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Luca Sbisa Joins Four Winterhawks Alumni Set To Compete For Olympic Gold

February 4, 2010 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Five current and former Winterhawks will be suiting up for their respective countries in the men's hockey tournament at the upcoming Olympics, the highest number of any WHL team.

Current Winterhawk Luca Sbisa (Switzerland) and alumni Marcel Hossa (Slovakia), Marian Hossa (Slovakia), Brenden Morrow (Canada) and Richard Zednik (Slovakia) are among the 28 Western Hockey League graduates who will play in the Olympics, which get underway next Friday. Sbisa is the only current WHL player who will represent his country at the Olympics.

Sbisa was acquired by Portland on January 10, and made his debut last Friday in Everett. He has two points in four games with Portland, and for his WHL career he's posted 12 goals and 51 assists for 63 points in 101 games with the Winterhawks and Lethbridge Hurricanes. Sbisa, a first round NHL draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, also has 47 games of NHL experience with the Flyers and Anaheim Ducks.

Morrow and Marian Hossa were two of the stars from the 1998 Memorial Cup-winning team. Morrow suited up in 265 games for the Winterhawks from 1995-1999, tallying 127 goals and 157 assists for 284 points. He is in his 10th season with the NHL's Dallas Stars, where he is team captain.

Marian Hossa played 53 games for the Winterhawks team that won the 1998 Memorial Cup, totaling 45 goals and 40 assists for 85 points. He is currently in his 11th NHL season, having played for the Ottawa Senators, Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings and his current team, the Chicago Blackhawks. He's a four-time NHL All-Star and has played in two Stanley Cup Finals.

His brother, Marcel Hossa, played 188 games for the Winterhawks from 1998-2001, and registered 65 goals and 99 assists for 164 points. He went on to play in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Phoenix Coyotes and currently plays in Russia.

Zednik played 126 games for the Winterhawks from 1994-1996, and registered 79 goals and 88 assists for 167 points. He went on to play 745 games in the NHL for the Washington Capitals, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Florida Panthers. Zednik currently plays in Russia.

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