21.   Steve Rucchin, who centers the line, has been out after breaking a bone in his left hand during training camp.

22.   The affable Ruzicka recently centered a line that included Jaromir Jagr in a Czech tournament, the pair clicked, and Ruzicka won himself a trip to Nagano.

23.   The third line is centered by Joel Otto, who will check either Mark Messier or Wayne Gretzky, who center the Rangers top two lines.

24.   Their leading scorer is Mats Sundin, the towering Swede, who centers a line of Fredrik Modin and Steve Thomas, who was with the Devils last year.

25.   Van Allen will center the line with Muller at left wing and DiMaio at right wing.

26.   Instead he centered a line with Sergei Nemchinov and Bob Corkum.

27.   Nieuwendyk centered the line, with Langenbrunner skating on right wing and Richer on the left.

28.   Selanne was shifted to left wing and Nolan centered the line.

29.   The third line will be centered by rookie Milan Kraft, who starred for the Czech Republic during the world junior championships last year.