Spartans invited to Olympic hockey tryout

Jul 1, 2009 44 related
 

Associated Press • July 1, 2009 Former Spartans Ryan Miller and David Booth were among a group 34 players invited to the U.S. Olympic hockey camp Tuesday for next year's Vancouver Games. USA Hockey will hold its orientation camp Aug. 17-19 at Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge, Ill. The gathering is part of the preparation for the Winter Olympics in February. Those invited to the camp represent 22 NHL teams, although no player is assured a place on the Olympic roster. Also, a player can still make the team even if he hadn't been invited to the camp. There will be an additional 50 or so players added to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency program, making them eligible to be on the final Olympic roster when it is announced at the end of the year. "The entire team will come out of this camp if we've done our job of identifying players... [read full story]                    

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