Olympic Legend Not Coming To Vancouver

This is Vladimir Kopat. His name might not immediately ring a bell, but he is an Olympic hockey legend.

He's the guy back in 2002 whose shot from center ice bounced off of Sweden's Tommy Salo's shoulder and into the net, giving Belarus one of the biggest upset victories in the history of the Olympics.

Yeah, that guy's name was Vladimir Kopat.

Belarus named their 2010 Olympic team today, and the defenseman was not included. I'm assuming he's still playing. Last season he was with HK Gomel in Belarus.

There are four NHL Belorussians on the team: Ruslan Salei, Mikhail Grabovski and the Kostitsyn brothers, Andrei and Sergei.

There are four holdovers from that miraculous 2002 team - Salei, forwards Oleg Antonenko and Konstantin Koltsov and goaltender Andrei Mezin.

Here's the full roster.