United States – Final Olympic Roster
JOE PAVELSKI won an NCAA championship in 2005-06 while at the University of Wisconsin; the San Jose Shark would surely love to pocket an Olympic gold medal on his travels at the Winter Games in Vancouver this February.
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UNITED STATES — final roster for 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Coach — Ron WILSON —— Asst — Scott Gordon, John Tortorella
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Goaltenders
- # 29 — Jonathan QUICK — LOS ANGELES
- # 30 — Tim THOMAS — BOSTON
- # 39 — Ryan MILLER — BUFFALO
Defensemen
- # 3 — Jack JOHNSON — LOS ANGELES
- # 4 — Tim GLEASON — CAROLINA
- # 6 — Erik JOHNSON — ST. LOUIS
- # 19 — Ryan WHITNEY — ANAHEIM
- # 20 — Ryan SUTER — NASHVILLE
- # 28 — Brian RAFALSKI — DETROIT
- # 44 — Brooks ORPIK — PITTSBURGH
Forwards
- # 9 — Zach PARISE — NEW JERSEY
- # 12 — Ryan MALONE — PITTSBURGH
- # 15 — Jamie LANGENBRUNNER — NEW JERSEY
- # 16 — Joe PAVELSKI — SAN JOSE
- # 17 — Ryan KESLER — VANCOUVER
- # 23 — Chris DRURY — NY RANGERS
- # 24 — Ryan CALLAHAN — NY RANGERS
- # 26 — Paul STASTNY — COLORADO
- # 32 — Dustin BROWN — LOS ANGELES
- # 42 — David BACKES — ST. LOUIS
- # 54 — Bobby RYAN — ANAHEIM
- # 81 — Phil KESSEL — TORONTO
- # 88 — Patrick KANE — CHICAGO
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The two U.S. line-up changes, as noted in a previous article here, are defensemen TIM GLEASON and RYAN WHITNEY, who took the places of PAUL MARTIN of the New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leaf MIKE KOMISAREK.