Post by ~AFC AJAX~ on Aug 20, 2004 8:24:56 GMT -5
www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=95560
OTTAWA (CP) - Mario Lemieux was named captain of Team Canada on Friday while Jarome Iginla, Joe Sakic, Scott Niedermeyer and Adam Foote were named alternates as Canada opened training camp for the World Cup of Hockey.
Super Mario captained Canada to the 2002 Winter Olympic gold medal. "Mario is a great leader and we are very happy to again name him as the captain of Team Canada," Wayne Gretzky, executive director of Team Canada, said in a statement.
Despite the losses of Steve Yzerman, Ed Belfour, Rob Blake and Chris Pronger to injury, the Canadian team remains confident of its veteran leadership.
"We are fortunate to have an abundance of leaders on our team," said Canadian head coach Pat Quinn. "We are confident that these players will bring our team the necessary leadership on the ice and in our dressing room as we prepare for the World Cup."
Colorado's Foote will be a leader on the blue-line, having played for Canada in Salt Lake, as well as the 1998 Nagano Olympics and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Iginla, who led the Calgary Flames to a surprising Stanley Cup final berth this spring, scored two goals in Canada's gold medal victory over the United States at Salt Lake City. He also won world junior gold with Canada in 1996 and captured world championship gold in 1997.
Niedermayer was a key member of this year's world champion roster in Prague, while also playing with the 2002 Olympic champions. He's also a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the New Jersey Devils and won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman last season.
Avalanche star Sakic needs no introduction, having been a major member of the Olympic champions in February 2002 while also winning world championship gold in 1994 and world junior gold in 1988. Sakic is also a two-time Stanley Cup winner.
Sakic, Foote, Iginla and Niedermayer will alternate wearing the 'A' throughout the tournament.
OTTAWA (CP) - Mario Lemieux was named captain of Team Canada on Friday while Jarome Iginla, Joe Sakic, Scott Niedermeyer and Adam Foote were named alternates as Canada opened training camp for the World Cup of Hockey.
Super Mario captained Canada to the 2002 Winter Olympic gold medal. "Mario is a great leader and we are very happy to again name him as the captain of Team Canada," Wayne Gretzky, executive director of Team Canada, said in a statement.
Despite the losses of Steve Yzerman, Ed Belfour, Rob Blake and Chris Pronger to injury, the Canadian team remains confident of its veteran leadership.
"We are fortunate to have an abundance of leaders on our team," said Canadian head coach Pat Quinn. "We are confident that these players will bring our team the necessary leadership on the ice and in our dressing room as we prepare for the World Cup."
Colorado's Foote will be a leader on the blue-line, having played for Canada in Salt Lake, as well as the 1998 Nagano Olympics and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Iginla, who led the Calgary Flames to a surprising Stanley Cup final berth this spring, scored two goals in Canada's gold medal victory over the United States at Salt Lake City. He also won world junior gold with Canada in 1996 and captured world championship gold in 1997.
Niedermayer was a key member of this year's world champion roster in Prague, while also playing with the 2002 Olympic champions. He's also a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the New Jersey Devils and won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman last season.
Avalanche star Sakic needs no introduction, having been a major member of the Olympic champions in February 2002 while also winning world championship gold in 1994 and world junior gold in 1988. Sakic is also a two-time Stanley Cup winner.
Sakic, Foote, Iginla and Niedermayer will alternate wearing the 'A' throughout the tournament.
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for this, but Foote as an alternate? To me he shouldn't even be in the top six of the D. He's lost a step or four the past few seasons.
