After Canada’s lengthy announcement this morning we now know that there are ten Blackhawks going to Russia to compete for their countries. Patrick Kane (USA), Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith (CAN), Marcus Kruger, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Johnny Oduya (SWE), Marian Hossa, Michal Handzus (SLO) and Michal Rozsival (CZE) were all selected to represent their homelands at this year’s Winter Olympics.
There were a few Hawks that were “snubbed” like Brandon Saad, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford. The only one out of that trio that really deserved to go was Saad. I still think he will get the call due to an injury between now and the start of the games. Seabrook wasn’t a snub. He wasn’t good enough to go. Period. End of story. I really hope getting left out over Dan Hamhius is a big wake up call and serves as a motivation factor for Biscuit. I never really expected Crow to get the call to Sochi, especially after his injury. Crawford could also be an injury replacement if one of the three selected goaltenders can’t make the trip.
Here are your complete Olympic rosters:
Austria
Goaltenders: Bernhard Starkbaum, Rene Swette, Fabian Weinhandl
Defense: Mario Altmann, Florian Iberer, Andre Lakos, Robert Lukas, Thomas Pock, Matthias Trattnig, Stefan Ulmer, Gerhard Unterluggauer
Forwards: Michael Grabner, Raphael Herburger, Thomas Hundertpfund, Matthias Iberer, Thomas Koch, Andreas Kristler, Manuel Latusa, Brian Lebler, Daniel Oberkofler, Michael Raffl, Thomas Raffl, Oliver Setzinger, Thomas Vanek, Daniel Welser
Canada
Goaltenders: Roberto Luongo, Carey Price, Mike Smith
Defense: Jay Bouwmeester, Drew Doughty, Dan Hamhuis, Duncan Keith, Alex Pietrangelo ,PK Subban, Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Shea Weber
Forwards: Jamie Benn, Patrice Bergeron, Jeff Carter, Sidney Crosby, Matt Duchene, Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Kunitz, Patrick Marleau, Rick Nash,Corey Perry, Patrick Sharp, Steven Stamkos, John Tavares, Jonathan Toews
Czech Republic
Goaltender: Jakub Kovar, Ondrej Pavelec, Alexander Salak
Defense: Michal Barinka, Radko Gudas, Tomas Kaberle, Lukas Krajicek, Zbynek Michalek, Michal Rozsival, Ladislav Smid, Marek Zidlicky
Forwards: Roman Cervenka, Patrik Elias, Michael Frolik, Martin Hanzal, Ales Hemsky, Jaromir Jagr, David Krejci, Milan Michalek, Petr Nedved, Jiri Novotny, Ondrej Palat, Tomas Plekanec, Vladimir Sobotka, Jakub Voracek
Finland
Goaltenders: Kari Lehtonen, Antti Niemi, Tuukka Rask
Defense: Juuso Hietanen, Lasse Kukkonen, Sami Lepisto, Olli Maatta, Sami Salo, Kimmo Timonen, Ossi Vaananen, Sami Vatanen
Forwards: Juhamatti Aaltonen, Aleksander Barkov, Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Granlund, Jussi Jokinen, Olli Jokinen, Mikko Koivu, Leo Komarov, Petri Kontiola, Lauri Korpikoski, Jori Lehtera, Antti Pihlstrom, Tuomo Ruutu, Teemu Selanne
Latvia
Goaltenders: Kristers Gudlevskis, Edgars Masalskis, Ervins Mustukovs.
Defense: Oskars Bartulis, Ralfs Freibergs, Arturs Kulda, Sandis Ozolinsh, Georgijs Pujacs, Krisjanis Redlihs, Arvids Rekis, Kristaps Sotnieks.
Forwards: Armands Berzins, Martins Cipulis, Lauris Darzins, Kaspars Daugavins, Zemgus Girgensons, Miks Indrasis, Koba Jass, Martins Karsums, Ronalds Kenins, Vitalijs Pavlovs, Mikelis Redlihs, Janis Sprukts, Juris Stals, Herberts Vasiljevs.
Norway
Goaltenders: Lars Haugen, Lars Volden, Steffen Soberg.
Defense: Alexander Bonsaksen, Jonas Holos, Henrik Solberg, Daniel Sorvik, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Mats Trygg, Henrik Odegaard.
Forwards: Morten Ask, Anders Bastiansen, Robin Dahlstrom, Kristian Forsberg, Mads Hansen, Marius Holtet, Sondre Olden, Ken Andre Olimb, Mathis Olimb, Mats Rosseli Olsen, Niklas Roest, Martin Roymark, Per-Age Skroder, Patrick Thoresen, Mats Zuccarello.
Russia
Goaltender: Sergei Bobrovsky, Semyon Varlamov, Alexander Yeryomenko
Defense: Anton Belov, Alexei Emelin, Andrei Markov, Evgeny Medvedev, Nikita Nikitin, Ilya Nikulin, Fedor Tyutin, Slava Voynov
Forwards: Artem Anisimov, Pavel Datsyuk, Denis Kokarev, Ilya Kovalchuk, Nikolai Kulemin, Evgeni Malkin, Valeri Nichushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Popov, Alexander Radulov, Sergei Soin, Vladimir Tarasenko, Alexei Tereshhenko, Viktor Tikhonov
Slovakia
Goaltenders: Peter Budaj, Jaroslav Halak, Jan Laco
Defense: Ivan Baranka, Zdeno Chara, Dominik Granak, Martin Marincin, Andrej Meszaros, Andrej Sekera, Lubomir Visnovsky, Michal Sersen
Forwards: Milan Bartovic, Marian Gaborik, Michal Handzus, Marcel Hossa, Marian Hossa, Tomas Jurco, Tomas Kopecky, Tomas Marcinko, Michal Miklik, Peter Olvecky, Richard Panik, Tomas Surovy, Tomas Tatar, Tomas Zaborsky
Slovenia
Goaltender: Luka Gracnar, Andrej Hocevar, Robert Kristan
Defense: Blaz Gregorc, Sabahudin Kovacevic, Ales Kranjc, Ziga Pavlin, Matic Podlipnik,Klemen Pretnar, Mitja Robar, Andrej Tavzelj
Forwards: Bostjan Golicic, Ziga Jeglic, Anze Kopitar, Anze Kuralt, Jan Mursak, Ales Music, Ziga Pance, Tomaz Razingar, David Rodman, Marcel Rodman, Robert Sabolic, Rok Ticar, Jan Urbas, Miha Verlic
Sweden
Goaltenders: Jhonas Enroth, Jonas Gustavsson, Henrik Lundqvist
Defense: Alexander Edler, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jonathan Ericsson, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Erik Karlsson, Niklas Kronwall, Johnny Oduya, Henrik Tallinder
Forwards: Daniel Alfredsson, Nicklas Backstrom, Patrik Berglund, Jimmie Ericsson, Loui Eriksson, Johan Franzen, Carl Hagelin, Marcus Kruger, Gabriel Landeskog, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Jakob Silfverberg, Alexander Steen, Henrik Zetterberg
Switzerland
Goaltenders: Reto Berra, Jonas Hiller, Tobias Stephan
Defensemen: Severin Blindenbacher, Rafael Diaz, Philippe Furrer, Roman Josi , Mathias Seger, Mark Streit, Julien Vauclair,Yannick Weber
Forwards: Andres Ambuhl, Matthias Bieber, Simon Bodenmann, Damien Brunner, Luca Cunti, Ryan Gardner, Denis Hollenstein, Simon Moser, Nino Niederreiter, Martin Pluss, Kevin Romy, Reto Suri, Morris Trachsler, Roman Wick
United States
Goaltenders : Jimmy Howard, Ryan Miller, Jonathan Quick
Defensemen: John Carlson, Justin Faulk, Cam Fowler, Paul Martin, Ryan McDonagh, Brooks Orpik, Kevin Shattenkirk, Ryan Suter
Forwards: David Backes, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Kane, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel, T.J. Oshie, Max Pacioretty, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Paul Stastny, Derek Stepan, James van Riemsdyk, Blake Wheeler