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Sharp thrilled to join 10 Hawks in Sochi

Patrick Sharp is going to Sochi, but Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford are not.

Sharp, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith were among the 25 players named to the Canadian Olympic team on Tuesday.

It will be the first Olympics for Sharp, who has 25 goals and 46 points for the Blackhawks.

“The past couple of days it’s been tough to go to sleep,” Sharp said. “It’s a special day for my family and for myself. I’m proud to represent my country, my parents, my family and of course the Blackhawks. I’m thrilled to have gotten the call.

“I really wanted to be a part of it this time around.”

Seabrook was snubbed after being on the 2010 Canadian team that won the gold medal in Vancouver.

“It was a tough call (Tuesday) morning when I got the phone call, but you know Canada’s got a lot of great players,” Seabrook said. “You saw the team they’re putting out there. It’s going to be a good team. I’m looking forward to watching, maybe having a few beers and relaxing over the break.”

Crawford wasn’t among the three goalies picked as Team Canada went with Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo, Montreal’s Carey Price and Mike Smith of the Coyotes.

“It’s pretty disappointing,” Crawford said. “It definitely was a goal of mine. I didn’t make it, so move on, focus on our team and winning hockey games here.”

In all, 10 Hawks are going to the Olympics, an increase from six in 2010.

Defensemen Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya and center Marcus Kruger were selected for Team Sweden on Tuesday.

Oduya played in the Olympics in 2010. Kruger and Hjalmarsson have not previously played in the Olympics.

“Olympics is something you’ve always seen on TV and stuff and you always wonder how that’s going to be,” Kruger said. “For me, being the first time going there is going to be exciting. And seeing the other athletes and everything else is going to be a lot of fun.

“It was great to see my name there.”

Marian Hossa and Michal Handzus made the Slovakian team. Both have played in the Olympics in the past.

“It’s a lot of fun playing for your country in the best tournament in the world,” Handzus said. “You cannot ask for any better. Just enjoy it. I had a lot of fun in Vancouver. We had a good team. We had a lot of fun in the locker room, a lot of fun in the games, just enjoyed it. … For me probably the last one, for a lot of guys maybe they get in a couple more, just enjoy it when you get back there.”

Patrick Kane made the U.S. team last week and defenseman Michal Rozsival was added to the Czech Republic squad on Monday.

Hawks coach Joel Quenneville isn’t concerned about the risk of injuries.

“I think it’s a good experience for guys,” Quenneville said. “It can make them a better player, playing against top guys in that type of setting can make you a better player as well. I hope they get a chance to win a medal.”

Team Canada was the big announcement on Tuesday and there were plenty of key omissions. In addition to Seabrook, San Jose’s Joe Thornton, Logan Couture and Dan Boyle were bypassed along with Tampa Bay’s Martin St. Louis and Philadelphia’s Claude Giroux.

“Obviously, it’s a huge honor,” Keith said. “That gets said a lot, but it really is. You look at all the people who play hockey in Canada, to represent the country is very special.”

Keith and Toews were part of the 2010 Canadian team that won the gold medal.

“Most of all it’s great to see how many world-class players we have in our room,” Toews said. “You even look at some of the guys that won’t be going to the Olympics that definitely deserved to be and do have that type of talent.

“You can think of guys like (Seabrook) and (Crawford) and a few other guys as well. To have 10 guys in our room, I think is pretty special. It goes to show why we’re such a good team.”

Seabrook apparently lost his spot to Montreal’s P.K. Subban because coach Mike Babcock wanted a balance of left-handed and right-handed shooters on defense.

Keith, Dan Hamhuis, Jay Bouwmeester and Marc-Edouard Vlasic are left-handed. Drew Doughty, Alex Pietrangelo, Shea Weber and Subban are righties.

The Canadian forwards to make the team were Toews, Sharp, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf, Jamie Benn, Patrice Bergeron, Jeff Carter, Chris Kunitz, Patrick Marleau, Rick Nash, Corey Perry, Steven Stamkos, John Taveras and Matt Duchene.

“In the end, we’ve put together the best group of players we possibly can,” Babcock said. “Now we have to become the best team we possibly can.”

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Olympic men’s hockey rosters

Here’s a glance at the 2014 Sochi Olympics teams with the most NHL players on their roster:

<b>Team USA</b>

Goalies

Ryan Miller — Buffalo Sabres

Jonathan Quick — Los Angeles Kings

Jimmy Howard — Detroit Red Wings

Defensemen

Brooks Orpik — Pittsburgh Penquins

Ryan Suter — Minnesota Wild

John Carlson — Washington Capitals

Justin Faulk — Carolina Hurricanes

Cam Fowler — Anaheim Ducks

Paul Martin — Pittsburgh Penguins

Ryan McDonagh — New York Rangers

Kevin Shattenkirk — St. Louis Blues

Forwards

David Backes — St. Louis Blues

Dustin Brown — Los Angeles Kings

Ryan Callahan — New York Rangers

Patrick Kane — Chicago Blackhawks

Ryan Kesler — Vancouver Canucks

Phil Kessel — Toronto Maple Leafs

Zach Parise — Minnesota Wild

Joe Pavelski — San Jose Sharks

Paul Stastny — Colorado Avalanche

T.J. Oshie — St. Louis Blues

Max Pacioretty — Montreal Canadiens

Derek Stepan — New York Rangers

James van Riemsdyk — Toronto Maple Leafs

Blake Wheeler — Winnipeg Jets

<b>Team Canada</b>

Goalies

Roberto Luongo — Vancouver Canucks

Carey Price — Montreal Canadiens

Mike Smith — Phoenix Coyotes

Defensemen

Jay Bouwmeester — St. Louis Blues

Drew Doughty — Los Angeles Kings

Dan Hamhuis — Vancouver Canucks

Duncan Keith — Chicago Blackhawks

Alex Pietrangelo — St. Louis Blues

P.K. Subban — Montreal Canadiens

Marc-Edouard Vlasic — San Jose Sharks

Shea Weber — Nashville Predators

Forwards

Jamie Benn — Dallas Stars

Patrice Bergeron — Boston Bruins

Jeff Carter — Los Angeles Kings

Sidney Crosby — Pittsburgh Penguins

Matt Duchene — Colorado Avalanche

Ryan Getzlaf — Anaheim Ducks

Chris Kunitz — Pittsburgh Penguins

Patrick Marleau — San Jose Sharks

Rick Nash — New York Rangers

Corey Perry — Detroit Red Wings

Patrick Sharp — Chicago Blackhawks

Steven Stamkos — Tampa Bay Lightning

John Tavares — New York Islanders

Jonathan Toews — Chicago Blackhawks

<b>Team Russia</b>

Goalies

Sergei Bobrovsky — Columbus Blue Jackets

Semyon Varlamov — Colorado Avalanche

Alexander Eremenko

Defensemen

Anton Belov — Edmonton Oilers

Alexei Emelin — Montreal Canadiens

Andrei Markov — Montreal Canadiens

Nikita Nikitin — Columbus Blue Jackets

Fedor Tyutin — Columbus Blue Jackets

Slava Voynov — Los Angeles Kings

Yevgeny Medvedev

Ilya Nikulin

Forwards

Artem Anisimov — Columbus Blue Jackets

Pavel Datsyuk — Detroit Red Wings

Nikolai Kulemin — Toronto Maple Leafs

Evgeni Malkin — Pittsburgh Penguins

Valeri Nichushkin — Dallas Stars

Alex Ovechkin — Washington Capitals

Vladimir Tarasenko — St. Louis Blues

Ilya Kovalchuk — former NHL player

Alexander Radulov — former Nashville Predators player

Viktor Tikhonov — former Phoenix Coyotes player

Denis Kokarev

Alexander Popov

Sergei Soin

Alexei Tereshchenko

<b>Team Sweden</b>

Goalies

Jhonas Enroth — Buffalo Sabres

Jonas Gustavsson — Detroit Red Wings

Henrik Lundqvist — New York Rangers

Defensemen

Alexander Edler — Vancouver Canucks

Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Phoenix Coyotes

Jonathan Ericsson — Detroit Red Wings

Niklas Hjalmarsson — Chicago Blackhawks

Erik Karlsson — Ottawa Senators

Niklas Kronwall — Detroit Red Wings

Johnny Oduya — Chicago Blackhawks

Henrik Tallinder — Buffalo Sabres

Forwards

Daniel Alfredsson — Detroit Red Wings

Nicklas Backstrom — Washington Capitals

Patrick Berglund — St. Louis Blues

Loui Eriksson — Boston Bruins

Johan Franzen — Detroit Red Wings

Carl Hagelin — New York Rangers

Marcus Kruger — Chicago Blackhawks

Gabriel Landeskog — Colorado Avalanche

Daniel Sedin — Vancouver Canucks

Henrik Sedin — Vancouver Canucks

Jakob Silfverberg — Anaheim Ducks

Alexander Steen — St. Louis Blues

Henrik Zetterberg — Detroit Red Wings

Jimmie Ericsson

<b>Team Switzerland</b>

Goalies

Reto Berra — Calgary Flames

Jonas Hiller — Anaheim Ducks

Tobias Stephan

Defensemen

Severin Blindenbacher

Rafael Diaz — Montreal Canadiens

Philippe Furrer

Roman Josi — Nashville Predators

Mathias Seger

Mark Streit — Philadelphia Flyers

Julien Vauclair

Yannick Weber — Vancouver Canucks

Forwards

Andres Ambühl

Matthias Bieber

Simon Bodenmann

Damien Brunner — New Jersey Devils

Luca Cunti

Ryan Gardner

Denis Hollenstein

Simon Moser — Milwaukee Admirals

Nino Niederreiter — Minnesota Wild

Martin Plüss

Kevin Romy

Reto Suri

Morris Trachsler

Roman Wick

<b>Team Slovakia</b>

Goalies

Peter Budaj — Montreal Canadiens

Jaroslav Halak — St. Louis Blues

Jan Laco

Defensemen

Zdeno Chara — Boston Bruins

Martin Marincin — Edmonton Oilers

Andrej Meszaros — Philadelphia Flyers

Andrej Sekera — Carolina Hurricanes

Lubomir Visnovsky — New York Islanders

Ivan Baranka

Dominik Granak

Michal Sersen

Forwards

Marian Gaborik — Columbus Blue Jackets

Michal Handzus — Chicago Blackhawks

Marian Hossa — Chicago Blackhawks

Tomas Jurco — Detroit Red Wings

Tomas Kopecky — Florida Panthers

Richard Panik — Tampa Bay Lightning

Tomas Tatar — Detroit Red Wings

Milan Bartovic — former NHL player

Marcel Hossa — former NHL player

Tomas Marcinko

Michel Miklik

Peter Olvecky

Tomas Surovy

Tomas Zaborsky

<b>Team Czech Republic</b>

Goalies

Ondrej Pavelec — Winnipeg Jets

Alexander Salak — former NHL goalie

Jakub Kovar

Defensemen

Radko Gudas — Tampa Bay Lightning

Zbynek Michalek — Phoenix Coyotes

Michal Rozsival — Chicago Blackhawks

Ladislav Smid — Calgary Flames

Marek Zidlicky — New Jersey Devils

Michal Barinka — former Blackhawks player

Tomas Kaberle — former NHL player

Lukas Krajicek — former NHL player

Forwards

Patrik Elias — New Jersey Devils

Michael Frolik — Winnipeg Jets

Martin Hanzal — Phoenix Coyotes

Ales Hemsky — Edmonton Oilers

Jaromir Jagr — New Jersey Devils

David Krejci — Boston Bruins

Milan Michalek — Ottawa Senators

Ondrej Palat — Tampa Bay Lightning

Tomas Plekanec — Montreal Canadiens

Vladimir Sobotka — St. Louis Blues

Jakub Voracek — Philadelphia Flyers

Roman Cervenka — former Calgary player

Petr Nedved — former NHL player

Jiri Novotny — former NHL player

<b>Team Finland</b>

Goalies

Kari Lehtonen — Dallas Stars

Antti Niemi — San Jose Sharks

Tuukka Rask — Boston Bruins

Defensemen

Olli Maatta — Pittsburgh Penguins

Sami Salo — Tampa Bay Lightning

Kimmo Timonen — Philadelphia Flyers

Sami Vatanen — Anaheim Ducks

Lasse Kukkonen — Former NHL player

Sami Lepisto — Former NHL player

Ossi Vaananen — Former NHL player

Juuso Hietanen

Forwards

Aleksander Barkov — Florida Panthers

Valtteri Filppula — Tampa Bay Lightning

Mikael Granlund — Minnesota Wild

Jussi Jokinen — Pittsburgh Penguins

Olli Jokinen — Winnipeg Jets

Mikko Koivu — Minnesota Wild

Lauri Korpikoski — Phoenix Coyotes

Tuomu Ruutu — Carolina Hurricanes

Teemu Selanne — Anaheim Ducks

Leo Komarov — former Toronto Maple Leafs player

Petri Kontiola — former Blackhawks player

Antti Pihlstrom — former Nashville Predators player

Juhamatti Aaltonen

Jori Lehtera

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