Last week, Team USA selected its initial eight NHL players as part of a 15-man partial roster for its 2003 IIHF World Hockey Championship team.

The remaining eight members will be announced later this month to complete the 23-player roster.

The United States is in a preliminary round group with: Russia, Switzerland and Denmark. The Americans' first game will be against Denmark on April 26 in Tampere, Finland.

GOAL	TEAM	BIRTHDATE	RESIDENCE
Damian Rhodes	Greenville	May 28, 1969	St. Paul, Minn.
Chris Rogles	Cologne, Germany	Jan. 22, 1969	St. Louis
FORWARDS	TEAM	BIRTHDATE	RESIDENCE
Matt Cullen	Florida	Nov. 2, 1976	Virginia, Minn.
Brad DeFauw	Carolina	Nov. 11, 1977	Edina, Minn.
Nicholas Dimitrakos	San Jose	May 21, 1979	Sommerville, Mass.
Ted Drury	Hamburg, Germany	Sept. 13, 1971	Boston
Kelly Fairchild	Berlin, Germany	April 9, 1973	Hibbing, Minn.
Adam Hall	Nashville	Aug. 14, 1980	Kalamazoo, Mich.
Craig Johnson	Los Angeles	March 8, 1972	St. Paul, Minn.
Kevin Miller	Davos, Switzerland	Sept. 9, 1965	Lansing, Mich.
DEFENSEMEN	TEAM	BIRTHDATE	RESIDENCE
Francis Bouillon	Montreal	Oct. 17, 1975	New York
Jim Fahey	San Jose	May 11, 1979	Boston
John Gruden	Berlin, Germany	June 4, 1970	Virginia, Minn.
Brett Hauer	Geneva, Switzerland	July 11, 1971	Edina, Minn.
Jordan Leopold	Calgary	Aug. 3, 1980	Golden Valley, Minn.
Joe Corvo	Los Angeles	June 20, 1977	Oak Park, Illinois
Mike Mottau	Calgary	March 19, 1978	Avon, Mass.

General managers: Jay Feaster (Tampa Bay)
Larry Pleau (St. Louis)
Head coach: Lou Vairo
Associates: Jay Leach (Devils) and Bryan Trottier (N.Y. Rangers)