MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Hockey, in cooperation with NBC Sports
and the National Hockey League, announced today that the 23-man roster
for its 2010 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team will be unveiled during
NBC's broadcast of the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic Jan. 1 at
Fenway Park in Boston. Coverage of the game between the Boston Bruins
and Philadelphia Flyers begins at 1 p.m. EST.

The U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team will compete at the XXI Olympic
Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C. The men's ice hockey competition begins
on Feb. 16 and concludes with the gold-medal game on Feb. 28.

Team USA plays its first game Feb. 16 against Switzerland.

Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was the lone member of the Black & Gold to
participate in Team USA’s 34-player orientation camp, which took place
August 17-19 in Woodbridge, IL. He is expected to be under consideration
for one of the three goaltender spots on the final U.S. roster.

TEAM USA ROSTER NOTES: The U.S. roster will include 20 skaters and
three goaltenders. It is expected that all 23 players will come from the
NHL.  Ron Wilson, head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is the head
coach of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, with Scott Gordon,
head coach of the New York Islanders, and John Tortorella, head coach of
the New York Rangers, serving as assistant coaches.
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