KHL sends 60 players to the Olympics

Published by Alessandro Seren Rosso on Jan 06, 2010 11:15 PM in KHL
KHL sends 60 players to the Olympics
KHL sends 60 players to the Olympics (Photo © vancouver2010.com)

The KHL is going to send 60 players to the upcoming 2010 Olympic Games. Latvia is topping the list with 17 players from the KHL, Belarus is 2nd with 14 and Russia is 3rd with 9 players. They only teams that don't have players from the KHL are Canada, the USA and Germany.

Among the players are Alexander Radulov, Viktor Kozlov and Sergei Fedorov for Russia, Jaromir Jagr, Petr Cajanek and Josef Vasicek for Czech Republic, Richard Zednik and Jozef Stumpel for Slovakia, as well as Mattias Weinhandl for Sweden and Martin Gerber for Switzerland.

The team that will send the most players is Dinamo Riga, with 16. Dynamo Minsk follows at 10, with Salavat Yulaev Ufa takes the third place in this classification sending seven players to Vancouver. They don't want to treat this like a game of something like Party Bets (http://www.partybets.com/), they want to do everything they can to ensure positive results. The Olympic hockey tournament will start of February 16th, with the final match being scheduled for February 28th.

RussianHockeyFans.com offers you a breakdown of the KHL players at the next Olympics.

Russia (9 players)
D Konstantin Korneev - CSKA Moscow
D Ilya Nikulin - Ak Bars Kazan
D Dmitri Kalinin - Salavat Yulaev Ufa
F Sergey Zinoviev - Salavat Yulaev Ufa
F Viktor Kozlov - Salavat Yulaev Ufa
F Alexander Radulov - Salavat Yulaev Ufa
F Danis Zaripov - Ak Bars Kazan
F Alexei Morozov - Ak Bars Kazan
F Sergei Fedorov - Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Czech Republic (6 players)
G Rastislav Stana - Severstal Cherepovets
D Miroslav Blatak - Salavat Yulaev Ufa
F Jaromir Jagr - Avangard Omsk
F Josef Vasicek - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
F Tomas Rolinek - Metallurg Magnitogorsk
F Petr Cajanek - SKA St. Petersburg

Slovakia (6 players)
D Martin Strbak - HC MVD
F Marcel Hossa - Dinamo Riga
F Branko Radivojevic - Spartak Moscow
F Martin Cibak - Spartak Moscow
F Richard Zednik - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
F Jozef Stumpel - Barys Astana

Norway (1 player)
F Patrick Thoresen - Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Finland (4 players)
D Lasse Kukkonen - Avangard Omsk
F Ville Peltonen - Dynamo Minsk
F Niko Kapanen - Ak Bars Kazan
F Jarkko Immonen - Ak Bars Kazan

Sweden (1 player)
F Matthias Weinhandl - Dynamo Moscow

Switzerland (1 player)
G Martin Gerber - Atlant Mytischi

Latvia (17 players)
G Edgars Masalskis - Dinamo Riga
G Erwins Mustukovs - Dinamo Riga
G Sergei Naumov - Dinamo Riga
D Guntis Galvins - Dinamo Riga
D Rodrigo Lavins - Dinamo Riga
D Krisjanis Redlihs - Dinamo Riga
D Kristaps Sotnieks - Dinamo Riga
D Georgi Pujacs - Sibir Novosibirsk
F Girts Ankipans - Dinamo Riga
F Armands Berzins - Dinamo Riga
F Lauris Dārziņš - Dinamo Riga
F Gints Mejía - Dinamo Riga
F Alexander Nijivijs - Dinamo Riga
F Mikelis Redlihs - Dinamo Riga
F Janis Sprukts - Dinamo Riga
F Martins Cipulis - Dinamo Riga
F Alexejs Shirokovs - Amur Khabarovsk

Belarus (14 players)
G Vitali Koval - Dynamo Minsk
G Andrei Mezin - Dynamo Minsk
D Vladimir Denisov - Dynamo Minsk
D Viktor Kostyuchenok - Spartak Moscow
D Nikolai Stasenko - Amur Khabarovsk
F Oleg Antonenko - Dynamo Minsk
F Sergei Zadelenov - Dynamo Minsk
F Alexander Kulakov - Dynamo Minsk
F Andrei Mikhalev - Dynamo Minsk
F Andrei Stas - Dynamo Minsk
F Konstantin Koltsov - Salavat Yulaev Ufa
F Alexei Kalyuzhny - Dynamo Moscow
F Alexei Ugarov - HC MVD
F Sergey Demagin - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

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