Unthinkable
02-13-2004, 10:46 PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/jon_dolezar/02/13/team.canada/index.html
Good as gold
Team Canada will be favored in 2004 World Cup of Hockey
Friday February 13, 2004
The defending Olympic champions will enter the 2004 World Cup of Hockey as heavy favorites, even though their roster will have many changes from the one that was golden in Salt Lake just 24 months ago.
The 26-man rosters -- which as of now are supposed to include three under-23 players, though some teams are protesting that and trying to get it eliminated -- don't need to be submitted until May 15, so much will still change, of course. Players have seven weeks of regular-season action and nearly three rounds of the postseason to proved their mettle.
And for players whose teams miss the playoff party, they would be wise to pack their bags and head to the 2004 IIHF World Championships in the Czech Republic from April 24 through May 9, because players who have been loyal to Canada in international competitions in the past will get big-time brownie points once the final decisions are made.
Through a league source, SI.com has learned the identity of the 54 players still under consideration to play for Canada in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
Wayne Gretzky and the Team Canada brass are still considering 22 of the 23 players who won gold in Salt Lake City in 2002, with only suspended forward Theo Fleury not making the list.
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Good as gold
Team Canada will be favored in 2004 World Cup of Hockey
Friday February 13, 2004
The defending Olympic champions will enter the 2004 World Cup of Hockey as heavy favorites, even though their roster will have many changes from the one that was golden in Salt Lake just 24 months ago.
The 26-man rosters -- which as of now are supposed to include three under-23 players, though some teams are protesting that and trying to get it eliminated -- don't need to be submitted until May 15, so much will still change, of course. Players have seven weeks of regular-season action and nearly three rounds of the postseason to proved their mettle.
And for players whose teams miss the playoff party, they would be wise to pack their bags and head to the 2004 IIHF World Championships in the Czech Republic from April 24 through May 9, because players who have been loyal to Canada in international competitions in the past will get big-time brownie points once the final decisions are made.
Through a league source, SI.com has learned the identity of the 54 players still under consideration to play for Canada in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
Wayne Gretzky and the Team Canada brass are still considering 22 of the 23 players who won gold in Salt Lake City in 2002, with only suspended forward Theo Fleury not making the list.
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