 2009	12	8th	3
Sweden	Dec. 27, 2009	12	8th	3
Switzerland	Dec 30, 2009	12	8th	3
Slovakia	Dec 29, 2009	13	7th	3
Czech Republic	Dec 30, 2009	12	8th	3
United States	0Jan. 1, 2010	13	7th	3
Belarus	23 Dec 2009	12	8th	3

In order to be eligible to play for a national team according to the rules of the World Ice Hockey Federation, he had to meet various criteria. For one thing, he had to be a citizen of the nation and be subject to the jurisdiction of the national association.
If a player takes part in a competition hosted by the IIHF for the first time after acquiring citizenship for his country, the so-called two-year rule came into force. This included that the player had to meet the general criteria of the world association. In addition, it had to be proven that he had been active in the national competitions of his new home country for at least two years without interruption and had not been transferred to another country or played there during this time. The second additional criterion was that the player had to be in possession of an International Transfer Card (ITC) that confirmed the move to his new home country and dated by the IIHF at least two years before the start of the competition in which he wishes to participate was.
If a player had changed citizenship but had already been active in an IIHF competition, the so-called four-year rule applied . All of the previous criteria came into force, but the embargo period was four instead of two years.

Legend

General No. Player's jersey number Item Player's attack position F. All-rounder C. center LW Left wing RW Right wing team Club team (and league) at the start of the tournament

statistics Sp Games S. Victories T Gates N Defeats V templates Min minutes played Pt Scorer points GT Goals conceded SM Penalty minutes SO Shutouts +/- Plus minus Sv% sustained shots (in percent) GTS Conceded goal

Germany

The roster of the German team was announced on December 30, 2009. The national coach Uwe Krupp called - in addition to three goalkeepers - eight defenders and twelve attackers in the squad. However, on January 21, 2010 it was announced that the team would travel to Vancouver with 26 players in order to be able to compensate for possible injuries at short notice.

Marco Sturm led the German contingent

Contingent

After Germany's poor performance at the 2009 World Cup , the German Ice Hockey Association sent a largely changed squad to the Winter Olympics. There were only ten players in the squad who played at the World Cup in April 2009, and only seven who took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics. The most prominent players in the squad were the NHL players Marco Sturm from the Boston Bruins , Jochen Hecht from the Buffalo Sabers and Christian Ehrhoff from the Vancouver Canucks . In their respective positions, they formed the core of the team. In addition, Dennis Seidenberg , Marcel Goc , Alexander Sulzer and Thomas Greiss were joined by other NHL players and initially Philip Gogulla from the Portland Pirates from the American Hockey League . The largest part of the line-up, however, was made up of players from the German Ice Hockey League . A quarter of the 16 DEL players were under contract with ERC Ingolstadt , which made up the largest contingent. Nevertheless, they too had sufficient experience. Dimitri Pätzold , Jason Holland , Chris Schmidt and John Tripp were also already active in the NHL and the strikers Thomas Greilinger , Michael Wolf and Marcel Müller were among the top scorers in the DEL. The youngest player in the squad was defender Korbinian Holzer .

Thomas Greiss was one of three goalkeepers in the squad

Participants with Olympic experience

Eight Germans had already taken part in the Winter Olympics - Thomas Greiss, Christian Ehrhoff, Dennis Seidenberg, Marco Sturm, Alexander Sulzer, Marcel Goc, Jochen Hecht and Sven Felski . Ehrhoff and Seidenberg, like Sturm and Hecht, have already been represented in two Olympic ice hockey tournaments. While the first two were in the squad in 2002 and 2006, Sturm und Hecht played in Nagano in 2002 and as the only German in 1998 . Both were nominated for the 2006 Winter Olympics, but had to cancel their participation due to an injury.

Cancellations and disregards

As announced in an interview a few weeks before the announcement, Krupp initially waived some players from the NHL who only played a subordinate role in their teams, and resorted to players from the national league. The experienced Jochen Hecht from the Buffalo Sabers and Christoph Schubert from the Atlanta Thrashers were not nominated for the time being. These players, like ten others, were appointed to the twelve-man reserve squad, whose players were available on call until February 15. This also includes Rob Zepp and Sven Butenschön , among others . Other players active in North America such as Felix Schütz and Robert Dietrich were not taken into account either; neither did Dimitrij Kochnev and Eduard Lewandowski , who were under contract in the Continental Hockey League . Florian Busch from the Eisbären Berlin , who has been suspected of doping since March 2008, was also not listed in the provisional 35-man squad by the national coach , but received the prospect of being approved by the National Anti-Doping a week after the squad was announced Agency NADA still have a chance of being nominated. On January 19, DEB sports director Franz Reindl announced the final waiver of Busch, who had recently been added to the NADA test pool again. He justified the rejection by stating that an exemption from the German Olympic Sports Confederation DOSB could not have been issued on time.

Post nominations

Jochen Hecht was finally accepted into the definitive squad on January 21, 2010. He took the place of Philip Gogulla. Jason Holland and Alexander Barta were also replaced by Sven Butenschön and Kai Hospelt on the day the squad was finally announced .

Official

The supervisory staff of the German selection consisted of four former players. At its head was Uwe Krupp, who was the first German to win the Stanley Cup . He has held the office of national coach since December 2005 and led the Germans from Division I back into the world group in the first year of his activity. Ernst Höfner acted as his assistant , who was active in Germany's top division for years and at the same time acted as the main person behind the gang for the German U20 juniors. As at world championships, Franz Reindl held the position of so-called general manager. Reindl had been the sports director of the German Ice Hockey Federation since 1992.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
-	Alexander Barta	C.	0Feb. 2, 1983	replaced by Kai Hospelt on February 15th						Hamburg Freezers ( DEL )
11	Sven Felski - A.	LW	Nov 18, 1974	4th	0	0	0	2	± 0	Eisbären Berlin ( DEL )
57	Marcel Goc	C.	Aug 24, 1983	4th	2	1	3	0	-1	Nashville Predators ( NHL )
-	Philip Gogulla	LW	July 31, 1987	replaced by Jochen Hecht on January 21st						Portland Pirates ( AHL )
39	Thomas Greilinger	LW	0Aug 6, 1981	4th	0	0	0	2	-2	ERC Ingolstadt ( DEL )
17th	Jochen Hecht	C.	June 21, 1977	4th	0	1	1	2	-2	Buffalo Sabers ( NHL )
18th	Kai Hospelt	F.	23 Aug 1985	4th	0	1	1	2	-4	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg ( DEL )
9	Manuel blade	RW	05th Sep 1984	4th	1	0	1	0	–6	Kassel Huskies ( DEL )
25th	Marcel Müller	LW	July 10, 1988	4th	0	2	2	12	-5	Cologne Sharks ( DEL )
15th	Travis James Mulock	C.	June 25, 1985	4th	0	0	0	2	-3	Eisbären Berlin ( DEL )
24	André Rankel	RW	Aug 27, 1985	4th	0	1	1	0	± 0	Eisbären Berlin ( DEL )
19th	Marco Sturm - C	LW	08 Sep 1978	4th	0	1	1	0	-2	Boston Bruins ( NHL )
21st	John Tripp	RW	0May 4th 1977	4th	1	0	1	2	± 0	Hamburg Freezers ( DEL )
16	Michael Wolf	RW	Jan. 24, 1981	4th	0	0	0	2	-2	Iserlohn Roosters ( DEL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
2	Michael Bakos		02nd Mar 1979	4th	0	0	0	0	-2	ERC Ingolstadt ( DEL )
6th	Sven Butenschön		22 Mar 1976	4th	0	0	0	2	-1	Adler Mannheim ( DEL )
10	Christian Ehrhoff		0July 6, 1982	4th	0	0	0	4th	-1	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL )
38	Jakub Ficenec		Feb 11, 1977	4th	0	0	0	4th	-5	ERC Ingolstadt ( DEL )
-	Jason Holland		Apr 30, 1976	replaced by Sven Butenschön on February 15th						DEG Metro Stars ( DEL )
5	Korbinian Holzer		Feb 16, 1988	4th	0	0	0	2	-1	DEG Metro Stars ( DEL )
7th	Chris Schmidt		01st Mar 1976	4th	0	1	1	2	-2	Adler Mannheim ( DEL )
84	Dennis Seidenberg - A.		July 18, 1981	4th	1	0	1	2	± 0	Florida Panthers ( NHL )
52	Alexander Sulzer		May 30, 1984	4th	0	0	0	4th	–6	Nashville Predators ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
44	Dennis Endras	July 14, 1985	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Augsburg Panther ( DEL )
1	Thomas Greiss	Jan. 29, 1986	3	0	3	178: 51	15th	0	81.48	5.03	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
32	Dimitri Pätzold	0Feb. 3, 1983	1	0	1	60:00	5	0	85.71	5.00	ERC Ingolstadt ( DEL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Uwe Krupp	June 24, 1965
Assistant coach		Ernst Höfner	21 Sep 1957
General manager		Franz Reindl	Nov 24, 1954
Team captain		Klaus Merk	Apr. 26, 1967

Finland

Finland announced its roster for the Olympic ice hockey tournament on December 30, 2009. The Finnish association nominated 13 attackers, seven defenders and three goalkeepers. With Ville Peltonen , the Finnish standard bearer came from the ranks of the squad at the opening ceremony.

Teemu Selänne was the only player who played in the 1992 Olympics

Contingent

Compared to the 2009 World Cup , there were only six players in the squad for the Turin silver medalist . But 15 players returned, who lost to the Swedes in the 2006 final. The team was led by the experienced players Teemu Selänne , Jere Lehtinen , Saku Koivu , Ville Peltonen, Kimmo Timonen and Sami Salo , who were mainly supported by a strong goalkeeper trio around Niklas Bäckström , Miikka Kiprusoff and Antero Niittymäki . There were also some hopeful young players. Mainly the nominees were composed of actors who were under contract in the National Hockey League ; they made up 18 of the 23 participants. Four players were active in the Continental Hockey League and another in the Swedish Elitserien . Surprisingly, no player from the national SM-liiga was called into the squad. With Saku and Mikko Koivu as well as Jarkko and Tuomo Ruutu , the Finns provided two of a total of six pairs of brothers in the Olympic ice hockey tournament.

Participants with Olympic experience

With Teemu Selänne and Jere Lehtinen, two Finns have already contested their fifth Olympic Games. While Lehtinen not only won a silver medal in Turin in 2006, but also a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Selänne was the only player in the entire tournament who was already part of the Finns' squad at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville . Ville Peltonen, Saku Koivu and Kimmo Timonen played in their fourth winter games.

Cancellations and disregards

Jussi Jokinen from the Carolina Hurricanes , Ville Leino from the Philadelphia Flyers and Hannes Hyvönen from HK Dinamo Minsk received no attention during the nomination . Pekka Rinne and Tuukka Rask were also left behind in the strong position in goal . The experienced Petteri Nummelin was also not nominated.

Official

The Finnish head coach Jukka Jalonen had only been in office since summer 2008 and inherited the Canadian Doug Shedden . In his only major tournament, he finished fifth at the 2009 World Cup.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
51	Valtteri Filppula	C.	20 Mar 1984	6th	3	0	3	0	+1	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
10	Niklas Hagman	LW	0Dec 5, 1979	6th	4th	2	6th	2	-3	Calgary Flames ( NHL )
62	Jarkko Immonen	C.	Apr 19, 1982	6th	0	0	0	0	± 0	Ak Bars Kazan ( KHL )
12	Olli Jokinen	C.	0Dec 5, 1978	6th	3	1	4th	2	+1	New York Rangers ( NHL )
39	Niko Kapanen	C.	Apr 29, 1978	6th	0	2	2	0	± 0	Ak Bars Kazan ( KHL )
9	Mikko Koivu	C.	March 12 1983	6th	0	4th	4th	2	± 0	Minnesota Wild ( NHL )
11	Saku Koivu - C.	C.	Nov 23, 1974	6th	0	2	2	6th	+1	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )
26th	Jere Lehtinen	RW	June 24, 1973	6th	0	0	0	0	-1	Dallas Stars ( NHL )
20th	Antti Miettinen	RW	03rd July 1980	6th	1	0	1	0	-3	Minnesota Wild ( NHL )
16	Ville Peltonen	LW	May 24, 1973	6th	0	1	1	2	+3	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
37	Jarkko Ruutu	RW	23 Aug 1975	6th	2	1	3	14th	+3	Ottawa Senators ( NHL )
15th	Tuomo Ruutu	C.	Feb 16, 1983	6th	1	0	1	2	-1	Carolina Hurricanes ( NHL )
8th	Teemu Selänne - A	RW	03rd July 1970	6th	0	2	2	0	-1	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
5	Leave Kukkonen		Sep 18 1981	6th	0	1	1	4th	+1	HK Awangard Omsk ( KHL )
18th	Sami Lepistö		Oct 17, 1984	6th	0	1	1	6th	-3	Phoenix Coyotes ( NHL )
32	Toni Lydman		25 Sep 1977	6th	0	0	0	2	+1	Buffalo Sabers ( NHL )
21st	Janne Niskala		22 Sep 1981	6th	0	2	2	2	-2	Frölunda HC ( Elitserien )
25th	Joni Pitkänen		19 Sep 1983	5	1	2	3	29	-1	Carolina Hurricanes ( NHL )
6th	Sami Salo		0Sep 2 1974	6th	1	1	2	4th	+2	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL )
44	Kimmo Timonen - A		18 Mar 1975	6th	2	2	4th	2	+2	Philadelphia Flyers ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
33	Niklas Bäckström	Feb 13, 1978	2	1	0	109: 52	2	1	95.24	1.09	Minnesota Wild ( NHL )
34	Miikka Kiprusoff	Oct 26, 1976	5	3	2	250: 08	11	1	89.42	2.64	Calgary Flames ( NHL )
30th	Antero Niittymäki	June 18, 1980	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tampa Bay Lightning ( NHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Jukka Jalonen	0Nov 2, 1962
Assistant coach		Risto Dufva	0May 1, 1963
Assistant coach		Timo Lehkonen	0Jan. 8, 1966

Canada

The provisional squad of the top favorites Canada was announced on December 30, 2009 - the presentation of the squad mutated into an event of national proportions in Canada. Finding the 23 most suitable Canadians for the Winter Olympics meant for General Manager Steve Yzerman a journey through the arenas of the 30 franchises of the National Hockey League , as none of the twelve teams at the Olympics could choose from a similar number of players. Ultimately, three goalkeepers, seven defenders and 13 strikers were nominated. Initially, in early November 2009, the presentation of the squad was scheduled for December 31 - as part of the prestigious duel between Canada and the United States at the U20 World Junior Championship - but was then brought forward to December 30 because the game should not be degraded to the supporting program of the presentation.

Sidney Crosby was supposed to lead Canada to Olympic victory

Contingent

To win the gold medal, the Canadian Association Hockey Canada relied on a mix of experienced players who had already impressed at previous Olympic ice hockey tournaments and young talents. Above all, Sidney Crosby from the Pittsburgh Penguins was on the attack. They were joined by Jarome Iginla , on the defensive Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger as well as Martin Brodeur in goal. Furthermore, the Canadians tried to develop an understanding of the game between the individual players as quickly as possible by forming pairs. Defenders Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook came from the Chicago Blackhawks , Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry played together at the Anaheim Ducks and the trio around Joe Thornton , Patrick Marleau and Dany Heatley formed a storm line at the San Jose Sharks . The Sharks also made the most nominations with a total of four players. The biggest surprises of the nomination were in the attack Patrice Bergeron , who was the only nominee not to participate in the association's summer training camp with 46 players, the 20-year-old defender Drew Doughty and Brent Seabrook. For team captain on the day of presentation defender Scott Niedermayer was appointed, the Chris Pronger, Jarome Iginla and Sidney Crosby assisted.

Joe Thornton was one of four nominees for the San Jose Sharks

Participants with Olympic experience

From the team that disappointed with seventh place at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, there were only seven players in the squad. However, with Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer, two members of the Triple Gold Club were added. Martin Brodeur was part of the team that ended the Canadians' 50-year lean period with the Olympic gold medal in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics .

Cancellations and disregards

Due to the large list of candidates for the 23 vacancies, some players who had justified hopes for a nomination were not called into the squad. Mike Green , Dion Phaneuf and Jay Bouwmeester had to accept a rejection in defense . In the attack, Vincent Lecavalier , Jeff Carter , Shane Doan and Martin St. Louis , among others, received no invitation. However, General Manager Steve Yzerman announced in advance that he would tell some players to be ready at short notice if a nominated player was canceled.

Official

The Canadian selection went to the Olympic ice hockey tournament with the probably most prominent coaching staff. Especially for the tournament, the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings from the NHL, Mike Babcock , was appointed to be primarily responsible for the Canadian team in June 2009. Babcock was one of the most successful coaches on the North American continent in recent years. In the 2007/08 season his team won the Stanley Cup and in the 2008/09 season it failed in the final. Babcock was assisted by Ken Hitchcock , Jacques Lemaire - also winner of the Stanley Cup - and Lindy Ruff . All of them were experienced trainers in the NHL and each looked after a team as head coach in the 2009/10 season . The position of general manager was held by long-time NHL player Steve Yzerman, who won the Stanley Cup three times as a player and was a member of the 2002 Olympic team.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
37	Patrice Bergeron	C.	July 24, 1985	7th	0	1	1	2	-2	Boston Bruins ( NHL )
87	Sidney Crosby - A	C.	0Aug 7, 1987	7th	4th	3	7th	4th	+2	Pittsburgh Penguins ( NHL )
51	Ryan Getzlaf	C.	May 10, 1985	7th	3	4th	7th	2	+2	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )
15th	Dany Heatley	LW	Jan. 21, 1981	7th	4th	3	7th	4th	+1	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
12	Jarome Iginla - A.	RW	0July 1, 1977	7th	5	2	7th	0	+5	Calgary Flames ( NHL )
11	Patrick Marleau	LW	Sep 15 1979	7th	2	3	5	0	+1	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
10	Brenden Morrow	LW	Jan. 16, 1979	7th	2	1	3	2	+3	Dallas Stars ( NHL )
61	Rick Nash	LW	June 16, 1984	7th	2	3	5	0	+1	Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL )
24	Corey Perry	RW	May 16, 1985	7th	4th	1	5	2	+3	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )
18th	Mike Richards	C.	Feb 11, 1985	7th	2	3	5	0	+5	Philadelphia Flyers ( NHL )
21st	Eric Staal	C.	Oct. 29, 1984	7th	1	5	6th	6th	+6	Carolina Hurricanes ( NHL )
19th	Joe Thornton	C.	02nd July 1979	7th	1	1	2	0	-1	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
16	Jonathan Toews	C.	Apr 29, 1988	7th	1	7th	8th	2	+9	Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
22nd	Dan Boyle		July 12, 1976	7th	1	5	6th	2	+5	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
8th	Drew Doughty		0Dec 8, 1989	7th	0	2	2	2	+6	Los Angeles Kings ( NHL )
2	Duncan Keith		July 16, 1983	7th	0	6th	6th	2	+6	Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL )
27	Scott Niedermayer - C.		Aug 31, 1973	7th	1	2	3	4th	+2	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )
20th	Chris Pronger - A		Oct 10, 1974	7th	0	5	5	2	+3	Philadelphia Flyers ( NHL )
7th	Brent Seabrook		Apr 20, 1985	7th	0	1	1	2	+2	Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL )
6th	Shea Weber		Aug 14, 1985	7th	2	4th	6th	2	+4	Nashville Predators ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
30th	Martin Brodeur	0May 6, 1972	2	0	1	124: 18	6th	0	2.90	86.67	New Jersey Devils ( NHL )
29	Marc-André Fleury	Nov 28, 1984	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pittsburgh Penguins ( NHL )
1	Roberto Luongo	0Apr 4, 1979	5	5	0	307: 40	9	1	1.76	92.68	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Mike Babcock	Apr 29, 1963
Assistant coach		Ken Hitchcock	Dec 17, 1951
Assistant coach		Jacques Lemaire	0Sep 7 1945
Assistant coach		Lindy Ruff	Feb. 17, 1960
General manager		Steve Yzerman	0May 9, 1965
Team captain		Johnny Misley	May 13, 1962

Latvia

Latvia, one of the three qualifiers alongside Germany and Norway, announced its squad on December 29, 2009. Twelve strikers, eight defenders and three goalkeepers were nominated by national coach Oļegs Znaroks .

Mārtiņš Karsums and three other Latvians were under contract in North America

Contingent

The Latvian Association relied on an experienced squad for the Olympic ice hockey tournament - like many other nations. 19 of the total of 23 players were already on the team at the 2009 World Cup when it reached the quarter-finals. In contrast to many other teams, the Latvians had the advantage that they could fall back on a well-rehearsed team - a total of 15 players were under contract with Dinamo Riga , the only representative of Latvia in the Continental Hockey League . These players were complemented by experienced players who worked in North America, Germany and Russia. With Kārlis Skrastiņš there was only one long-time NHL player in the squad. Oskars Bārtulis , Kaspars Daugaviņš and Mārtiņš Karsums were also under contract in North America at the time of the nomination, but played mainly in the American Hockey League . Forward Herberts Vasiļjevs and defender Arvīds Reķis were nominated from the German Ice Hockey League .

Participants with Olympic experience

For five players in the Latvian squad, the Winter Games in Vancouver were their third. In addition to the gatekeepers Edgars Masaļskis and Sergejs Naumovs the fielder Kārlis Skrastiņš ran Rodrigo Laviņš and Aleksandrs Ņiživijs already at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City and 2006 in Turin on for their homeland.

Cancellations and disregards

No consideration in the nomination of the provisional squad found Raitis Ivanāns , who was used next to Skrastiņš and Bārtulis in the 2009/10 season in the NHL. The officials also did without the experienced Sandis Ozoliņš from Dinamo Riga and Artūrs Kulda from the Chicago Wolves from the AHL.

Official

The national coach of the Latvians was Oļegs Znaroks, who had been active in Germany for a long time and also had German citizenship. Znaroks had been the head coach of Latvia since 2006 and always brought the team to a better position in the final ranking at world championships between 2007 and 2009. Since summer 2008, he has also looked after the HK MWD Balaschicha from the KHL. The general manager of the Balts is Māris Baldonieks , a former defender who also worked as an assistant coach for the national team.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
75	Ģirts Ankipāns	LW	Nov 29, 1975	4th	2	0	2	4th	-2	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
21st	Armands Bērziņš	C.	Dec. 27, 1983	4th	0	1	1	2	-2	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
47	Mārtiņš Cipulis	LW	Nov 29, 1980	4th	1	1	2	0	-4	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
10	Lauris Dārziņš	LW	Jan. 28, 1985	4th	0	1	1	10	-2	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
16	Kaspars Daugaviņš	LW	May 18, 1988	4th	0	0	0	2	-2	Binghamton Senators ( AHL )
9	Mārtiņš Karsums	RW	Feb. 26, 1986	4th	0	2	2	2	-2	HK MWD Balashikha ( KHL )
87	Gints Meija	F.	04th Sep 1987	4th	0	0	0	2	-3	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
17th	Aleksandrs Ņiživijs - A.	RW	16 Sep 1976	4th	0	2	2	2	-3	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
24	Miķelis Rēdlihs	F.	0July 1, 1984	4th	1	0	1	4th	-3	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
88	Aleksejs Širokovs	C.	Feb. 20, 1981	4th	0	0	0	2	-5	Amur Khabarovsk ( KHL )
5	Jānis Sprukts	C.	Jan. 31, 1982	4th	0	1	1	0	-3	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
12	Herberts Vasiļjevs - A	RW	May 27, 1976	4th	1	1	2	6th	-2	Krefeld Penguins ( DEL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
8th	Oskars Bārtulis		Jan. 21, 1987	4th	0	0	0	2	-3	Philadelphia Flyers ( NHL )
13	Guntis Galviņš		Jan. 25, 1986	2	0	0	0	0	–6	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
2	Rodrigo Laviņš		0Aug 3, 1974	4th	0	0	0	2	–6	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
71	Georgijs Pujacs		June 11, 1981	4th	0	1	1	2	+1	HK Sibir Novosibirsk ( KHL )
26th	Krišjānis Rēdlihs		Jan. 15, 1981	4th	0	1	1	2	-2	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
3	Arvīds Reķis		0Jan. 1, 1979	4th	0	0	0	10	-1	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg ( DEL )
7th	Kārlis Skrastiņš - C.		0July 9, 1974	4th	0	0	0	0	-3	Dallas Stars ( NHL )
11	Kristaps Sotnieks		Jan. 29, 1987	4th	1	0	1	4th	-2	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
31	Edgars Masaļskis	31 Mar 1980	4th	0	4th	244: 35	21st	0	87.65	5.15	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
1	Ervins Muštukovs	0Apr 7, 1984	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
30th	Sergejs Naumovs	0Apr 4, 1969	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Oļegs Znaroks	0Jan. 2, 1963
Assistant coach		Harijs Vītoliņš	Apr 30, 1968
General manager		Māris Baldonieks	May 24, 1955
Team captain		Kirovs Lipmans	0Nov 5, 1940

Norway

The Norwegians, who also qualified for the Olympic ice hockey tournament, announced their line-up on December 29, 2009. Three goalkeepers, seven defenders and 13 attackers were called up. With Tommy Jakobsen , the Norwegian flag bearer came from the ranks of the squad at the opening ceremony.

Mads Hansen was one of eleven Norwegians who play in Sweden

Contingent

For the Olympic ice hockey tournament , the Norwegian coaches relied on the squad that played at the 2009 World Cup . A total of 21 of the 23 nominated actors took part. The line-up was led by defender Ole-Kristian Tollefsen , the only Norwegian in the National Hockey League . In addition, Patrick Thoresen was a player who also had NHL experience, but had since switched to the Continental Hockey League . For the most part, the nominees were active in the Swedish Elitserien , where a total of eleven of these were under contract. These included strikers Per-Åge Skrøder and Mats Zuccarello, two of the league's top scorers. Furthermore crowded Jonas Holøs , Mathis Olimb and Anders Bastiansen supporting roles in her Team. Six other players appeared in the domestic GET league , including two of the three goalkeepers. The third goalkeeper André Lysenstøen was part of the squad of the Finnish team HeKi Heinola . The attackers Morten Ask and Tore Vikingstad and defender Mats Trygg play in the German Ice Hockey League .

Participants with Olympic experience

After 16 years of abstinence, the Norwegians played on Olympic ice for the first time since the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . Defender Tommy Jakobsen was a player in the squad who was also part of the squad back then. All other players were only used at world championships.

Cancellations and disregards

In the provisional squad, the longtime NHL defender and Anders Myrvold, who has since returned to Norway, was not taken into account. He played a total of 33 NHL games for four different teams in his career.

Subsequent nominations

On February 15, Jonas Andersen was nominated for Morten Ask.

Official

Roy Johansen , who represented Norway at three Olympic Games between Sarajevo 1984 and Albertville 1992, was behind the gang of Norwegians . The team's general manager was Petter Salsten , who also wore the Norwegian jersey three times at the Olympic Games between Calgary 1988 and Lillehammer 1994.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
42	Jonas Andersen	F.	0March 8 1981	4th	0	0	0	0	-1	Sparta Sarpsborg ( GET-ligaen )
-	Morten Ask	C.	May 14, 1980	Cancellation on February 15th						Nuremberg Ice Tigers ( DEL )
20th	Bastiansen is different	F.	Oct. 31, 1980	4th	1	0	1	4th	-4	Färjestad BK ( Elitserien )
26th	Kristian Forsberg	RW	0May 5, 1986	4th	0	0	0	0	-2	MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik ( Elitserien )
8th	Mads Hansen - A.	C.	16 Sep 1978	4th	1	0	1	2	-2	Brynäs IF ( Elitserien )
9	Marius Holtet	C.	Aug 31, 1984	4th	1	0	1	0	-4	Färjestad BK ( Elitserien )
35	Martin Laumann-Ylvén	RW	Dec 22, 1988	4th	0	0	0	0	-3	Linköpings HC ( Elitserien )
46	Mathis Olimb	C.	0Feb. 1, 1986	4th	0	2	2	0	-4	Frölunda HC ( Elitserien )
22nd	Martin Røymark	LW	Nov 10, 1986	4th	0	0	0	0	–6	Frölunda HC ( Elitserien )
19th	Per-Åge Skrøder	LW	0Aug 4, 1978	1	0	0	0	0	± 0	MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik ( Elitserien )
10	Lars-Erik Spets	F.	0Apr 2, 1985	4th	0	0	0	2	-2	Vålerenga IF Oslo ( GET-ligaen )
41	Patrick Thoresen	LW	0Nov 7, 1983	4th	0	5	5	0	+1	Salawat Julajew Ufa ( KHL )
29	Gates Vikingstad	C.	0Oct 8, 1975	4th	4th	0	4th	4th	-1	Hanover Scorpions ( DEL )
48	Mats Zuccarello	RW	0Sep 1 1987	4th	1	2	3	2	+1	MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik ( Elitserien )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
47	Alexander Bonsaksen		Jan. 24, 1987	4th	0	0	0	2	-5	MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik ( Elitserien )
6th	Jonas Holøs		Aug 27, 1987	4th	0	1	1	-2	-1	Färjestad BK ( Elitserien )
7th	Tommy Jakobsen - C.		Dec 10, 1970	4th	0	1	1	8th	-4	Lørenskog IK ( GET-ligaen )
5	Juha Kaunismäki		0May 6, 1979	4th	0	0	0	0	± 0	Stavanger Oilers ( GET-ligaen )
36	Lars Erik Lund		July 25, 1974	4th	0	0	0	0	-2	Vålerenga IF Oslo ( GET-ligaen )
55	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen		29 Mar 1984	3	0	0	0	25th	-1	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
23	Mats Trygg - A		0June 1, 1976	4th	0	0	0	2	-5	Cologne Sharks ( DEL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
33	Pål Grotnes	07th Mar 1977	4th	0	4th	226: 11	19th	0	87.25	5.04	Star ( GET-ligaen )
34	André Lysenstøen	Oct. 27, 1988	1	0	0	15:31	4th	0	60.00	15.47	HeKi Heinola ( Mestis )
30th	Ruben Smith	Apr 15, 1987	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Storhamar Dragons ( GET leagues )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Roy Johansen	Apr. 27, 1960
Assistant coach		Sam dear child	Oct. 27, 1983
Assistant coach		Knut Jørgen Stubdal	June 30, 1961
General manager		Petter Salsten	11th Mar 1965

Russia

Russia, the 2008 and 2009 world champions , announced their 23-player provisional squad as the second team on December 25, 2009. In addition to three goalkeepers, eight defenders and twelve attackers were nominated. In the run-up to the event, the Russian Federation published a list of 50 players in early November 2009. With Alexei Morosow , the Russian standard-bearer came from the ranks of the ranks at the opening ceremony.

Yevgeny Malkin was one of the stars of the Russians

Contingent

The nominated squad included for the most part players who had successfully won the world championship title in the previous two years. Nine players from 2009 and even 16 from 2008 belonged to the provisional Olympic squad. The heart of the team, which was next to the Canadian one of the most talented of the tournament, formed the NHL stars Alexander Ovetschkin , Evgeni Malkin , Ilya Kovalchuk and Pawel Dazjuk . They were supported by the experienced Sergei Fjodorow , Sergei Gontschar and Evgeni Nabokow . As previously announced by the association's president, Wladislaw Tretjak , the officials opted for a healthy mix of players from the National Hockey League and Continental Hockey League , which were considered to be the world's two best ice hockey leagues . In the end, 14 players from the NHL and nine from the KHL found their way into the squad. The largest contingent was the Russian top club Salawat Julajew Ufa with four players.

Alexander Ovechkin was supposed to lead the team

Participants with Olympic experience

The Russian team, which had been waiting to win the Olympic gold medal in ice hockey since the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , provided defender Sergei Gonchar, a player who was playing his fourth Winter Olympics. Ilya Brysgalow , Andrei Markow , Maxim Afinogenow , Pawel Dazjuk, Sergei Fyodorow and Ilya Kovalchuk, who were looking forward to their third Olympic Games, also had great Olympic experience .

Cancellations and disregards

Due to the abundance of Russian top players, some well-known players were not considered. These included Nikolai Chabibulin , Alexei Kowaljow and Alexander Frolow from the NHL as well as Sergei Mosjakin , Maxim Suschinski , Nikolai Scherdew , Alexei Yashin , Alexei Tereschtschenko and Sergei Subow from the KHL. However, head coach Vyacheslav Bykov announced during the presentation that the list of 23 players was purely provisional and that any subsequent nominations would also depend on the form of the players. This subsequently called the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players' Association on the scene, which had assumed that subsequent nominations could only be made dependent on injuries. The International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF confirmed the Russian interpretation of the rules.

Official

The Russian official team included head coach Vyacheslav Bykov and General Manager Wladislaw Tretyak, two well-known Olympic winners of previous years. Bykow looked after the national team since August 2006 and led the team at the world championships between 2007 and 2009 to one bronze and two gold medals. He was supported by his longtime assistant Igor Sacharkin , with whom he had trained Salawat Yulayev Ufa in the KHL since summer 2009. Before that, both worked behind the gang at HK CSKA Moscow for many years . Tretjak had been president of the Russian Federation since April 25, 2006 and was one of the best goalkeepers in ice hockey history.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	04th Sep 1979	4th	1	1	2	0	+2	Atlanta Thrashers ( NHL )
13	Pavel Datsyuk	C.	July 20, 1978	4th	1	2	3	2	+2	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
29	Sergei Fyodorov	C.	Dec 13, 1969	4th	0	4th	4th	6th	+2	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk ( KHL )
71	Ilya Kovalchuk - A.	LW	Apr 15, 1983	4th	1	2	3	0	+1	New Jersey Devils ( NHL )
52	Viktor Kozlov	C.	Feb. 14, 1975	4th	1	0	1	0	+1	Salawat Julajew Ufa ( KHL )
11	Yevgeny Malkin	C.	July 31, 1986	4th	3	3	6th	0	± 0	Pittsburgh Penguins ( NHL )
95	Alexei Morosow - C.	RW	Feb 16, 1977	4th	2	0	2	0	± 0	Ak Bars Kazan ( KHL )
8th	Alexander Ovechkin - A	LW	17 Sep 1985	4th	2	2	4th	2	+1	Washington Capitals ( NHL )
47	Alexander Radulov	RW	05th July 1986	4th	1	1	2	4th	+1	Salawat Julajew Ufa ( KHL )
25th	Danis Saripov	LW	26th Mar 1981	4th	2	0	2	2	-1	Ak Bars Kazan ( KHL )
42	Sergei Zinoviev	C.	04th Mar 1980	4th	0	2	2	0	+1	Salawat Julajew Ufa ( KHL )
28	Alexander Syomin	LW	03rd Mar 1984	4th	0	2	2	4th	± 0	Washington Capitals ( NHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
55	Sergei Gonchar		Apr 13, 1974	4th	1	0	1	2	+1	Pittsburgh Penguins ( NHL )
37	Denis Grebeschkow		Oct 11, 1983	4th	0	1	1	2	± 0	Edmonton Oilers ( NHL )
7th	Dmitri Kalinin		July 22, 1980	4th	1	1	2	0	+2	Salawat Julajew Ufa ( KHL )
22nd	Konstantin Kornejew		05th June 1984	4th	0	0	0	4th	± 0	HK CSKA Moscow ( KHL )
79	Andrei Markow		December 20, 1978	4th	0	2	2	0	-1	Canadiens de Montréal ( NHL )
5	Ilya Nikulin		March 12 1982	4th	0	1	1	2	± 0	Ak Bars Kazan ( KHL )
51	Fyodor Tjutin		July 19, 1983	4th	0	2	2	2	+1	Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL )
6th	Anton Woltschenkow		Feb 25, 1982	4th	0	1	1	2	+2	Ottawa Senators ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
30th	Ilya Brysgalov	June 22, 1980	2	0	1	100: 53	3	0	94.23	1.78	Phoenix Coyotes ( NHL )
20th	Yevgeny Nabokov	July 25, 1975	3	2	1	144: 07	10	0	85.29	4.16	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
40	Semyon Varlamov	Apr. 27, 1988	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Washington Capitals ( NHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Vyacheslav Bykov	July 24, 1960
Assistant coach		Igor Sacharkin	16. Mar. 1958
General manager		Vladislav Tretyak	Apr 25, 1952

Sweden

Defending champions Sweden presented their squad on December 27, 2009 as the third of the twelve teams. Head coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson nominated twelve forwards, eight defenders and three goalkeepers. 13 of the 23 players were already part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . With Peter Forsberg , the Swedish standard-bearer came from the ranks of the squad at the opening ceremony.

Nicklas Lidström was Sweden's captain

Contingent

The Swedish squad was largely made up of players who had Olympic experience. The team was led by defender Nicklas Lidström , who, alongside Niklas Kronwall and Mattias Öhlund, was the only defender at the Olympic Games. On the offensive, the Swedes also rely on a mixture of older, experienced and young players. The core was formed by the two-time Olympic winners Peter Forsberg and Daniel Alfredsson . They were followed by a number of players who were part of the roster in 2006 and made a large contribution to winning the gold medal. With Nicklas Bäckström and Loui Eriksson there were also young professionals. The same mix was found in the goalkeeper trio headed by Henrik Lundqvist . Most of the squad were players from the National Hockey League who had matured into leaders in their teams. A total of 19 NHL players were in the Swedish squad. The remaining four came from European leagues - Peter Forsberg, Magnus Johansson and Stefan Liv from the national Elitserien and Mattias Weinhandl from the Continental Hockey League . With the twin brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin, there were two players in the squad who enjoyed a home advantage as players in the Vancouver Canucks .

Daniel Alfredsson played his fourth Winter Games

Participants with Olympic experience

The fourth participation in the Olympic Winter Games by Daniel Alfredsson, Nicklas Lidström, Mattias Öhlund and Peter Forsberg demonstrated the experience of the Swedish squad. Alfredsson, Lidström and Öhlund had previously played in the 1998 , 2002 and 2006 games. Forsberg, who missed the 2002 games due to an injury, instead played for Sweden in 1994 in Lillehammer . He was the only double Olympic champion of the Olympic ice hockey tournament. Twelve other players had each won a gold medal and five of these were members of the Triple Gold Club .

Cancellations and disregards

As with the other top nations, various players did not receive any Olympic nominations. So, among other things found Johan Franzen and Mikael Samuelsson in the forwards and Johan Hedberg not back on the list for the goalkeepers. Due to various protracted injuries in the provisional squad, however, these players could justifiably hope for a nomination before the start of the tournament. Samuelsson, also a member of the Triple Gold Club, reacted with great incomprehension to his non-nomination.

Subsequent nominations

Since striker Tomas Holmström injured his knee again in the last NHL game before the Olympic break, Johan Franzén was designated as his replacement two days before the start of the tournament.

Official

The Swedes' coach was Bengt-Åke Gustafsson , who had been in office since mid-February 2005. During his tenure, the long-time NHL player was able to lead Sweden to win the Olympic ice hockey tournament in 2006 and the world championship in the same year . With General Manager Mats Näslund , who is also a member of the prestigious Triple Gold Club, another internationally experienced official was on the team's staff.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
11	Daniel Alfredsson - A.	RW	Dec 11, 1972	4th	3	0	3	0	+3	Ottawa Senators ( NHL )
19th	Nicklas Bäckström	C.	Nov 23, 1987	4th	1	5	6th	0	+3	Washington Capitals ( NHL )
91	Loui Eriksson	LW	17th July 1985	4th	3	1	4th	0	+2	Dallas Stars ( NHL )
21st	Peter Forsberg	C.	20th July 1973	4th	0	1	1	2	± 0	MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik ( Elitserien )
93	Johan Franzén	LW	23 Dec 1979	4th	1	1	2	2	-1	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
-	Tomas Holmström	LW	Jan. 23, 1973	Cancellation due to injury on February 14th						Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
27	Patric Hörnqvist	RW	0Jan. 1, 1987	4th	1	0	1	4th	+1	Nashville Predators ( NHL )
33	Fredrik Modin	LW	0Oct 8, 1974	3	0	1	1	0	± 0	Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL )
26th	Samuel Påhlsson	C.	Dec 17, 1977	3	0	1	1	2	± 0	Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL )
22nd	Daniel Sedin	LW	26 Sep 1980	4th	1	2	3	0	+3	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL )
20th	Henrik Sedin	C.	26 Sep 1980	4th	0	2	2	2	+2	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL )
80	Mattias Weinhandl	RW	0June 1, 1980	4th	0	2	2	2	+2	HK Dynamo Moscow ( KHL )
40	Henrik Zetterberg - A.	C.	0Oct 9, 1980	4th	1	0	1	2	± 0	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
39	Tobias Enström		0Nov 5, 1984	4th	0	2	2	4th	+3	Atlanta Thrashers ( NHL )
6th	Magnus Johansson		04th Sep 1973	4th	0	2	2	2	+1	Linköpings HC ( Elitserien )
55	Niklas Kronwall		Jan. 12, 1981	4th	0	0	0	2	± 0	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
5	Nicklas Lidström - C.		Apr 28, 1970	4th	0	0	0	2	-1	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
3	Douglas Murray		March 12 1980	4th	0	0	0	0	+1	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
29	Johnny Oduya		0Oct. 1, 1981	4th	0	0	0	12	± 0	Atlanta Thrashers ( NHL )
2	Mattias Öhlund		0Sep 9 1976	4th	1	0	1	2	+4	Tampa Bay Lightning ( NHL )
10	Henrik Tallinder		Jan. 10, 1979	4th	0	0	0	4th	+2	Buffalo Sabers ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
50	Jonas Gustavsson	Oct. 24, 1984	1	1	0	60:00	2	0	89.47	2.00	Toronto Maple Leafs ( NHL )
1	Stefan Liv	Dec 21, 1980	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	HV71 Jönköping ( Elitserien )
30th	Henrik Lundqvist	02nd Mar 1982	3	2	1	179: 05	4th	2	92.73	1.34	New York Rangers ( NHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	23 Mar 1958
Assistant coach		Tommy Albelin	May 21, 1964
Assistant coach		Mattias Norström	0Jan. 2, 1972
Team captain		Mats Näslund	Oct. 31, 1959

Switzerland

The Swiss Ice Hockey Association announced its line-up for the Olympic ice hockey tournament on December 30, 2009. Three goalkeepers, eight defenders and twelve strikers were nominated.

Defense attorney Mark Streit had the most NHL experience with the Confederates

Contingent

The Swiss coaches relied on a mixture of experience and talent at the Olympic tournament. Although there were three goalkeepers in the squad, Martin Gerber , Jonas Hiller and Tobias Stephan , who had already played in the National Hockey League , on the defensive, Roman Josi , Luca Sbisa and Yannick Weber were three players who were 21 years or younger were. Nevertheless, there were 18 players in the squad who played for Switzerland at the 2009 home World Cup . Ten nominees had also accumulated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . In addition to the three goalkeepers mentioned, the experienced players included Mark Streit , Mathias Seger and Goran Bezina in defense. In the storm, hopes rested on Canadian-born Hnat Domenichelli , who had been active in North America for a long time before moving to Europe. Most of the nominees came from the domestic National League A ; 16 of the 23 nominees were active there. Two players each came from the National Hockey League and American Hockey League , and one each from the Swedish Elitserien and the Continental Hockey League . Luca Sbisa was the only player in the entire tournament who is still in the squad for a junior team - the Lethbridge Hurricanes from the Canadian junior league Western Hockey League , but he had also played 47 NHL games.

Participants with Olympic experience

When it comes to experience, the Swiss officials bet on five players who have already participated in their third Olympic Winter Games. Martin Gerber, Mark Streit, Mathias Seger, Martin Plüss and Ivo Rüthemann already played at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and 2006 in Turin. It was the Swiss team's third participation in a row after they missed qualifying for the 1998 Winter Games .

Cancellations and disregards

For the time being, the two naturalized Canadians Ryan Gardner and Paul DiPietro were not considered . DiPietro had caused the biggest surprise of the tournament at the Winter Olympics in Turin with his two goals in the 2-0 win against Canada. Furthermore, Peter Guggisberg , Romano Lemm and Thomas Ziegler were available on call until February 15, 2010.

Subsequent nominations

Due to the protracted injuries of goalkeeper Martin Gerber, who was plagued with a neck injury , and Roman Josi's finger fracture, which he had suffered during the U20 World Junior Championship , not fully healed , the Swiss Association initially nominated Peter Guggisberg and Ronnie Rüeger after. A week later Guggisberg suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament , so that Paul Savary had received an invitation in the meantime. Ultimately, the Swiss traveled to the training camp in Winnipeg with five additional players . In addition to Savary, these were Romano Lemm, Philippe Furrer , John Gobbi and Patrick von Gunten . Lemm, Furrer and von Gunten finally made it into the squad because Kevin Romy was unable to play due to a rib and Goran Bezina due to an abdominal injury .

Official

Ralph Krueger , who resigned from his post after the Olympics after 13 years, looked after the Swiss at his last major tournament. It was his third Olympic Games. The native German was supported in his work by the Swiss Jakob Kölliker and the Canadian Peter-John Lee . Kölliker was Switzerland's record player until 2007 and took part in a dozen world championships and two Olympic Games. In addition to his work as an assistant coach, the Canadian Lee was also the manager of the German DEL club Eisbären Berlin and played over 400 NHL games in the late 1970s to early 1980s.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
10	Andres Ambühl	RW	Sep 14 1983	5	0	0	0	0	± 0	Hartford Wolf Pack ( AHL )
18th	Thomas Déruns	F.	01st Mar 1982	5	0	0	0	0	± 0	HC Servette Genève ( NLA )
17th	Hnat Domenichelli	C.	Feb 16, 1976	5	1	2	3	4th	± 0	HC Lugano ( NLA )
35	Sandy Jeannin - A.	LW	Feb. 28, 1976	5	0	1	1	2	-2	Friborg-Gottéron ( NLA )
67	Romano Lemm	C.	June 25, 1984	5	2	0	2	2	± 0	HC Lugano ( NLA )
25th	Thibaut Monnet	RW	0Feb. 2, 1982	5	0	1	1	0	-2	ZSC Lions ( NLA )
23	Thierry Paterlini	LW	Apr. 27, 1975	5	0	1	1	6th	-2	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers ( NLA )
28	Martin Plüss	F.	0Apr 5, 1977	5	0	3	3	0	± 0	SC Bern ( NLA )
-	Kevin Romy	F.	Jan. 31, 1985	Cancellation due to injury on February 11th						HC Lugano ( NLA )
32	Ivo Rüthemann	RW	Dec 12, 1976	5	1	0	1	0	-1	SC Bern ( NLA )
39	Raffaele Sannitz	F.	May 18, 1983	5	1	1	2	8th	+1	HC Lugano ( NLA )
86	Julien Sprunger	F.	0Jan. 4, 1986	5	2	0	2	2	± 0	Friborg-Gottéron ( NLA )
14th	Roman Wick	RW	Dec 30, 1985	5	2	3	5	2	-2	Kloten Flyers ( NLA )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
-	Goran Bezina		21 Mar 1980	Cancellation due to injury on February 14th						HC Servette Genève ( NLA )
5	Severin Blindenbacher		15th Mar 1983	5	1	1	2	4th	-1	Färjestad BK ( Elitserien )
16	Raphael Diaz		0Jan. 9, 1986	5	0	0	0	4th	-2	EV Zug ( NLA )
54	Philippe Furrer		June 16, 1985	5	0	1	1	2	+1	SC Bern ( NLA )
72	Patrick von Gunten		Feb 10, 1985	5	1	0	1	0	-1	Kloten Flyers ( NLA )
-	Roman Josi		0June 1, 1990	Cancellation due to injury on February 2nd						SC Bern ( NLA )
47	Luca Sbisa		0Jan. 9, 1990	5	0	0	0	0	± 0	Portland Winterhawks ( WHL )
31	Mathias Seger - A.		Dec 17, 1977	5	0	2	2	4th	+3	ZSC Lions ( NLA )
7th	Mark Streit - C		Dec 11, 1977	5	0	3	3	0	-2	New York Islanders ( NHL )
77	Yannick Weber		23 Sep 1988	5	0	0	0	6th	-2	Hamilton Bulldogs ( AHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
-	Martin Gerber	03rd Sep 1974	Cancellation due to injury on February 2nd								Atlant Mytishchi ( KHL )
1	Jonas Hiller	Feb 12, 1982	5	1	3	315: 57	13	0	91.82	2.47	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )
66	Ronnie Rüeger	Feb. 26, 1973	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Kloten Flyers ( NLA )
52	Tobias Stephan	Jan. 21, 1984	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	HC Servette Genève ( NLA )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Ralph Krueger	Aug 31, 1959
Assistant coach		Jakob Kölliker	July 21, 1953
Assistant coach		Peter-John Lee	0Jan. 2, 1956
Assistant coach		Peter Lüthi	May 16, 1952

Slovakia

The 2002 world champion , Slovakia, announced its line-up for the Olympic ice hockey tournament on December 29, 2009. 13 attackers, seven defenders and three goalkeepers were put on the provisional squad list. With Žigmund Pálffy , the Slovak standard-bearer came from the ranks of the squad at the opening ceremony.

Žigmund Pálffy was the only participant from the Slovak extra league

Contingent

The Slovak squad was the oldest in the tournament, with an average age of just over 30 years. Eight players, who were responsible for the country's first and only world championship title in 2002, were in the squad. The Slovak Association mainly built on its contingent of players from the National Hockey League and Continental Hockey League . So 13 of the 15 NHL players in the country were appointed and eight players from the KHL. The cornerstones of the team were on the one hand the experienced Pavol Demitra , Miroslav Šatan , Jozef Stümpel and Žigmund Pálffy. On the other hand, Marián Hossa and Marián Gáborík were two dangerous attackers and Zdeno Chára, one of the world's best defenders, was on the team. In defense and in goal, the officials also rely on the experience of NHL and KHL players. Peter Budaj and Jaroslav Halák fought for the starting position in goal, but they did not get beyond the post of substitute goalkeeper in their respective NHL teams. Žigmund Pálffy was the only nominee to go on the ice in Slovakia .

Participants with Olympic experience

Striker Miroslav Šatan played his fourth Olympic Games, although he was not under contract with any team at the time of the squad nomination. A short time later he was signed by the Boston Bruins . The strikers Ľuboš Bartečko , Pavol Demitra, Marián Hossa, Jozef Stümpel and defender Ľubomír Višňovský played for the third time at the Winter Games .

Cancellations and disregards

The two NHL players Marek Svatoš and Boris Valábik were not in the squad . Other players active in North America who were not included included Mário Bližňák , Peter Ölvecký , Tomáš Tatar , Vladimír Mihálik , Juraj Mikúš . Peter Sejna and Štefan Ružička were also removed from the list of the Slovaks' summer training camp.

Subsequent nominations

Ivan Baranka was nominated to replace the injured defender Richard Lintner .

Official

Since July 1, 2008, Ján Filc has been in his second term as Slovak national coach - he already held this position from 1999 and 2004 and during this time led his home country to gold and silver medals at the IIHF World Championships. Ukraine- born Peter Bondra was the general manager . The longtime NHL player was one of the most successful players in the country and was also a member of the 2002 world championship team.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
23	Ľuboš Bartečko	LW	July 14, 1976	7th	0	1	1	0	+1	Färjestad BK ( Elitserien )
8th	Martin Cibák	C.	May 17, 1980	7th	0	0	0	6th	-1	HK Spartak Moscow ( KHL )
38	Pavol Demitra - A.	C.	Nov. 29, 1974	7th	3	7th	10	2	± 0	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL )
10	Marián Gáborík	RW	Feb. 14, 1982	7th	4th	1	5	6th	-3	New York Rangers ( NHL )
26th	Michal Handzuš	C.	11th Mar 1977	7th	3	3	6th	0	-2	Los Angeles Kings ( NHL )
91	Marcel Hossa	LW	Oct 12, 1981	7th	0	1	1	0	-2	Dinamo Riga ( KHL )
81	Marián Hossa - A	RW	Jan. 12, 1979	7th	3	6th	9	6th	± 0	Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL )
82	Tomáš Kopecký	C.	0Feb. 5, 1982	7th	1	0	1	2	+1	Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL )
24	Žigmund Pálffy	RW	0May 5th 1972	7th	0	3	3	8th	-1	HK 36 Skalica ( Slovak Extraliga )
92	Branko Radivojevič	RW	Nov 24, 1980	7th	0	0	0	6th	-1	HK Spartak Moscow ( KHL )
18th	Miroslav Šatan	RW	Oct. 22, 1974	6th	1	1	2	0	-2	Boston Bruins ( NHL )
15th	Jozef Stümpel	C.	July 20, 1972	7th	1	4th	5	0	-1	Barys Astana ( KHL )
20th	Richard Zedník	RW	0Jan. 6, 1976	7th	2	4th	6th	6th	+2	Yaroslavl locomotive ( KHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
7th	Ivan Baranka		May 19, 1985	7th	1	0	1	0	+1	HK Spartak Moscow ( KHL )
33	Zdeno Chára - C.		18 Mar 1977	7th	0	3	3	6th	± 0	Boston Bruins ( NHL )
68	Milan Jurčina		0June 7, 1983	7th	0	0	0	2	-1	Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL )
-	Richard Lintner		Nov 15, 1977	injury-related deletion						HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
14th	Andrej Meszároš		Oct 13, 1985	7th	0	0	0	4th	+1	Tampa Bay Lightning ( NHL )
44	Andrej Sekera		0June 8, 1986	7th	1	0	1	0	-1	Buffalo Sabers ( NHL )
77	Martin Štrbák		Jan 15, 1975	7th	0	1	1	2	+1	HK MWD Balashikha ( KHL )
17th	Ľubomír Višňovský		Aug 11, 1976	7th	2	1	3	0	+1	Edmonton Oilers ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
31	Peter Budaj	Sep 18 1982	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Colorado Avalanche ( NHL )
41	Jaroslav Halák	May 13, 1985	7th	3	3	422: 38	17th	1	91.05	2.41	Canadiens de Montréal ( NHL )
35	Rastislav Staňa	Jan. 10, 1980	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Severstal Cherepovets ( KHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Jan Filc	Feb 19, 1953
Assistant coach		František Hossa	13 Sep 1954
Assistant coach		Ľubomír Pokovič	Apr 28, 1960
General manager		Peter Bondra	0Feb 7, 1968

Czech Republic

The Czech squad was announced as one of four other teams on December 30, 2009. The national ice hockey federation put on twelve forwards, eight defenders and three goalkeepers and decided against the more offensive variant with 13 attackers and only seven defenders. With Jaromír Jágr , the Czech standard-bearer came from the ranks of the squad at the opening ceremony.

Patrik Eliáš played his third Olympic Games

Contingent

The Czechs relied on their dangerous goal-scoring players from the National Hockey League for the Olympic tournament . Patrik Eliáš , Tomáš Fleischmann , Martin Havlát , David Krejčí , Milan Michálek and Tomáš Plekanec had proven their qualities there in recent years. The offensive was supported by the experienced Jaromír Jágr, who was under contract with HK Awangard Omsk from the Continental Hockey League . Only seasoned and experienced defenders who were active in either the NHL or the KHL were nominated for the defense. A total of nine professionals from the 2006 Turin squad were still in the squad and twelve from the 2009 World Cup squad . Most of the players among the nominees were active in the NHL, some more in the KHL. Only two players come from the Czech extra league - the third goalkeeper Jakub Štěpánek and the striker Roman Červenka from HC Slavia Prague . The brothers Milan and Zbyněk Michálek were the only one of six pairs of brothers in the tournament who played in different positions, in attack and defense respectively.

Milan (left) and Zbyněk Michálek (right) were one of six pairs of brothers in the tournament

Participants with Olympic experience

For Jaromír Jágr it was already the fourth Winter Olympics after 1998 , 2002 and 2006. He was also the only player who belonged to the Czech squad to win the gold medal in 1998. Tomáš Kaberle , Pavel Kubina , Petr Čajánek and Patrik Eliáš played at their third Winter Olympics.

Cancellations and disregards

Milan Hejduk from Colorado Avalanche and Jiří Hudler from HK Dynamo Moscow were not included in the squad . The other gold medalists from 1998 - besides Hejduk - Dominik Hašek , Roman Hamrlík , Jaroslav Špaček , Martin Straka , Martin Ručínský and Robert Lang , all of whom were on the extended roster list, were not nominated.

Official

Vladimír Růžička had been the national coach since the summer of 2008 when he took over from the resigned Alois Hadamczik . At the same time, he has been head coach of the extra division HC Slavia Prague since 2001. Růžička was the head coach of the Czechs on an interim basis at the 2005 World Cup and won the gold medal there with the team. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, he was also the team captain of the Olympic champion team.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
16	Petr Čajánek	C.	Aug. 18, 1975	5	0	0	0	6th	± 0	SKA Saint Petersburg ( KHL )
10	Roman Červenka	C.	Dec 10, 1985	5	0	2	2	0	+2	HC Slavia Prague ( Czech Extraliga )
26th	Patrik Eliáš - C.	LW	Apr 13, 1976	5	2	2	4th	0	−1	New Jersey Devils ( NHL )
91	Martin Erat	LW	Aug 29, 1981	5	0	1	1	2	+1	Nashville Predators ( NHL )
34	Tomáš Fleischmann	LW	May 16, 1984	5	1	2	3	2	+1	Washington Capitals ( NHL )
24	Martin Havlát	RW	Apr 19, 1981	5	0	2	2	0	-3	Minnesota Wild ( NHL )
68	Jaromír Jágr - A.	RW	Feb 15, 1972	5	2	1	3	6th	-1	HK Awangard Omsk ( KHL )
46	David Krejčí	C.	Apr 28, 1986	5	2	1	3	6th	+2	Boston Bruins ( NHL )
9	Milan Michálek	LW	0Dec. 7, 1984	5	2	0	2	0	-2	Ottawa Senators ( NHL )
14th	Tomáš Plekanec	C.	Oct. 31, 1982	5	2	1	3	2	± 0	Canadiens de Montréal ( NHL )
60	Tomáš Rolinek	RW	Feb. 17, 1980	5	1	0	1	0	-1	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk ( KHL )
63	Josef Vašíček	C.	Sep 12 1980	5	0	0	0	2	-3	Yaroslavl locomotive ( KHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
44	Miroslav Blaťák		Feb 25, 1982	5	0	2	2	2	+2	Salawat Julajew Ufa ( KHL )
35	Jan Hejda		June 18, 1978	5	0	0	0	4th	+4	Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL )
15th	Tomáš Kaberle - A.		02nd Mar 1978	5	1	2	3	0	-2	Toronto Maple Leafs ( NHL )
17th	Filip Cuba		Dec 29, 1976	5	0	1	1	0	-1	Ottawa Senators ( NHL )
77	Pavel Kubina		Apr 15, 1977	5	0	0	0	2	+2	Atlanta Thrashers ( NHL )
4th	Zbyněk Michálek		23 Dec 1982	5	0	0	0	2	± 0	Phoenix Coyotes ( NHL )
5	Roman Polák		Apr 28, 1986	5	0	0	0	4th	-1	St. Louis Blues ( NHL )
3	Marek Židlický		0Feb. 3, 1977	5	0	5	5	2	-3	Minnesota Wild ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
31	Ondřej Pavelec	Aug 31, 1987	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Atlanta Thrashers ( NHL )
33	Jakub Štěpánek	June 20, 1986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		HC Vítkovice Steel ( Czech Extraliga )
29	Tomáš Vokoun	02nd July 1976	5	3	2	303: 35	9	0	93.57	1.78	Florida Panthers ( NHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Vladimír Růžička	0June 6, 1963
Assistant coach		Josef Jandač	Nov 12, 1968
Assistant coach		Ondřej Weissmann	Oct 28, 1959
General manager		František Černík	0June 3, 1953
Team captain		Martin Loukota	26 Sep 1982

United States

The US ice hockey association USA Hockey was the last of the twelve teams to announce its line-up on January 1, 2010, immediately following the 2010 NHL Winter Classic . After the game between the host Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers in Fenway Park was over, the announcement was announced by the stadium announcer and visualized with youth players in the appropriate shirts. 13 strikers, seven defenders and three goalkeepers were appointed to the US Olympic squad after 34 players participated in the training camp in the summer. With Jack Johnson , a player from the National Hockey League traveled to Vancouver especially for the invasion of the athletes at the opening ceremony - four days before the start of the tournament. Johnson, who rejoined his team for the remaining days, was the only NHL player to endure this ordeal. At the same time he was considered the first NHL player in Olympic history to attend the opening ceremony.

Brian Rafalski was the oldest player in the US squad

Contingent

The United States entered the tournament with one of the most recent lines. 17 of the 23 players were not older than 30 years and 13 were 25 years old or younger. Many of the young players had already celebrated international successes with the junior national teams of their year. Nevertheless, the association also relied on experienced players in every part of the team. In attack these were Chris Drury and Jamie Langenbrunner , in defense Brian Rafalski and in goal Tim Thomas . The cornerstones of the 1980 Lake Placid gold medalist aiming to win again were young strikers Patrick Kane , Phil Kessel and Zach Parise , defenseman Erik Johnson and goalkeeper Ryan Miller . Kane and Johnson were also the youngest player of the team that in the years 2006 and 2007 to the first overall position of the respective NHL Entry Drafts had been selected. The largest contingent of players who came exclusively from the National Hockey League were the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings , each with three players. For team captain on 11 January 2010, the striker Jamie was appointed Langenbrunner, which is by Brian Rafalski, Chris Drury, Dustin Brown and Ryan Suter had four assistants aside.

Patrick Kane played for his home country for the second time after the 2008 World Cup

Participants with Olympic experience

Due to the transition to youth, there were only three players with Olympic experience in the US squad. With Brian Rafalski, Chris Drury and Jamie Langenbrunner, these were the three oldest field players in the squad. Rafalski and Drury ran both in 2002 in Salt Lake City and 2006 in Turin on. Both won the silver medal in Salt Lake City. Langenbrunner represented his home country at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .

Cancellations and disregards

The Americans also had to give some rejections due to the abundance of eligible players. Because the coaching team mainly relied on young players, some seasoned players were not invited. So were Mike Modano , Scott Gomez , Keith Tkachuk , Bill Guerin , Brian Rolston and Doug Weight not nominated. Even Brian Gionta , Tim Connolly , RJ Umberger and Canadian-born Jason Pominville played no role in the award for the places. Andy Greene and initially Ryan Whitney were also not nominated in defense . In goal, Craig Anderson and Jimmy Howard were left behind in the battle for third place.

Subsequent nominations

After the injury-related cancellations of defense attorneys Paul Martin on February 1 and finally Mike Komisarek on February 4, the American Association announced the subsequent nominations of Ryan Whitney of the Anaheim Ducks and Tim Gleason of the Carolina Hurricanes on the same day . Martin had to cancel his participation because of a fracture of the forearm , which he had already suffered at the beginning of the season. Komisarek underwent shoulder surgery a week before the start of the tournament .

Official

Like the Canadian Federation, the Americans also had a prominent team of officials. The head coach of the USA was Ron Wilson , who had been the chief coach in the National Hockey League for over 15 years. Wilson coached the United States back in 1996 at the World Cup and the World Cup of Hockey . He led the team to bronze at the World Cup and surprisingly won the World Cup with the team just a few months later. At the side of Wilson worked Scott Gordon , who coached the New York Islanders in the NHL, and John Tortorella , who was also a long-time NHL coach and also won the Stanley Cup . For the post of general manager, the association selected Brian Burke , one of the most renowned general managers of the NHL.

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
42	David Backes	RW	0May 1, 1984	6th	1	2	3	2	+4	St. Louis Blues ( NHL )
32	Dustin Brown - A.	RW	0Nov 4, 1984	6th	0	0	0	0	+2	Los Angeles Kings ( NHL )
24	Ryan Callahan	RW	21 Mar 1985	6th	0	1	1	2	+2	New York Rangers ( NHL )
23	Chris Drury - A	C.	Aug 20, 1976	6th	2	0	2	0	+3	New York Rangers ( NHL )
88	Patrick Kane	RW	Nov 19, 1988	6th	3	2	5	2	+4	Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL )
17th	Ryan Kesler	C.	Aug 31, 1984	6th	2	0	2	2	+5	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL )
81	Phil Kessel	RW	0Oct 2, 1987	6th	1	1	2	0	+2	Toronto Maple Leafs ( NHL )
15th	Jamie Langenbrunner - C.	RW	July 24, 1975	6th	1	3	4th	0	+2	New Jersey Devils ( NHL )
12	Ryan Malone	LW	0Dec. 1, 1979	6th	3	2	5	6th	+2	Tampa Bay Lightning ( NHL )
9	Zach Parise	LW	July 28, 1984	6th	4th	4th	8th	0	+4	New Jersey Devils ( NHL )
16	Joe Pavelski	C.	July 11, 1984	6th	0	3	3	4th	+2	San Jose Sharks ( NHL )
54	Bobby Ryan	RW	17th Mar 1987	6th	1	1	2	2	+3	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )
26th	Paul Stastny	C.	Dec. 27, 1985	6th	1	2	3	0	+2	Colorado Avalanche ( NHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
4th	Tim Gleason		Jan. 29, 1983	6th	0	0	0	0	+3	Carolina Hurricanes ( NHL )
6th	Erik Johnson		21 Mar 1988	6th	1	0	1	4th	+3	St. Louis Blues ( NHL )
3	Jack Johnson		Jan. 13, 1987	6th	0	1	1	2	+2	Los Angeles Kings ( NHL )
-	Mike Komisarek		Jan. 19, 1982	Cancellation due to injury on February 4th						Toronto Maple Leafs ( NHL )
-	Paul Martin		05th Mar 1981	Cancellation due to injury on February 1st						New Jersey Devils ( NHL )
44	Brooks Orpik		26 Sep 1980	6th	0	0	0	0	+2	Pittsburgh Penguins ( NHL )
28	Brian Rafalski - A		28 Sep 1973	6th	4th	4th	8th	2	+7	Detroit Red Wings ( NHL )
20th	Ryan Suter - A		Jan. 21, 1985	6th	0	4th	4th	2	+9	Nashville Predators ( NHL )
19th	Ryan Whitney		Feb. 19, 1983	6th	0	0	0	0	-1	Anaheim Ducks ( NHL )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
39	Ryan Miller	17th July 1980	6th	5	1	355: 07	8th	1	1.35	94.56	Buffalo Sabers ( NHL )
29	Jonathan Quick	Jan. 21, 1986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Los Angeles Kings ( NHL )
30th	Tim Thomas	Apr 15, 1974	1	0	0	11:31	1	0	5.21	85.71	Boston Bruins ( NHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Ron Wilson	May 28, 1955
Assistant coach		Scott Gordon	0Feb 6, 1963
Assistant coach		John Tortorella	June 24, 1958
General manager		Brian Burke	June 30, 1955

Belarus

Belarus nominated the provisional squad, which consisted of twelve forwards, eight defenders and three goalkeepers, as the first of the twelve teams on December 23, 2009. Aleh Antonenka , the Belarusian flag bearer, came from the ranks of the squad at the opening ceremony.

Goalkeeper Andrei Mesin was one of the most experienced players in Belarus' squad

Contingent

Most of the Belarusian squad were made up of players who were nominated for the 2008 and 2009 World Cups . The core of the Belarusian team consisted of the four players from the National Hockey League - defender Ruslan Salej from the Colorado Avalanche , striker Michail Hrabouski from the Toronto Maple Leafs and the brothers Andrei and Sjarhej Kaszizyn from the Canadiens de Montréal . There were also three other internationally experienced players: goalkeeper Andrej Mesin , who was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament at the 2009 World Cup, Aleh Antonenka and Aljaksej Kaljuschny . In addition to the four players active in North America, 14 other players were active in the Continental Hockey League . Most of them played at the capital club HK Dinamo Minsk , which is also the only KHL representative in the country. Five players were exclusively active in the national league , but four of them play in the farm team of Dinamo Minsk, the HK Schachzjor Salihorsk .

Participants with Olympic experience

After Belarus missed qualifying for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , there were only five players with Olympic experience in the squad. These were Andrej Mesin, Ruslan Salej, Aleh Antonenka, Aljaksei Kaljuschny and Kanstanzin Kalzou , who were already at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and, with the exception of Kalzou, also at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .

Cancellations and disregards

For the time being, Sjarhej Kolassau from the Grand Rapids Griffins from the American Hockey League was not considered .

Subsequent nominations

There were a total of six changes in the Belarusian squad in the final nomination on February 15. Most serious weighed the injury-related failures of the two NHL strikers Andrej Kaszizyn and Michail Hrabouski, who were replaced by Dsmitryj Mjaleschka and Kanstanzin Sacharau . In defense, Sjarhej Kolassau, Aljaksandr Makryzki , Andrej Karau and Aljaksandr Radsinski slipped into the squad for Andrej Antonau , Andrej Baschko , Wadsim Suschko and Aljaksandr Syrej .

Official

The Belarusian Olympic selection was supervised by the native Kazakhs Michail Sacharau , who was also the national coach of the Ukrainian national selection . Sacharau had only been in office since late November 2009, after the Canadian Glen Hanlon resigned from his post. Sacharau was assisted by the Russian Olympic and World Champion Andrei Chomutow and the Canadian Dave Lewis , who had previously coached the Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins as head coach in the NHL .

attacker
No.	Surname	Item	Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
10	Aleh Antonenka - A	LW	0July 1, 1971	4th	0	0	0	0	-1	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
59	Syarhej Djamahin	F.	July 19, 1986	4th	0	1	1	2	-1	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk ( KHL )
-	Mikhail Hrabouski	C.	Jan. 31, 1984	Cancellation due to injury on February 15th						Toronto Maple Leafs ( NHL )
71	Alyaksey Kalushny	F.	June 13, 1977	4th	3	1	4th	2	+3	HK Dynamo Moscow ( KHL )
28	Kanstanzin Kalzou - A	RW	Apr 17, 1981	4th	0	2	2	0	+4	Salawat Julajew Ufa ( KHL )
-	Andrei Kaszitsyn	LW	0Feb. 3, 1985	Cancellation due to injury on February 15th						Canadiens de Montréal ( NHL )
74	Syarhej Kaszitsyn	LW	20 Mar 1987	4th	2	3	5	0	+2	Canadiens de Montréal ( NHL )
11	Aljaksandr Kulakou	F.	May 15, 1983	4th	0	1	1	0	± 0	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
8th	Andrej Michaljou	F.	Feb. 23, 1978	4th	0	0	0	2	-2	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
19th	Dzmitryi Myalezhka	F.	0Nov 8, 1982	4th	2	0	2	2	-1	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
21st	Kanstanzin Sacharau	F.	0May 2, 1985	4th	1	0	1	4th	-1	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
22nd	Sjarhej Sadseljonau	C.	Feb. 27, 1976	4th	0	0	0	0	± 0	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
26th	Andrei Stas	C.	Oct 18, 1988	4th	0	0	0	2	-3	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
18th	Aljaksej Uharau	F.	0Jan. 2, 1985	4th	1	1	2	4th	-3	HK MWD Balashikha ( KHL )
defender
No.	Surname		Date of birth	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	team
-	Andrej Antonau		Apr. 27, 1985	Cancellation on February 15th						HK Schachzjor Salihorsk ( Belarus. Extraliga )
-	Andrei Baschko		May 23, 1982	Cancellation on February 15th						HK Schachzjor Salihorsk ( Belarus. Extraliga )
7th	Uladzimir Dzjanissau		June 19, 1984	4th	0	0	0	0	-3	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
33	Andrej Karau		Feb 12, 1985	4th	0	0	0	2	± 0	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
25th	Sjarhej Kolassau		May 22, 1986	4th	0	0	0	0	-2	Grand Rapids Griffins ( AHL )
43	Viktor Kaszjuchonak		0June 7, 1979	4th	0	1	1	2	+1	HK Spartak Moscow ( KHL )
4th	Alyaksandr Makryzki		Aug 11, 1971	4th	0	0	0	4th	-1	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
52	Alyaksandr Radsinsky		0Apr 1, 1978	4th	0	1	1	2	± 0	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
24	Ruslan Salej - C.		0Nov 2, 1974	4th	1	0	1	0	+2	Colorado Avalanche ( NHL )
5	Mikalaj Stassenka		Feb. 15, 1987	4th	0	3	3	2	+1	Amur Khabarovsk ( KHL )
-	Vadsim Sushko		Apr. 27, 1986	Cancellation on February 15th						HK Schachzjor Salihorsk ( Belarus. Extraliga )
-	Aljaksandr Syrej		Aug 26, 1988	Cancellation on February 15th						HK Schachzjor Salihorsk ( Belarus. Extraliga )

goalkeeper
No.	Surname	Date of birth	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	team
1	Wital Kowal	31 Mar 1980	2	1	1	120: 00	8th	0	90.59	4.00	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )
37	Maksim Maljuzin	16 Sep 1988	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	HK Vitebsk ( Belarus. Extraliga )
31	Andrei Mesin	0July 8, 1974	2	0	2	130: 00	7th	0	91.36	3.23	HK Dinamo Minsk ( KHL )

Official
position		Surname	Date of birth
Head coach		Mikhail Sacharau	Jan. 22, 1962
Assistant coach		Andrei Khomutov	Apr 21, 1961
Assistant coach		Dave Lewis	03rd July 1953
Team captain		Sergei Goncharov	Jan. 31, 1959

Web links

• Official website of the IIHF for the Olympic ice hockey tournament (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Provisional Olympic rosters. iihf.com, December 22, 2009, accessed April 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Player Entry Procedure. iihf.com, accessed December 22, 2009 . 
3. ↑ IIHF Eligibility. iihf.com, accessed December 22, 2009 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Martin Merk: Fifth Olympics for two Finns. iihf.com, December 30, 2009, accessed December 30, 2009 . 
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13. ↑ ^{a b c} Shawn P. Roarke: Veterans, strong goalie play highlight Finnish roster. nhl.com, December 30, 2009, accessed December 30, 2009 . 
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17. ^ ^{A b c d} Dan Rosen: Canada unveils a powerhouse lineup for Olympics. nhl.com, December 30, 2009, accessed December 30, 2009 . 
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22. ^ Bill Beacon: Niedermayer to captain 2010 Olympic hockey team. ctvolympics.ca, December 30, 2009, accessed January 12, 2010 . 
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27. ↑ ^{a b c d} Dinamo Riga players form core of Latvian team. ctvolympics.ca, December 29, 2009, accessed December 29, 2009 . 
28. ↑ ^{a b c} Risto Pakarinen: Norway returns core of World Championship team. nhl.com, December 29, 2009, accessed December 29, 2009 . 
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30. ↑ ^{a b c d} Bykov names 23-man roster. (No longer available online.) Iihf.com, December 25, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 25, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
31. ↑ ^{a b c d} Adam Kimelman: Ovi, Kovy, Malkin to lead high-powered Russia attack. nhl.com, December 25, 2009, accessed December 25, 2009 . 
32. ↑ ^{a b c d e} John Marchesan: Russian's unwrap Olympic men's hockey team. ctvolympics.ca, December 25, 2009, accessed December 25, 2009 . 
33. ↑ Russia adds Khabibulin to Olympic list. ctvolympics.ca, November 3, 2009, accessed December 25, 2009 . 
34. ^ Jamie Bell: Morozov to carry Russian flag at Opening Ceremony. ctvolympics.ca, February 11, 2010, accessed February 12, 2010 . 
35. ↑ Arpon Basu: Tretiak says Russian team will be half NHLers. ctvolympics.ca, November 29, 2009, accessed December 25, 2009 . 
36. ^ NHL, NHLPA write to IIHF about Team Russia. ctvolympics.ca, December 31, 2009, accessed January 1, 2010 . 
37. ↑ ^{a b c} “Gus” picks 13 Turin champs. (No longer available online.) Iihf.com, December 27, 2009, formerly in the original ; accessed on December 27, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
38. ↑ ^{a b c} Shawn P. Roarke: Team Sweden names 2010 Olympic roster. nhl.com, December 27, 2009, accessed December 27, 2009 . 
39. ↑ ^{a b c d} John Marchesan: Forsberg, Lidstrom headline Sweden selections. ctvolympics.ca, December 27, 2009, accessed December 27, 2009 . 
40. ↑ Chris Johnston: Peter Forsberg is thrilled to be in Vancouver. ctvolympics.ca, February 12, 2010, accessed February 13, 2010 . 
41. ^ ^{A b} Franzen replaces Holmstrom for Sweden. nhl.com, February 14, 2010, accessed February 15, 2010 . 
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46. ↑ Savary replaces Guggisberg. hockeyfans.ch, February 7, 2010, accessed on February 12, 2010 . 
47. ↑ ^{a b c} Switzerland announces roster. (No longer available online.) Iihf.com, February 14, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 15, 2010 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
48. ↑ ^{a b c d} Dave Lozo: Chara, Gaborik, Hossa highlight Slovakian roster. nhl.com, December 29, 2009, accessed December 29, 2009 . 
49. ↑ ^{a b c d} Satan, Palffy returning with Slovakian team. ctvolympics.ca, December 29, 2009, accessed December 29, 2009 . 
50. ↑ Rocky Bonanno: Olympic Countdown: NHLers dominate Slovak camp. (No longer available online.) Nhl.com, August 3, 2009, archived from the original on August 7, 2009 ; accessed on December 29, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
51. ↑ ^{a b} Shawn P. Roarke: Scores of NHLers will help Czechs score in Vancouver. nhl.com, December 30, 2009, accessed December 30, 2009 . 
52. ↑ ^{a b c} Jagr returns to Olympics with Czechs. ctvolympics.ca, December 30, 2009, accessed December 30, 2009 . 
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54. ↑ ^{a b c d} U.S. goes with youth for games - Drury, Langenbrunner, Rafalski the only Olympic veterans. iihf.com, January 1, 2010, accessed May 4, 2018 . 
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66. ↑ ^{a b c} Belarus the 1st nation to name its hockey roster. ctvolympics.ca, December 23, 2009, accessed December 23, 2009 . 
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