The U.S. and Canadian 2014 Olympic camp rosters were released on Monday and contain plenty of star-power.
The U.S. Men's National Team Orientation Camp will take place from Aug. 26-27 at Kettler Capitals IcePlex in Arlington, Va., and will serve as the first stepping stone in selecting the U.S. Olympic hockey team's final roster this winter in Sochi, Russia.
16 of the 48 players participating for Team USA in the camp were on the 2010 team that fell one win, and one goal, shy of the gold medal. Minnesota's Zach Parise, who scored the game-tying goal that forced the 2010 Gold Medal Game to go to overtime, tops the list of stars that will try to lead the way for the U.S. to win the gold medal.
Ryan Miller, who was named the 2010 Olympics best goalie and most valuable player, is also returning.
Top names also returning from the silver medal-winning team of four years ago are goaltenders Jonathon Quick (Los Angeles Kings) and Jimmy Howard (Detroit Redwings) defenseman Ryan Suter (Wild), Brooks Orpik (Pittsburgh Penguins) and forwards David Backes (St. Louis Blues), Dustin Brown (Los Angeles Kings), Phil Kessel (Toronto Maple Leafs) Ryan Callahan (New York Rangers), and two-time Stanley Cup Champion and one-time Con Smythe winner Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks).
The rest of the list of US hockey players can be found here.
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma will lead Team USA as it tries to avenge a loss in the gold medal game to Team Canada in 2010. Sidney Crosby, who captains the same Penguins that Bylsma coaches, will lead Team Canada as it goes for another gold medal.
Team Canada, coached by Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock, announced its roster of 47 players for their Olympic camp on Monday. The camp will take place from Aug. 25-28 in Calagary. Crosby and 2013 Stanley Cup Champion Jonathan Toews headline a star studded roster for Canada.
The Canadian roster includes three Staal brothers (Eric, Jordan and Marc), four Penguins (Crosby, Kris Letang, Chris Kunitz and James Neal), and five represenatives from the Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks (Toews, Duncan Keith, Cory Crawford, Brent Seabrook and Patrick Sharp ).
The roster for Team Canada, which beat the United States in a 3-2 overtime victory in 2010's Gold Medal game, can be found here.
The men's Olympic hockey tournament commences Feb. 12 and concludes with the gold medal game on Feb. 23 at 7 a.m. ET.
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