After tonight’s freeway face-off with the Kings, we play just three times before eight of the guys fly north for the
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics : vs. Oilers on Wednesday, at Flames Saturday, and at Oilers Sunday.
Participating in the games that are taglined “With Glowing Hearts,” are captain Scott Niedermayer, Ryan Getzlaf, and Corey Perry (Canada), Bobby Ryan and Ryan Whitney (USA), Saku Koivu and a recovering Teemu Selanne (who scored the first goal in tonight’s game against the Kings) (Finland), and Jonas Hiller (Switzerland). Luca Sbisa, who is with the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks, will also represent Switzerland. With this many men slated to play, the Ducks are tied with the Sharks in number of rostered players being sent to the Olympics.
Perhaps most exciting for Anne and I is that we’ll be in Vancouver for part of the two weeks of winter games, blogging, tweeting, and facebooking for all those back home interested in our take on the scene. (By scene, clearly that will include notes on the food and desserts. But only on Facebook—I’ll keep our hockey blog sacred to the sport. And hopefully player sightings.)
—Rose
P.S. In case anyone was still wondering, the Olympics take precedence over the traditional All-Star weekend. The next time we’ll have any hope of seeing Ovechkin’s goofy grin beneath those sunglasses and flag-bedecked hat is 2011. Thank god.
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