For a quarter of a century, the Viking Cup in Camrose was more than an international hockey tournament. The practice of billeting players to local families advanced opportunities to experience a different culture. Later this month, over 30 players from the nine most recent Viking Cups are slated to take the ice for nine countries at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Here is a breakdown of past Viking Cup participants (with their team and year in brackets) on the provisional rosters by team:
Czech Republic (5)
Tomas Plekanec (Czech Republic 2000)
Josef Vasicek (Czech Republic 1998)
Jan Hejda (Czech Republic 1996)
Tomas Vokoun (Czech Republic 1994)
Patrik Elias (Czech Republic 1994)
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Finland (7)
Jarkko Immonen (Finland 2002)
Tuomo Ruutu (Finland 2000)
Mikko Koivu (Finland 2000)
Antero Niittymäki (Finland 1998)
Olli Jokinen (Finland 1996)
Niko Kapanen (Finland 1996)
Miikka Kiprusoff (Finland 1994)
Germany (3)
Korbinian Holzer (Germany 2006)
Marcel Müller (Germany 2006)
Thomas Greiss (Germany 2004)
Norway (3)
Mathis Olimb (Norway 2004)
Kristian Forsberg (Norway 2004)
Martin Røymark (Norway 2004)
Russia (3)
Andrei Markov (Russia 1996)
Maxim Afinogenov (Russia 1996)
Sergei Gonchar (CIS 1992) |
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Slovakia (6)
Andrej Sekera (Slovakia 2004)
Rastislav Stana (Slovakia 1998)
Martin Cibak (Slovakia 1998)
Pavol Demitra (Czechoslavkia 1992)
Zigmund Palffy (Czechoslavkia 1990)
Jozef Stümpel (Czechoslavkia 1990)
Sweden (4)
Tobias Enström (Sweden 2002)
Henrik Lundqvist Sweden 2000)
Mattias Weinhandl (Sweden 1998)
Henrik Zetterberg (Sweden 1998)
Switzerland (2)
Rafael Diaz (Switzerland 2004)
Julien Sprunger (Switzerland 2004)
USA (2)
Paul Stastny (USA 2004)
Joe Pavelski (USA 2004) |
