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By Bill Beacon, THE CANADIAN PRESS What team boss Brian Burke calls the "warriors" who have played nearly every big international hockey event for the United States in the last 15 years looks to have been disbanded, except for one - Mike Modano. The 39-year-old Modano was among 34 players invited by USA Hockey on Tuesday to its Olympic team orientation camp Aug. 17-19 in Woodridge, Ill., near Chicago. It is a first step toward making the American team that will play at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Modano has played at the last three Winter Games, but at that time the Dallas Stars centre was an offensive star on his way to becoming the highest-scoring American born player in NHL history. Now, he has a shot at going to the Olympics in more of a checking role. "If you look at the evolution of the Dallas hockey club, Mike... [read full story]
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