CANADA ANNOUNCES TEAM ROSTER

Today in Saskatchewan, Steve Yzerman announced Canada's roster for the 2010 Olympic team. Canadian head coach Mike Babcock announced that Scott Niedermayer will be the captain and that Chris Pronger and Jarome Iginla will be the alternates."When you came into that you were basing everything on what happened last year and in previous years," Yzerman says. "There were a few guys that you would assume would be on the team, but it was a good chance to see who played with who and who would be a good fit."

Canada's Roster

Forwards

Patrice Bergeron, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Que. (Boston Bruins)

Sidney Crosby, Cole Harbour, N.S. (Pittsburgh Penguins) Alternate captain

Ryan Getzlaf, Regina, Sask. (Anaheim Ducks)

Dany Heatley, Calgary, Alta. (San Jose Sharks)

Jarome Iginla, St. Albert, Alta. (Calgary Flames) Alternate captain

Patrick Marleau, Aneroid Sask. (San Jose Sharks)

Brenden Morrow, Carlyle, Sask. (Dallas Stars)

Rick Nash, Brampton, Ont. (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Mike Richards, Kenora, Ont. (Philadelphia Flyers)

Corey Perry, Peterborough, Ont. (Anaheim Ducks)

Eric Staal, Thunder Bay, Ont. (Carolina Hurricanes)

Joe Thornton, St. Thomas, Ont. (San Jose Sharks)

Jonathan Toews, Winnipeg, Man. (Chicago Blackhawks)

Defence

Dan Boyle, Ottawa, Ont. (San Jose Sharks)

Drew Doughty, Ottawa, Ont. (LA Kings)

Duncan Keith, Penticton, B.C. (Chicago Blackhawks)

Scott Niedermayer, Cranbrook, B.C. (Anaheim Ducks) - Captain

Chris Pronger, Dryden, Ont. (Philadelphia Flyers) - Alternate captain

Brent Seabrook, Tsawwassen, B.C. (Chicago Blackhawks)

Shea Weber, Sicamous, B.C. (Nashville Predators)

Goalies

Roberto Luongo, Montreal, Que. (Vancouver Canucks)

Martin Brodeur, Montreal, Que. (New Jersey Devils)

Marc-Andre Fleury, Sorel, Que. (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Now after looking at the roster you ask yourself, Will Canada win gold? And the answer is simple we will have to wait and see.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

SAVARD STILL FIGHTING FOR A SPOT ON CANADA

Marc Savard of the Bruins is upset that he has not been invited to Hockey Canada's recent Olympic orientation camp in Calgary. "I was pretty upset about it," said Savard, according to the The Bruins Blog, official blog of the NHL team. "I thought that I had a good chance to at least go to the camp. And I didn't really come out saying anything. I had a lot of calls for a couple weeks after that. It was something I didn't want to talk about. I was pretty mad about it. I've had to prove myself over and over again and I'm hoping to get off to a good start to the NHL season. I still haven't counted myself out. So I guess that's all that matters." The last 3 season's with the Boston Bruins Savard had 262 points. No one else expect Sidney Crosby, Joe Thornton, Vincent Lecavalier, Jarome Iginla, and Martin St. Louis had 262 points in 3 seasons.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

RED V.S WHITE SCRIMMAGE SELLS OUT IN CALGARY

Yesterday in Calgary, team Canada played a scrimmage game of Red v.s White. The game had everything except hitting. Sidney Crosby and his line-mates (Iginla and St.Louis) had met there match. As Martin Broudeur (of the Red team) stopped all the shot's he faced from the Crosby line. He was not the only goalie who was making some saves. As Luongo (of the white) was keeping his team in it. Every time Luongo made a save the fan's chanted " Looo." Team red ended up winning 3-2 in a shootout.Kings forward Ryan Smyth and Duck's forward Corey Perry scored for the White in the shootout lose.Flyer's forward Jeff Carter and Shark's forward Patrick Marleau scored for the Red in the shootout win. So now we'll just wait until the February to see who will make the final cut.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

TEAM CANADA INVITES SPEZZA TO TRAINING CAMP

On August 11th 2009, team Canada announced that they had invited Jason Spezza to Canada'a training camp."I think I was just excited for the opportunity,'' Spezza said during a conference call. "I don't know if I was any more relieved or anything but I was just excited. I had still made it one of my goals, even though I wasn't invited to the initial camp, that I was going to try to prove to them I belong on the team and have a good start to the season.'' With Spezza being invited to Canada's camp, now Spezza will not be going to Senators camp. But he's not the only Senator. The other Senator that will not be going to the Sens camp is Dany Heatley(who asked to be traded out of Ottawa). Now we will just wait and see who makes Canada's team for 2010.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

TEAM CANADA ANNOUNCES THERE HOCKEY CANADA HATTRICK

Yesterday in Vancouver, team Canada announced it's 3 games hockey hattrick. The games are as followed:

GAME #1 - National Men's Team orientation camp - Red vs. White (August 27, 7 p.m. MT) there are more than 40 players taking place in the running for a roster spot for world Cup in the 2009-10 season.


GAME #2 - Women's hockey - Canada vs. United States (December 15, 7:30 p.m. MT) The 4th of 6 games in the series between the top two women's teams in the world.

GAME #3 - World Junior pre-competition - Canada vs. Finland (December 22, 7 p.m. MT) 4 days before Canada's National Junior Team starts there quest for a 6th-straight gold medal champion ship.

"We are very excited to be able to offer hockey fans in Calgary, and across Alberta, the opportunity to see some of the world's best players on both the men's and women's side of the game," said Bob Nicholson, Hockey Canada's president and CEO. "The upcoming season will be one of the most memorable in Hockey Canada's history, and we're pleased we can share that with our fans."The tickets will cost from $40 to $85, which does not include shipping and handling.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Steve Yzerman ANNOUNCED WHO WILL BE AT THE CANADIAN HOCKEY CAMP

This afternoon,Hockey Canada released a roster of 46 players who have been invited to the camp.The Goalies that they invited are Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils),Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks) and Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-André Fleury.16 The defencemen invited were Jay Bouwmeester (Calgary Flames), Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks), Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers), Robyn Regehr (Calgary Flames),Dion Phaneuf of the (Calgary Flames), Marc Staal (New York Rangers), Shea Weber (Nashville Predators), François Beauchemin (Anaheim Ducks), Brent Burns (Minnesota Wild), Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings), Stéphane Robidas (Dallas Stars), Mike Green (Washington Capitals), Dan Hamhuis (Nashville Predators), and Chicago Blackhawks duo Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.

The forwards are ,Shane Doan (Phoenix Coyotes), Simon Gagné (Philadelphia Flyers), Dany Heatley (Ottawa Senators), Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames), Rick Nash (Columbusn Blue Jackets), Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche), Martin St-Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning), Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes), Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks), Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Ryan Smyth (Colorado Avalanche).

Player under 35 that are getting a chance are: Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins),Jeff Carter (Philadelphia Flyers), Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks), Milan Lucic (Boston Bruins), Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks), Andy McDonald (St. Louis Blues), Brenden Morrow (Dallas Stars), Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks) Michael Richards (Philadelphia Flyers), Derek Roy (Buffalo Sabres), Patrick Sharp (Chicago Blackhawks), Jordan Staal (Thunder Bay, Ont./Pittsburgh, NHL) Jonathan Toews (Winnipeg, Man./Chicago, NHL) and Dan Cleary. Traning Camp should start in either December or January.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADA'S STAFF HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

The executive director of Canada's men's Olympic team, (Steve Yzerman) has officially announced Mike Babcock as the head coach at this morning's press conference. Mike Babcock told the press that he was honoured."It's living a dream," said Babcock. "I was absolutely thrilled. I'm very excited and humbled. As much as the Stanley Cup is exciting, any time you have a chance to play for your country, it's a whole new level of exciting." Steve Yzerman talked about why he picked Mike Babcock.

"I was looking for someone who will encourage the team to play the way I envision the Canadian national team to play," said Yzerman. "We have a vision of how the Olympic team will play, and I'm certain Mike is the guy to take the reins. "Steve Yzerman also announced that Ken Hitchcock, Lindy Ruff and Jacques Lemaire will be Mike's assistants."I'm very confident this staff has the strength, experience and hockey knowledge to face the pressure and demands of playing in Vancouver," said Yzerman.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo