Boscacci tells us that "Head coach Mark Johnson packed up his office today officially starting his leave of absence and leaving DeKeyser in charge."
I posted yesterday that the 5 Nations Tourney starts on Tuesday. Which is true -- the US plays their 1st game against Slovakia at 9AM. But I didn't realize that the US had an exhibition game yesterday in which they defeated Slovakia 3-1. Wisconsinites Jake McCabe and Alex Racino assisted on USA's third goal. Jordan Schmaltz was held off the scoresheet.
Today WCH picks apart the CCHA's denial of UAH's application, and Goon talks about UAH's future.
The US Men's Olympic Orientation Camp began today, and you can read about it here and here. For the on-ice sessions the players are broken into two groups, all Badgers are in Group 1: #8 Joe Pavelski, #20 Ryan Suter, #28 Brian Rafalski, and #77 Tom Gilbert.
In the left photo below you can see TG on the ice at camp; in the right photo you can see Chris Chelios signing an autograph. Chelios is part of the USA Hockey staff. (Photos by Harry Thompson, from usahockey.com)
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