Olympics Family Relations

Here is a look at Olympic family relations amongst 2010's Olympic men's hockey teams. Be sure to let me know if there are any more that you are aware of.

USA - Ryan Suter is the son of Bob Suter, who represented USA at the 1980 Olympics. Uncle Gary Suter also played in the Olympics in 1998 and 2002. Paul Stastny is the son of Peter Stastny, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Olympics and Slovakia at the 1994 Olympics. Uncles Marian Stastny and Anton Stastny also played in the 1980 Olympics. Chris Drury's brother Ted Drury competed in 1992 and 1994.

Canada - Martin Brodeur's father Denis Brodeur represented Canada in 1956.

Czech Republic - Tomas Kaberle's father Frantisek Kaberle Sr. represented Czechoslovakia at the 1980 games. Tomas' brother Frantisek Kaberle Jr. played with Tomas at the 2006 Games in Torino. Pavel Kubina's father-in-law Frantisek Cernik represented Czechoslovakia in 1984.

Sweden - Douglas Murray's grandfather Lasse Bjorn represented Sweden in 1952, 1956 and 1960.

Germany - Marcel Goc's brother Sascha Goc previously played in the 2006 Olympics.

Finland - Miikka Kiprusoff's brother Marko Kiprusoff represented Finland as a defenseman in 1994. Niklas Hagman's father Matti Hagman played in the 1976 Olympics, while Ville Peltonen's dad Esa Peltonen represented Finland at four Olympics - 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980. Sami Lepisto's godfather is Finnish hockey legend Jari Kurri, who represented Finland in 1980 and 1998.

Slovakia - Zdeno Chara's father Zdenek Chara was a Greco-Roman wrestler for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Olympics.

Russia - Alexander Ovechkin's mother Tatyana Ovechkina represented Russia in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics playing basketball.

Norway - Patrick Thoreson's father Petter Thoeresen is a Norwegian hockey legend having played in 5 Olympics between 1980 and 1994.

Of course there are a number of brother combinations playing together in the 2010 Olympics - Daniel and Henrik Sedin for Sweden, Marcel and Marian Hossa for Slovakia, Mikko and Saku Koivu and Jarkko and Tuomu Ruutu for Finland, Milan and Zbynek Michalek for Czech Republic, and Andrei and Sergei Kotstitsyn for Belarus.