Eight Ex-Hamilton Bulldogs To Compete In 2008 World Championships

Published on May 2, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


While the 2008 Calder Cup and Stanley Cup Playoffs continue, the International Ice Hockey Federation's annual World Championships are being held in Quebec City, Quebec and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The preliminary rosters for the tournament, which begins today, feature 149 American Hockey League graduates, including eight ex-Hamilton Bulldogs.

All 16 participating countries have at least one AHL alumnus on board, while five nations have at least one 'Dogs grad on their roster.

Canada and Slovakia lead the way with two former Hamilton Bulldogs on their roster. Forward Jason Chimera and goaltender Mathieu Garon will compete for Canada while forward Marcel Hossa and defenceman Rene Vydareny will skate for Slovakia. Four countries have one ex-'Dogs on their roster. Blueliner Alexander Zhurik will battle for Belarus, rearguard Jan Hejda will represent the Czech Republic while goaltenders Christobal Huet (France) and Tim Thomas (United States of America) are expected to start in net for their respective nations.

American Hockey League / Hamilton Bulldogs Alumni on World Championship Rosters as of May 1, 2008:

(Hamilton Bulldogs graduates in bold letters, † indicates player played in the AHL in 2007-2008)

Belarus (2)

Konstantin Koltsov, F

Alexander Zhurik, D

Canada (21)

Jay Bouwmeester, D

Brent Burns, D

Jason Chimera, F

Shane Doan, F

†Cory Emmerton, F

Mathieu Garon, G

Ryan Getzlaf, F

Mark Giordano, D

Mike Green, D

Dan Hamhuis, D

Duncan Keith, D

Chris Kunitz, F

Pascal Leclaire, G

Jamal Mayers, F

Derek Roy, F

Martin St. Louis, F

Patrick Sharp, F

Jason Spezza, F

Eric Staal, F

Steve Staios, D

Cam Ward, G

Czech Republic (15)

Patrik Elias, F

Tomas Fleischmann, F

Jan Hejda, D

Milan Hnilicka, G

Tomas Kaberle, D

†Jakub Klepis, F

Ladislav Kohn, F

Ales Kotalik, F

†David Krejci, F

Filip Kuba, D

Zbynek Michalek, D

Jiri Novotny, F

Karel Rachunek, D

†Ladislav Smid, D

Radim Vrbata, F

Denmark (3)

†Morten Madsen, F

†Frans Nielsen, F

Kim Staal, F

Finland (17)

Sean Bergenheim, F

Riku Hahl, F

Hannes Hyvonen, F

Jarkko Immonen, F

Mikko Jokela, D

Olli Jokinen, F

Niko Kapanen, F

Ville Koistinen, D

Mikko Koivu, F

†Sami Lepisto, D

Mikko Luoma, D

Antti-Jussi Niemi, D

†Janne Niskala, D

Ville Peltonen, F

†Antti Pihlstrom, F

Esa Pirnes, F

†Karri Ramo, G

France (4)

Sebastien Bordeleau, F

Eddy Ferhi, G

Cristobal Huet, G

Yorick Treille, F

Germany (8)

Michael Hackert, F

Jason Holland, D

†Dimitri Patzold, G

Chris Schmidt, D

Christoph Schubert, D

Dennis Seidenberg, D

John Tripp, F

Stefan Ustorf, F

Italy (3)

Mario Chitarroni, F

Jason Cirone, F

John Parco, F

Latvia (7)

†Jekabs Redlihs, D

Krisjanis Redlihs, D

Arvid Rekis, D

Agris Saviels, D

Janis Sprukts, F

Juris Stals, F

Herbert Vasiljevs, F

Norway (2)

†Marius Holtet, F

Anders Myrvold, D

Russia (8)

Maxim Afinogenov, F

Denis Grebeshkov, D

Fedor Fedorov, F

Dmitri Kalinin, D

Danny Markov, D

Alexander Radulov, F

Alexander Semin, F

Sergei Zinovjev, F

Slovakia (14)

Ivan Ciernik, F

Peter Fabus, F

†Marcel Hossa, F

Juraj Kolnik, F

Jan Lasak, G

Branislav Mezei, D

Robert Petrovicky, F

Peter Podhradsky, D

Andrei Podkonicky, F

†Andrej Sekera, D

Frantisek Skladany, F

Radovan Somik, F

Martin Strbak, D

Rene Vydareny, D

Slovenia (1)

Tomaz Razingar, F

Sweden (17)

Johan Andersson, F

†Alex Edler, D

Nils Ekman, F

†Erik Ersberg, G

Daniel Fernholm, D

Mikael Holmqvist, F

Kenny Jonsson, D

Sanny Lindstrom, D

Stefan Liv, G

Tony Martensson, F

Marcus Nilson, F

†Robert Nilsson, F

†Anton Stralman, D

Mikael Tellqvist, G

Rickard Wallin, F

Mattias Weinhandl, F

Daniel Widing, F

Switzerland (7)

Goran Bezina, D

Paul DiPietro, F

Martin Gerber, G

†Jonas Hiller, G

Raffaele Sannitz, F

Julien Vauclair, D

Thomas Ziegler, F

United States (20)

Craig Anderson, G

David Backes, F

Keith Ballard, D

David Booth, F

Dustin Brown, F

Adam Burish, F

Robert Esche, G

Tom Gilbert, D

Tim Gleason, D

Jeff Halpern, F

†Matt Greene, D

Phil Kessel, F

Patrick O'Sullivan, F

Zach Parise, F

Jason Pominville, F

Drew Stafford, F

Lee Stempniak, F

Mark Stuart, D

Tim Thomas, G

James Wisniewski, D

Currently in its 72nd season of play, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 83 percent of today's NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 6 million fans have attended AHL games across North America in each of the past six seasons.

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