Hockey News Links - November 13, 2008

 
USA Hockey stops goalie from joining Spits
Windsor Star – 11/13/2008, 22:54 pm
Goaltender Brandon Maxwell will not be joining the Windsor Spitfires this season. The Spitfires, who play the Greyhounds to-night in Sault Ste. Marie, have been informed that USA Hockey will not grant Maxwell's release from its under-18 development program.
 
2010 Games in Vancouver could be NHL's last Olympics
TwinCities.com – 11/10/2008, 15:49 pm
Team Sweden celebrates defeating Finland 3-2 to win the gold medal in the final of the men's ice hockey match between Finland and Sweden during Day 16 of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on February 26, 2006 at the Palasport Olimpico in Turin, Italy.
 
U.S. spoils hopes of all-Canadian final
Edmonton Journal – 11/09/2008, 02:33 am
The United States spoiled any hopes of an all-Canadian final at the Junior A Challenge with a 5-1 victory over Team Canada East in a tournament semifinal Saturday at the EnCana Arena.
 
Fresh faces for Team USA being scouted for '10 Games
Minneapolis Star Tribune – 11/08/2008, 03:01 am
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Hockey fans who have gotten used to watching Jeremy Roenick, Chris Chelios, Brett Hull and Brian Leetch play tournament after tournament and dominate for USA Hockey better get ready for change.
 
U.S. Junior Select Team Drops Russia, 8-2, at World Junior A Challenge
US Olympic Team – 11/07/2008, 23:22 pm
CAMROSE, Alta. - The United States Junior Select Team defeated Russia, 8-2, here tonight in its quarterfinal game at the 2008 World Junior A Challenge.
 
U.S. Women's Select Ice Hockey Team Claims Gold at the Four Nations Cup
US Olympic Team – 11/11/2008, 03:10 am
LAKE PLACID, NY - It's two big tournament titles in a row for three-time Olympian Jenny Potter and her teammates on the United States Women's Select Ice Hockey Team.
 
US women, men victorious at Four Nations Cup
Adirondack Daily Enterprise – 11/10/2008, 11:55 am
LAKE PLACID - For the first time since 2003, the U.S. Women's hockey team has won the Four Nations Cup - and the Americans did it in dramatic fashion. Forward Erica McKenzie slapped the puck past Canadian goalie Charline Labonte during a shootout to give the U.
 
U.S. beats Canada for Four Nations title, Wickenheiser hurt
TSN – 11/09/2008, 19:49 pm
Text Size LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Erica McKenzie was the only player to score in a six-round shootout as the U.S. edged Canada 3-2 in the Four Nations Cup final Sunday.
 
Ruggiero to Become All-Time Leader in Games Played for Team USA
US Olympic Team – 11/07/2008, 23:22 pm
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Angela Ruggiero (Harper Woods, Mich.) will make history tonight as she takes to the ice for Team USA for the 206th time, thus surpassing Cammi Granato's previous record of 205 games played for the United States.

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