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TEAM CANADA Preliminary Roster The defending Olympic and World Champions took their first step to adding another title to the trophy case, as Team Canada announced the first 16 names to its 2016 World Cup of Hockey roster. “This has been a very extensive process which involved multiple face-to-face meetings and conference calls,” said general manager Doug Armstrong. “Some very difficult decisions had to be made to narrow down our selection to only 16 players, which is a testament to the depth of player talent in Canada." "Our management group wanted to balance respecting the contributors to past Team Canada successes, as well as respecting the players that have emerged as top players in the NHL. We will use the NHL playoffs and the upcoming World Championship to make the final roster decisions in early June.” There’s no lack of success among the first 16 players selected; in addition to 12 players who won gold at the Olympic Winter Games, and 11 who won gold at the IIHF World Junior Championship, the team boasts seven NHL team captains and eight Stanley Cup champions, five of whom are multi-time champions. Four names that were not part of the past two Olympic teams include goaltenders Corey Crawford and Braden Holtby, and forwards Tyler Seguin and Steven Stamkos, who both have competed in past world championships. Goaltenders: Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals, USA, NHL Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens, CAN, NHL Defencemen: Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings, USA, NHL Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Sharks, USA, NHL Shea Weber, Nashville Predators, USA, NHL Forwards: Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars, USA, NHL Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Kings, USA, NHL Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, CAN, NHL Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks, USA, NHL Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars, USA, NHL Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL John Tavares, NY Islanders, USA, NHL Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Head Coach: Mike Babcock

TEAM NORTH AMERICA Preliminary Roster The world found out who will make up the majority of the Team North America roster. Comprised of Under-23 players from Canada and the United States, the “Young Guns“ will feature some obvious names, including the No.1 and 2 draft picks from 2015, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel. “This might be the only time we ever get to play with each other,“ said McDavid. “I think that’s pretty cool.” "A lot of people don't expect too much from us, but we have the talent to surprise everyone." Other notable names include Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche, Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames, Dylan Larkin of the Detroit Red Wings, and goaltenders John Gibson and Connor Hellebuyck, both USA veterans from the IIHF U18 and World Junior championships. Goaltenders: John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks, USA, NHL Connor Hellebuyck, Manitoba Moose – Winnipeg Jets hold NHL rights Matt Murray, Pittsburgh Penguins, USA, NHL Defencemen Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers, USA, NHL Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets, USA, NHL Ryan Murray, Columbus Blue Jackets, USA, NHL Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs, CAN, NHL Forwards: Sean Couturier, Philadelphia Flyers, USA, NHL Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres, USA, NHL Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames, CAN, NHL Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings, USA, NHL Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche, USA, NHL Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers, CAN, NHL J.T. Miller, New York Rangers, USA, NHL Sean Monahan, Calgary Flames, CAN, NHL Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets, USA, NHL Head Coach: Todd McLellan

1 minute ago, Agger said:Really makes me happy to see this many danes on team Europe. But it will be hard for them. Barely any from the same teams and only Slovakia and Denmark have a decent numbers of players.I was sure to see at least 4-5 Danes in the team, There were absolutely no doubts about Andersen, he will be the goalie number 1 for sure, also Hansen and Boedker were a certitude who know this team can do something in this tournament, but still it´s a bit weird to see this team europe instead of normal national teams. IMO some countries could be allowed to play at least such qualification tournament or something. it would be a better solution, but well ...NHL and their money...

TEAM EUROPE Preliminary Roster The initial 16 names for the roster of Team Europe, comprised of players from outside the other European nations competing in the World Cup, was released. “It’s exciting to be a part of it,” said Swiss defenceman Roman Josi. “It’s a special situation with Team Europe…I think it’s going to be a lot of fun and I think we’re going to have a good team.” Team Europe will not only be a mix of nations but also young and old. Along with experienced veterans like blueliners Zdeno Chara and Mark Streit, the team also named up and coming superstars including Swiss defenceman Roman Josi and talented German forward Leon Draisatl. Goaltenders: Frederik Andersen, Anaheim Ducks, USA, NHL Jaroslav Halak, New York Islanders, USA, NHL Defencemen: Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Roman Josi, Nashville Predators, USA, NHL Dennis Seidenberg, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Andrej Sekera, Edmonton Oilers, CAN, NHL Mark Streit, Philadelphia Flyers, USA, NHL Forwards: Mikkel Boedker, Colorado Avalanche, USA, NHL Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers, CAN, NHL Jannick Hansen, Vancouver Canucks, CAN, NHL Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings, USA, NHL Frans Nielsen, New York Islanders, USA, NHL Tomas Tatar, Detroit Red Wings, USA, NHL Thomas Vanek, Minnesota Wild, USA, NHL Mats Zuccarello Aasen, New York Rangers, USA, NHL Head Coach: Ralph Krueger

it was a very interesting february for SVK tennis all started by a expected flop with Australia in the fed cup. but a week later came the bomb and mr unpredictable winning a ATP 500 tournament and 3 days later he lost in 1st round in Dubaiand everything concluded by a very interesting performance of Dominika Cibulková, pitty Domi wasn´t so far to win the acapulco WTA at all..

soon, soon, patience my friend, patience it´s one of my priorities for the next days.

TEAM SWEDEN Preliminary Roster As last of the four European countries Sweden made the announcement – far away from home in New York, the city of Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist. With the naming of the first 16 players, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association put emphasis on defence with two goaltenders and six defencemen named while there is more room left on offence for the final roster with eight forwards who were selected today. With over 80 players who appeared in NHL games this season, the choice was more difficult than for any other European nation for the Swedes with depth for any position. Lundqvist is the netminder with fourth-most wins, third-most ice time and one of the best save percentages among starting goalies in the league. The Senators’ Erik Karlsson is the top scorer among defencemen, third overall in the league and first in time on ice, the Capitals’ Nicklas Backstrom is ninth in scoring among forwards and Nashville’s Filip Forsberg is tenth in goal scoring with fellow countryman Daniel Sedin close behind. Goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers, USA, NHL Jacob Markstrom, Vancouver Canucks, CAN, NHL Defencemen: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes, USA, NHL Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Niklas Hjalmarsson, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators, CAN, NHL Niklas Kronwall, Detroit Red Wings, USA, NHL Anton Stralman, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Forwards: Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals, USA, NHL Loui Eriksson, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, USA, NHL Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche, USA, NHL Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks, CAN, NHL Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks, CAN, NHL Alexander Steen, St. Louis Blues, USA, NHL Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings, USA, NHL Head Coach: Rikard Gronborg

Well, the other groups are much more balanced, especially the last one with Norway, Kazakhstan and France.and Italy also shown some very optimistic moments during the last qualifier round with a "new" and fresh team, they have chance to do something for sure, Norway has a good team and play a very physical and for each opponent a very unpleasant hockey. The whole Kazakhstan team is composed by experienced players of one kazakhstans KHL club Barys Astana, but I´ll put France, because the Hockey is improving incredibly in France during last couple of years, I have a lot of respect for this french team and the way how their federation is going and working since they left the corrupt and incompetent french Ice sports federation (which included also speed skating, figure skating etc..) coach Dave Henderson has an amazing sense of coaching and don´t forget that they play in fact always with the same squad, this is also a great advantage. for the Latvian group, it´s almost sure that the quota will be played between Latvia and Germany. Germany has a strong generation of players and want return to the olympics after the flop in the Sochi qualification tournament, but Latvia usually over perform at home, so because of it I´ll bet on Latvia. so for me the last 3 quotas will be for FRA, LAT and DEN.

Some Results from the last week Oceanian Championships in Penrith (AUS), the competition was also the Oceanian Qualification for Rio. Men´s C1 Matej Beňuš 99.36 (2) Nicolas Peschier 100.41 (0) Adam Burgess 100.65 (0) Men´s K1 Vavrinec Hradilek 92.08 (0) Sebastian Schubert 92.17 (0) Vit Prindis 94.48 (0) Men´s C2 Germany (Franz Anton/Jan Benzien) 106.55 (0) Germany (Kevin Mueller/Kai Mueller) 107.79 (0) France (Pierre Picco/Hugo Biso) 110.31 (2) Women´s K1 Jana Dukatova 105.09 (2) Jessica Fox 105.18 (2) Rosalyn Lawrence 106.54 (0)

There only Spain ahead of us in the results btw hello, welcome back

results of technical routine are official http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000110030002C90102FFFFFFFFFFFF01. Not looks good to make the top 11 or 12

TEAM SLOVAKIA For IBU World Championships 2016 (03.03-13.03.2016) MEN´S Matej KAZÁR Tomáš HASILLA Miroslav MATIAŠKO Michal ŠÍMA Martin OTČENÁŠ WOMEN´S Jana GEREKOVÁ Paulína FIALKOVÁ Ivona FIALKOVÁ Terézia POLIAKOVÁ Martina CHRAPÁNOVÁ The Goals: Optimistic - 2 top 10, one in individual events and one in relays events Realistic - 1 top 10, Paulína Fialková maybe has some decent chances for one top 10. Pessimistic - all our relays laped, and SVK establish a new world record of loops by one country achieved during one week at major competition...

TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Preliminary Roster Three goaltenders, four defencemen and nine forwards were named as first players to the Czech national team for the World Cup of Hockey. The Czechs were also the first to name European-based players with defenceman Michal Kempny and forward Vladimir Sobotka, who both play in Russia for Avangard Omsk. Not on the list is the most experienced Czech NHL player. Jaromir Jagr retired from the national team on home ice in Prague at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship although there are still some spots open before the roster will be finalized on 1st June. “Give him time and space,” head coach Josef Jandac commented earlier. Even without Jagr the Czechs boost some top offensive players such as Bruins forward David Krejci or Canadiens centre Tomas Plekanec. Goaltenders: Petr Mrazek, Detroit Red Wings, USA, NHL Michal Neuvirth, Philadelphia Flyers, USA, NHL Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg Jets, CAN, NHL Defencemen: Radko Gudas, Philadelphia Flyers, USA, NHL Michal Kempny, Avangard Omsk, RUS, KHL Roman Polak, San Jose Sharks, USA, NHL Andrej Sustr, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Forwards: Michael Frolik, Calgary Flames, CAN, NHL Martin Hanzal, Arizona Coyotes, USA, NHL Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks, USA, NHL David Krejci, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Ondrej Palat, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Tomas Plekanec, Montreal Canadiens, CAN, NHL Vladimir Sobotka, Avangard Omsk, RUS, KHL Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers, USA, NHL Head Coach: Josef Jandac

yes and one in mens ATP at Rotterdam

Well, At first, Huge Congrats for the qualification for the final round This last match against Hungary was a incredible thriller until the very last action of the match. Who know, everything is open, I think POL have chances to upset Belarus even in Minsk Slovenia too (ofc I´ll never never never underestimate Slovenian Ice hockey team again after Sochi) but the most difficult will be the match against DEnmark. For me DEN is the absolute fav for the olympic ticket, and honnestly I wish them to go to pyeongchang, the hockey in Denmark fully deserve it.

TEAM FINLAND Preliminary Roster General Manager Jere Lehtinen together with head coach Lauri Marjamaki announced the 16 first players of the Finnish national team for the World Cup of Hockey. The Finns nominated two goaltenders with Tuukka Rask and Pekka Rinne. Esa Lindell, Olli Maatta, Rasmus Ristolainen and Sami Vatanen are the four first defencemen who have been selected. The Finnish forwards who have secured their place in the World Cup are Aleksander Barkov, Joonas Donskoi, Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Granlund, Jussi Jokinen, Mikko Koivu, Leo Komarov, Lauri Korpikoski, Jori Lehtera and Teuvo Teravainen. “These 16 players form a strong core to the team. They are a great mixture of experience, talent and open-mindedness,” says Marjamaki about the first nominations. “For the players the World Cup is a huge thing. Their motivation is high and they all want to be part of the team.” The Finnish team will convene early September and play pre-tournament games against Sweden, first on home ice at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on 8 September, then two days later in Gothenburg. Goaltenders: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators, USA, NHL Defencemen: Esa Lindell, Texas Stars, USA, AHL Olli Maatta, Pittsburgh Penguins, USA, NHL Rasmus Ristolainen, Buffalo Sabres, USA, NHL Sami Vatanen, Anaheim Ducks, USA, NHL Forwards: Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers, USA, NHL Joonas Donskoi, San Jose Sharks, USA, NHL Valtteri Filppula, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild, USA, NHL Jussi Jokinen, Florida Panthers, USA, NHL Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild, USA, NHL Leo Komarov, Toronto Maple Leafs, CAN, NHL Lauri Korpikoski, Edmonton Oilers, CAN, NHL Jori Lehtera, St. Louis Blues, USA, NHL Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Head Coach: Lauri Marjamaki

TEAM RUSSIA Preliminary Roster The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia made the start on Wednesday morning by naming its three NHL goaltenders as well as three defencemen and 10 forwards. Although players from the KHL can also be named, the Russians decided to nominate an all-NHL preliminary roster for now while leaving sports open – especially on defence – on the roster that will eventually grow to 23 names. The Russians are loaded with talent up front with veteran stars such as Alexander Ovechkin, Yevgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsyuk but also up and coming forwards such as Artemi Panarin and Yevgeni Kuznetsov. All players have represented Russia before although for young forwards Nikita Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov it will be the first time the play for the senior national team. Goaltenders: Sergei Bobrovski, Columbus Blue Jackets, USA, NHL Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche, USA, NHL Andrei Vasilevski, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Defencemen: Dmitri Kulikov, Florida Panthers, USA, NHL Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens, CAN, NHL Dmitri Orlov, Washington Capitals, USA, NHL Forwards: Artyom Anisimov, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings, USA, NHL Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Nikolai Kulyomin, New York Islanders, USA, NHL Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals, USA, NHL Yevgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins, USA, NHL Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, USA, NHL Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues, USA, NHL Head Coach: Oleg Znarok

World Cup roster announcements Finland, Russia make the start On 2 March is the deadline to announce the first 16 players for each team participating in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey that will take place in September in Toronto. The World Cup of Hockey will be played from 17 September to 1 October at Air Canada Centre. The eight teams will start a preliminary round in two groups. Group A includes Canada, the Czech Republic, USA and Team Europe with players from other than the four already competing countries. Group B consists of Russia, Finland, Sweden and Team North America with top under-23 players born in Canada and the United States.

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It would be awesome. after so many disappointment so far, for example last week at the european shooting champs it would be great to have some positive surprises in our olympic team

Team Slovakia Ján VOLKO (60m), Matúš BUBENÍK (High Jump) among the mens and Iveta PUTALOVÁ (400m) among the womens

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haha don´t worry Dez, you have still a time. I have a idea to reopen the contest soon as possible maybe in 1-2 weeks, and the grand final will be 1st june (basically 1 month later than the previous one was expected) Also ofc don´t forget that all entries are unfortunately out, so each national jury will must resend their entries again. Thanks