Olympic Countdown: Tretiak to guide Russia

By Rocky Bonanno - NHL.com Staff Writer Days until the opening game of the 2010 Olympic tournament -- 124 Russia at the Winter Olympics 2006: Fourth place 2002: Bronze medal 1998: Silver medal 1994: Fourth place 1992: Gold medal 1988: Gold medal 1984: Gold medal 1980: Silver medal 1976: Gold medal 1972: Gold medal 1968: Gold medal 1964: Gold medal 1960: Bronze medal 1956: Gold medal 1956-1988, competed as the Soviet Union 1992, competed as the Unified Team 1994-2006, competed as Russia 2010 preliminary round groups Group A: Canada (2), Norway (11), Switzerland (7), United States (5) Group B: Czech Republic (6), Latvia (10), Russia (1), Slovakia (9) Group C: Belarus (8), Finland (4), Germany (12), Sweden (3) IIHF 2009 world rankings in parentheses Vladislav Tretiak, who led the Soviet Union to three Winter Olympic gold medals... [read full story]                    

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