Inside College Hockey | 2004 World Championship Participants

UPDATED: April 29, 2004
Austrian trio leads collegians in World Championship

Two current collegians – Wisconsin's Bernd Brückler and Minnesota's Thomas Vanek – are joined by recent graduate Thomas Pöck of Massachusetts on Austria's entry in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship, highlighting an extensive list of players with college ties in the tournament. Minnesota's Keith Ballard was added to the U.S. roster on Monday, the only other current player participating.

The World Championship, which begins on Saturday in the Czech Republic, will help determine the eight participants in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Below is a complete list of current and former college players participating in the tournament (additional names may be added Friday).

AUSTRIA
Bernd Brückler	Wisconsin
Thomas Pöck	Massachusetts
Matthias Trattnig	Maine
Thomas Vanek	Minnesota
CANADA
Dany Heatley	Wisconsin
Shawn Horcoff	Michigan State
Willie Mitchell	Clarkson
Brendan Morrison	Michigan
FRANCE
Baptiste Amar	UMass Lowell
FINLAND
Antti Laaksonen	Denver
Toni Soderholm	Massachusetts
UNITED STATES
Keith Ballard	Minnesota
Bates Battaglia	Lake Superior State
Ty Conklin	New Hampshire
Matt Cullen	St. Cloud State
Chris Drury	Boston University
Mike Dunham	Maine
Hal Gill	Providence
Mike Grier	Boston University
Adam Hall	Michigan State
Jeff Halpern	Princeton
Jeff Hamilton	Yale
Brett Hauer	Minnesota Duluth
Andy Hilbert	Michigan
Jeff Jillson	Michigan
Ryan Malone	St. Cloud State
Aaron Miller	Vermont
Andy Roach	Ferris State
Blake Sloan	Michigan
Alex Westlund	Yale
Erik Westrum	Minnesota

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