Murray Looks to Represent Sweden at 2010 Games
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The following article appeared July 30 on the National Hockey League (NHL) Web site.
By Rocky Bonanno
NHL.com Staff Writer
The Olympic gold title defense for Sweden is set to begin this
week with the introduction of the first 34 candidates to wear the
blue and gold of Tre Kronor in Vancouver.
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association will amass the initial roster
candidates on Thursday and Friday at a press conference at a golf
club in the city of Molndal, a suburb of Gothenburg.
All 34 players nominated have NHL ties and range from All-Stars
(Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Lundqvist) to prospects (Carl Gunnarsson,
Tom Wandell). Conveniently, the candidates are all in Sweden for
the press conference and Swedish officials can collect paperwork
and signatures and provide anti-doping information from the Swedish
Olympic Committee that marks the beginning of their consideration.
Notable names missing from the list are Daniel and Henrik Sedin,
Nicklas Backstrom, Johan Franzen, Patrik Berglund, and Mikael
Samuelsson, suggesting they are not currently living or vacationing
in their homeland.
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