Defensemen Tim Gleason (Clawson, Mich./Carolina Hurricanes) and Ryan Whitney (Scituate, Mass./Anaheim Ducks/Boston University) have been named to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, it was announced today by USA Hockey. The pair replace Mike Komisarek (West Islip, N.Y./Toronto Maple Leafs/University of Michigan) and Paul Martin (Elk River, Minn./New Jersey Devils/University of Minnesota), both of whom will not participate in the Olympic Winter Games due to injury. Flyers defenseman Matt Carle of Anchorage, Alaska was considered a possible replacement for Komisarek or Martin, but unless another American defenseman is injured, he will not make the trip to Vancouver.

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