Whitney named to U.S. Men’s Olympic Team
Anaheim Ducks defender Ryan Whitney (Scituate, Mass.) was named to the 2010 U.S. Men’s Ice Hockey Team along with Carolina’s Tim Gleason after injuries forced out Mike Komisarek and Paul Martin USA Hockey announced today.
Whitney, the fifth overall selection in the 2002 NHL Draft, was traded from Pittsburgh to Anaheim in last season. The former Thayer Academy and Boston University standout played on the U.S. World Junior (Under-20) Teams in 2002 and 2003.
He joins forward Chris Drury (Trumbull, Conn.) and goaltender Jonathan Quick (Hamden , Conn.) as the only New England natives on the Olympic player roster.
