Olympic Notes: Finland, Russia, Czech, Canada and USA

Arpon Basu: Finland’s lines: Granlund-Immonen-Selanne; Ruutu-O. Jokinen-J. Jokinen; Korpikoski-Kontiola-Aaltonen; Pihlstrom-Lehtera-Komarov.

Arpon Basu: Russia’s lines: Kovalchuk-Datsyuk-Radulov; Ovechkin-Malkin-Popov; Kulemin- Anisimov-Semin; Nichushkin-Tereshenko-Tarasenko-Tikhonov.

Arpon Basu: Canadians power play units: Tavares-Crosby-Carter, Keith-Sharp. Getzlaf-Toews-Perry, Doughty-Weber.

Tim Wharnsby: Hockey Canada announces that Matt Duchene and P.K. Subban won’t dress today.

USA Hockey: Defensive pairings: Fowler-Shattenkirk; Orpik-Martin; Suter-McDonagh; Carlson. Jonathan Quick will start in net, with Ryan Miller backing up.

Oct. 8th: Season starts in North America

Nov. 1st and 2nd: Global Series – Florida and Dallas in Tampere, Finland

Dec. 31st: NHL Winter Classic – St. Louis vs. Chicago at Wrigley Field

Jan. 18th: Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada

Feb. 10th – Feb. 21st: 4 Nations Face-Off – Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States in Boston and Montreal

Mar. 1st: NHL Stadium Series – Detroit vs. Columbus at Ohio State University

Mar. 7th: NHL Trade Deadline (3:00 PM ET)

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