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Team USA Camp Was No Social Gathering
by Paul on 08/19/09 at 04:01 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
And so, 34 American hopefuls departed suburban Chicago on Wednesday with their Olympic appetites merely whetted.
The main course begins Oct. 1, when these players will begin a three-month audition for a berth on the 2010 U.S. Olympic team in Vancouver with the start of the National Hockey League’s regular season.
In the past, pre-Olympic gatherings like the three-day event that ended here Wednesday night would have been more a mixer, a social. Given a relatively shallow talent pool, the rosters would have been pretty much set beforehand.
Not now.
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Check out this summary of the camp at Bleacher Report:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/241382-talent-teamwork-usa-olympic-hockey-camp-breakdown
Posted by OlympicProps on 08/23/09 at 04:53 PM ET
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