| 11 February 2010
With Brian Burke opting not to participate in the opening ceremonies for Team USA, LA Kings defenceman will march on behalf of the US men's hockey team. At the time of writing this, Johnson is currently playing a game against the Oilers in Edmonton tonight. With his family, he will charter a plane from LA to Bellingham, WA at 6am Friday morning and then drive to Vancouver to participate, then return to Los Angeles to play against the Avalanche on Saturday. He was originally supposed to march with Brian Burke, but with the passing of Brenden Burke, he has opted not to participate.
Interesting to note, Jack Johnson will become the first American born player that is active on an NHL roster to march in the opening ceremonies.
Team Canada does not have a representative marching in the opening ceremonies, but five teams have hockey players to carry the flag: Jaromir Jagr for the Czech Republic, Ziggy Palfy for Slovakia, Tommy Jakobsen for Norway, Ville Peltonen for Finland and Oleg Antonenko for Belarus.
Vancity Canuck writes about the Vancouver Canucks at Benched Whale and the Tampa Bay Lightning at The Hockey Bay Blog in addition to her work on Bloguin's Olympic Hockey Blog.
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