The Carolina Hurricanes will be represented by four athletes in the Men's Hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The Hurricanes' top defensive pairing of Justin Faulk and Andrej Sekera will skate for the United States and Slovakia, respectively, while experienced winger Tuomo Ruutu rejoins Finland and last-second Team Russia addition Alexander Semin returns to his home nation.
Faulk, Sekera and Semin are all guaranteed head-to-head meetings, as Russia, Slovakia and USA (as well as Slovenia) compose the highly competitive Group A. The full Group Stage layout is below:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Russia
Finland
Czech Republic
USA
Austria
Sweden
Slovakia
Canada
Latvia
Slovenia
Norway
Switzerland
Teams earn three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win, one point for an overtime loss and zero points for a regulation loss.
The three group winners and one additional team will receive byes in the first round of the elimination stage.
Of the four Hurricanes participating, only Faulk will be experiencing his first Olympic hockey. Ruutu earned the Bronze Medal in Vancouver in 2010, while Sekera and ...
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