The 25 names that will constitute the first-ever Slovenian Olympic hockey team hit the press on Monday, as reported by Nick Zaccardi of NBC Sports.
Unlike most Olympic rosters, which are predominately NHL players, Slovenia’s will likely require at least 23 or 24 initial introductions to North American audiences. There will, fittingly enough, be a prime opportunity for that when Slovenia faces the United States in each squad’s round-robin finale on Feb. 16.
In advance of that and the rest of the country’s first Olympic hockey endeavor, here is a look at one internationally familiar pioneer and his Sochi-bound countrymen.
Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics and player information for this report were found via Elite Prospects
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