Backes (U.S.), T.J. Oshie (U.S.), Kevin Shattenkirk (U.S.) and Vladimir Sobotka (Czech Republic), who had already been named to their respective teams before Tuesday’s deadline. Backes, Oshie and Shattenkirk were the first of the Blues players selected to compete.

With ten players headed to Sochi, the Blues are tied with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks for the most Olympic participants. The Blues were expected to have 11 players selected but Roman Polak was snubbed from the Czech Republic team when the team’s roster was announced on Monday. Had Polak been selected, the Blues would have had the most Olympians out of all 30 NHL teams.as many others, in fact most of the neighbors to carry water from springs as the wells went dry. This gave Neelie an extra job and the money was saved for this eventful day with its trip to Harlan. The trail over Pine Mt to Dione the R R stop is a steep one thru the forest but the quickest way for a hiker. Neelie was going alone but it happened that Melda another neighbor in worse plight than Neelie because her husband has virtually refused her his home telling her to leave or else he would. There are six boys whom she could never hope to feed not even by begging from door to door so while he was preparing to leave she slipped out and sought