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Wednesday, November 21
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U.S., Sweden Complete Olympic Rosters

Tom Poti
Edmonton's Tom Poti is the youngest defenseman on Team USA.
Team USA filled the final six spots on its roster at the deadline on Saturday, inviting Mike York, Brian Rolston, Adam Deadmarsh, Phil Housley, Aaron Miller and Tom Poti to Salt Lake City. Team Sweden completed its roster, adding 11 NHL players, and saved a spot for Peter Forsberg, who hasn't ruled out playing in the Games. NHL teams will provide 125 of a possible 138 players for the six teams in the final round -- 10 by the Red Wings alone.
• Frei: Where's Derian? | Johnson: No surprises
• Nabokov awaits ruling | Germany tabs 3 NHLers

Rosters:
USA
Czech Rep.
 Canada
Sweden
 Russia
Finland
Olympic timetable:
Feb. 9-14, 2002: Preliminary round of competition
Feb. 14: NHL suspends play
Feb. 15-24: Final round of competition


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