Then with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Whitney (right) squared off against the Bruins’ Milan Lucic in January.
(Justine Hunt/Globe Staff/File)
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Olympic face-off
Local NHL stars hope to make US hockey team
Then with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Whitney (right) squared off against the Bruins’ Milan Lucic in January.
(Justine Hunt/Globe Staff/File)
Brooks Orpik and Ryan Whitney played hockey for Thayer Academy together when two former Tigers (Jeremy Roenick and Tony Amonte) played for Team USA in the 1998 Nagano Olympics, the first games in which NHL players were allowed to represent their country. (Full article: 768 words)
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