Three Storm grads earn medals at Olympics
The Guelph Storm and their fans are proud to congratulate each of their five graduates that competed at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver including gold medallist Drew Doughty of Team Canada, as well as Ryan Callahan and Dustin Brown of silver medal winning Team USA. Also representing their countries were former Storm Rookie of the Year winners Fedor Tyutin and Herbert Vasiljevs.
Each of the three Storm graduates that earned medals at the 2010 Olympics has verbally committed to take part in the 20th Anniversary Alumni Reunion Game at the Sleeman Centre to be held on Saturday, June 12th.
The Guelph Storm also congratulates Guelph Hockey Referees Association graduate Bill McCreary who refereed the exciting Gold Medal game. In the four Olympics that have included NHL players, McCreary refereed the championship game three times.
20 year old Drew Doughty finished the tournament with two assists and a +6 (tied for 2nd on Canada). Doughty’s 18:08 of icetime per game ranked fourth on Team Canada behind only Duncan Keith, Shea Weber and Scott Niedermayer.
For Team USA, Callahan picked up one assist in six games, while Brown, who was named an alternate captain of USA, was held off the scoresheet.
Tyutin and Team Russia were eliminated by Canada in the Quarterfinals. In four games, the former Storm blueliner picked up two assists.
Latvia fell 3-2 to the Czech Republic to bow out of the tournament in the Qualification Playoff. Vasiljevs, the Storm’s leading scorer in 1995-96, tied for the team lead with two points in four games.
The Canadian Hockey League is proud to announce that 20 league graduates have captured the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over the United States on Sunday afternoon.
Congratulations to Team Canada and the following CHL Graduates:
Patrice Bergeron (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
Martin Brodeur (St-Hyacinthe)
Sidney Crosby (Rimouski Oceanic)
Drew Doughty (Guelph Storm)
Marc-André Fleury (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)
Ryan Getzlaf (Calgary Hitmen)
Jarome Iginla (Kamloops Blazers)
Duncan Keith (Kelowna Rockets)
Roberto Luongo (Val-d’Or Foreurs, Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
Patrick Marleau (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Brenden Morrow (Portland Winterhawks)
Rick Nash (London Knights)
Scott Niedermayer (Kamloops Blazers)
Corey Perry (London Knights)
Chris Pronger (Peterborough Petes)
Mike Richards (Kitchener Rangers)
Brent Seabrook (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Eric Staal (Peterborough Petes)
Joe Thornton (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Shea Weber (Kelowna Rockets)
The CHL would also like to congratulate the six members of the silver medal winning Team USA:
Dustin Brown (Guelph Storm)
Ryan Callahan (Guelph Storm)
Tim Gleason (Windsor Spitfires)
Patrick Kane (London Knights)
Jamie Langenbrunner (Peterborough Petes)
Bobby Ryan (Owen Sound Attack)
A total of 73 CHL graduates consisting of 28 from the Western Hockey League, 25 from the Ontario Hockey League, and 20 from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League competed in the event. Team Canada has the highest representation with 20 CHL alumni on their roster, followed by Slovakia with 14. Finland is the only country of the 12 competing in the event that does not have any CHL graduates.
Several CHL teams have five alumni competing in the event including the Kamloops Blazers and the Portland Winterhawks in the WHL, the Guelph Storm and London Knights each have five from the OHL, as do the Moncton Wildcats from the QMJHL.
Luca Sbisa of the Lethbridge Hurricanes was the only active CHL player on any of the Olympic rosters as he competed with Team Switzerland.
For more information about the 2010 Olympic Winter Games please visit www.vancouver2010.com
CHL Players in the Olympics:
Belarus (1):
Sergei Kostitsyn (London Knights)
Czech Republic (8):
Martin Erat (Saskatoon Blades, Red Deer Rebels)
Tomas Fleischmann (Moose Jaw Warriors)
David Krejci (Gatineau Olympiques)
Pavel Kubina (Moose Jaw Warriors)
Zbynek Michalek (Shawinigan Cataractes)
Ondrej Pavelec (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)
Roman Polak (Kootenay Ice)
Josef Vasicek (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Germany (4):
Jason Holland (Kamloops Blazers)
T.J. Mulock (Vancouver Giants, Regina Pats, Kamloops Blazers)
Chris Schmidt (Seattle Thunderbirds)
John Tripp (Oshawa Generals)
Latvia (9):
Oskars Bartulis (Moncton Wildcats, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)
Armands Berzins (Shawinigan Cataractes)
Lauris Darzins (Kelowna Rockets)
Kaspars Daugavins (Toronto/Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors)
Martins Karsums (Moncton Wildcats)
Ervins Mustukovs (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
Arvids Rekis (Erie Otters)
Janis Spruktz (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
Herberts Vasiljevs (Guelph Storm)
Norway (3):
Mathis Olimb (Sarnia Sting/London Knights)
Patrick Thoresen (Moncton Wildcats, Baie-Comeau Drakkar)
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (Brandon Wheat Kings)
Russia (3):
Dimitri Kalinin (Moncton Wildcats)
Alexander Radulov (Quebec Remparts)
Fedor Tyutin (Guelph Storm)
Slovakia (14):
Lubos Bartecko (Chicoutimi Sagueneens, Drummondville Voltigeurs)
Peter Budaj (Toronto St. Michael’s Majors)
Zdeno Chara (Prince George Cougars)
Martin Cibak (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Jaroslav Halak (Lewiston MAINEiacs)
Marcel Hossa (Portland Winterhawks)
Marian Hossa (Portland Winterhawks)
Milan Jurcina (Halifax Mooseheads)
Tomas Kopecky (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Andrej Meszaros (Vancouver Giants)
Branko Radivojevic (Belleville Bulls)
Andrej Sekera (Owen Sound Attack)
Rastislav Stana (Moose Jaw Warriors, Calgary Hitmen)
Richard Zednik (Portland Winterhawks)
Sweden (1):
Johnny Oduya (Moncton Wildcats, Victoriaville Tigres)
Switzerland (4):
Hnat Domenichelli (Kamloops Blazers)
Luca Sbisa (Currently plays in the WHL – Portland Winterhawks, Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Yannick Weber (Kitchener Rangers)
Roman Wick (Red Deer Rebels, Lethbridge Hurricanes)
