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Following the Olympic hockey hopefuls

By Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 15, 2009

[Editor's note: Over the coming months leading up to the 2010 Vancouver Games, ESPN.com's Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun will be following the progress and preparations for two Olympic hopefuls, Ron Hainsey and Derek Roy. This is the first installment.] Team USA Olympic hopeful: Ron Hainsey Some Olympic dreams are born on wind-swept frozen ponds straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Some are more patchwork, cobbled together through different experiences, woven from different fabrics, bu ...

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