VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 18: Slovakia celebrates their 2-1 victory over Russia during the ice hockey men's preliminary game between Slovakia and Russia on day 7 of the 2010 Winter Olympics at Canada Hockey Place on February 18, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Two Oilers players are suiting up for their respective countries at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games from February 16 through February 27 this month. Oilers President of Hockey Operations Kevin Lowe also had a hand in putting together Team Canada as the team's Assistant Executive Director. 

With a win and shootout victory under their belts, Slovakia wraps up their round robin portion against Latvia. The Latvian squad gave the Czech Republic a run on Friday, eventually dropping a 5-2 (plus empty-net goal) decision.

It was a tough night for Canada Thursday as they battled through the game with Switzerland, a club with only two NHLers in their lineup.

A late second-period goal for the Swiss tied the game at 2-2 where is where it stood until the shootout period. In the shootout, Sidney Crosby scored in the sudden-death portion to give Canada the win. However, winning in extra time cost the team a point in the standings as only two points are awarded for a shootout win while three points are given for regulation victories.

Oilers defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky helped lift his Slovakia squad to a big upset win over Denis Grebeshkov and Russia. The victory also came in a shootout.

Visnovsky led all Slovak skaters with 25:11 in ice time. He had one shot on goal and an even rating. Grebeshkov also had an even rating with 14:47 of ice.







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• February 17: Despite rout, Canada far from a finished product
  
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OILERS STATS AT THE OLYMPICS:

Name	Country	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-	SOG
Denis Grebeshkov	RUSSIA	2	0	0	0	0	+1	1
Lubomir Visnovsky	SLOVAKIA	2	0	0	0	0	E	5

OLYMPIC STANDINGS:

OVERALL

		Team	Gr	G	W3	W2	L1	L0	Goals	Pts
1.		Finland	C1	2	2	0	0	0	10-1	6
2.		USA	A1	2	2	0	0	0	9-2	6
3.		Czech Rep.	B1	2	2	0	0	0	8-3	6
4.		Sweden	C2	2	2	0	0	0	6-2	6
5.		Canada	A2	2	1	1	0	0	11-2	5
6.		Russia	B2	2	1	0	1	0	9-4	4
7.		Slovakia	B3	2	0	1	0	1	3-4	2
8.		Switzerland	A3	2	0	0	1	1	3-6	1
9.		Belarus	C3	2	0	0	0	2	3-9	0
10.		Germany	C4	2	0	0	0	2	0-7	0
11.		Latvia	B4	2	0	0	0	2	4-13	0
12.		Norway	A4	2	0	0	0	2	1-14	0

GROUP A

Country	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS	GDF	GF	GA
UNITED STATES	2	2	0	0	0	6	+7	9	2
CANADA	2	1	0	1	0	5	+9	11	2
SWITZERLAND	2	0	1	0	1	0	-3	3	6
NORWAY	2	0	2	0	0	0	-13	1	14

GROUP B

Country	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS	GDF	GF	GA
CZECH REPUBLIC	2	2	0	0	0	6	+5	8	3
RUSSIA	2	1	0	0	1	4	+5	9	4
SLOVAKIA	2	0	1	1	0	2	-1	3	4
LATVIA	2	0	1	0	0	0	-9	4	13

GROUP C

Country	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS	GDF	GF	GA
FINLAND	2	2	0	0	0	3	+9	10	1
SWEDEN	2	2	0	0	0	3	+4	6	2
BELARUS	2	0	2	0	0	0	-6	3	9
GERMANY	2	0	2	0	0	0	-7	0	7

SCHEDULE/RESULTS:

(all times Mountain Standard - MST)

ROUND ROBIN SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Tuesday, February 16:

Canada 8 vs. Norway 0
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Russia 8 vs. Latvia 2
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Wednesday, February 17:

Slovakia 1 vs. Czech Republic 3
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Thursday, February 18:

Canada 3 vs. Switzerland 2 (SO)
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Slovakia 2 vs. Russia 1 (SO)
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Saturday, February 20:

Slovakia vs. Latvia - 5:30 p.m.
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Sunday, February 21:

Russia vs. Czech Republic - 1:00 p.m.
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Canada vs. USA - 5:40 p.m.
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