Doughty piling up points since Olympics announcement

By Chris Johnson, The Canadian Press – The excitement of being selected to Team Canada doesn’t appear to have worn off for Drew Doughty.

The 20-year-old Los Angeles Kings could hardly sleep leading up to the Dec. 30 announcement and ended up being one of Steve Yzerman’s boldest selections for the Olympic team.

He’s responded extremely well to that vote of confidence, having accumulated more points (eight) than anyone else on Team Canada from the time the roster was announced through Sunday’s games.

Not bad for a guy who was tossing and turning in bed just two weeks ago.

“I was pretty nervous,” Doughty said after being named to the team. “I didn’t really know what my chances were. I knew I had an outside shot. Making it is definitely a big surprise, I’m just so excited.”

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Drew Doughty Storm bio… Originally selected by the Storm with the 5th overall pick in the 2005 OHL Priority Selection, Drew played his entire OHL career in a Storm uniform… When Drew Doughty was selected 2nd overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, he joined a list of Storm first round NHL picks that included 5 in the past 6 seasons and 8 in the club’s 18 year history… Drew captured a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championship and was named the outstanding defenceman of the tournament.

A total of 75 former CHL players will represent their country at the upcoming 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.  The Guelph Storm is one of only five CHL teams to have five different former players going for Gold.

During the last 10 days, the 12 nations that will compete in the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games announced provisional rosters.  Former Storm players named to their national teams include (pictured left to right) Herbert Vasiljevs (Latvia), Fedor Tyutin (Russia), Drew Doughty (Canada), Ryan Callahan (USA) and Dustin Brown (USA).