Chay Genoway

Two former Capitals, two former Bears make Canadian Olympic team

With the NHL’s decision to not participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics, players that would never have sniffed their national teams at an Olympic event have earned a chance at making their country’s respective rosters.

In December, we saw former Capital and current Hershey Bear, Chris Bourque as well as Ryan Stoa named to the US Olympic team in late December. Thursday, the Canadian Olympic team announced their squad and it features even more former Capitals and Bears.

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By Chris Cerullo 5 years ago

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Former Capitals Andrew Gordon, Sean Collins, and Justin Peters named to Team Canada pre-Olympic tournament rosters

Wednesday, Team Canada announced their national team rosters for two pre-Olympic tournaments in Russia, the Sochi Hockey Open and the Nikolai Puchkov tournament. Several of the names will be familiar to Caps fans.

Former Capitals Andrew Gordon (12 games), Sean Collins (two games), and Justin Peters (12 games) were named to the rosters as well as former Hershey Bears Patrick McNeill, Jacob Micflikier, and Chay Genoway.

With the NHL not participating in the Olympics, Team Canada will be fielding essentially a B-team that consists of its best countrymen playing in the AHL and overseas.

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By Ian Oland 6 years ago

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