Defenders Justin Krueger and Denis Reul are down for Germany, and Latvia's top defender Oskars Bartrulis is probably out as well. Not to wish harm on opposing defensemen but we need as much help as we can get.
I just read the news we might lose Starkbaum (to wife's pregnancy) and bring in Swette? If this is true them I must say. I appreciate the hard work that Alpo Suhonen puts in on many different things, I am definitely in line with his goals for youth development and for Coaching development. However, his inability to control his interpersonal relationships is extremely childish and unacceptable. A little quarrel over plane tickets is not worth a trip to the Olympics.