USA Men’s national hockey team announced for Pan American Games to be held October in Mexico
The 16-member US Men’s national hockey team has been announced for the upcoming important assignment, Pan American Games which are going to be held in October at Guadalajara, Mexico.
Eight of the top hockey sides across the continent will participate to fight for the title and to book their place in the Olympic Games, the most prestigious event in the sports, to be held in London, England in 2012.
"We are really pleased with the group that has been selected as there is a nice combination between youth and experienced players. This is the fittest and fastest collective group that we have ever competed with and we are all really looking forward to the
challenges and opportunities that the Pan American Games has for us, especially as we expect to do well,” Nick Conway, the head coach of the US Men’s national hockey team, has stated about their selection of the national side for the upcoming important event.
The team appears to be an effective mix of both youth and experience as it includes the experienced trio of Pat Cota, Shawn Nakamura and Jarred Martin along with a number of youngsters. The trio has more than 100 appearances under their belt while representing
USA at the highest level of the sport.
Coach Conway commented that Shawn Nakamura provides great leadership to team as he has captained the squad for long periods since the 1999 Pan American Games. The coach went on further to add that Shawn was a tremendous player and that he had great abilities
to provide a very high level of performance for the team.
Although, the USA Men’s team has been kept in a relatively tough pool which also includes Argentina, Cuba and the hosts Mexico yet Conway looked pretty confident for a better performance from his athletes in the event.
He stated that they are very well sentient and conscious alert for the challenge they are going to have in the games at the group stages and they are focusing on their first match of the event in which they will have to face the challenge of Cuba. He also
stated that they are very confident of winning their first match and start their Pan American Games on a winning note.
Importantly, the success at the games will put the winning team in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
USA Men’s national side includes the following athletes for the Pan American Games:
Jarred Martin, Shawn Nakamura, Michiel Dijxhoorn, Jon Ginolfi, Sean Harris, Will Holt, Steven Mann, Pat Cota, Tyler Sundeen, Rob Schilling, Tom Sheridan, Ajai Dhadwal, Kevin Barber, Moritz Runzi, Ian Scally and Andy Sheridan.
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