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TORONTO -- Canada will send 221 athletes to the Sochi Olympics, its largest ever team for a Winter Games. Geno Smith Jets Jersey . The Canadian Olympic Committee officially announced its full team Wednesday. Canadas goal is to win more medals than any other country in Sochi. Canadas team of 202 athletes finished third overall four years ago in Vancouver with 26 medals, but won a record 14 gold. There are 36 more medals on the table in Sochi due to new events on the program, giving Canada a realistic shot of surpassing its 2010 total. The team is comprised of six skicross athletes, 27 speedskaters, 10 curlers, 16 bobsledders, eight lugers, four skeleton athletes, 21 women hockey players, eight biathletes, 24 snowboarders, 25 male hockey players, 15 alpine skiers, 17 figure skaters, 13 cross-country skiers, 20 freestyle skiers and seven ski jumpers. "The size of our team and its medal potential is a great tribute to our athletes, their coaches and the system Canada has in place to develop high-performance Olympic athletes," Canadian chef de mission Steve Podborski said in a release. "Our athletes are very talented and are the best-prepared team to ever represent Canada at the Winter Games." Curling skip Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg is the oldest female athlete at 39 while Calgary bobsledder Lascelles Brown, whos also 39, is the oldest man. The youngest female athlete is figure skater Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., who turned 16 earlier this month. The youngest male is 18-year-old luger Mitchel Malyk of Calgary. Of the 121 male athletes and 100 female athletes, 46 are former Olympic medallists and 108 have made the podium at a world championship. Ontario has the largest contingent with 64 athletes or 29 per cent of the team. Alberta is second with 56 athletes (25 per cent) and Quebec is third with 43 competitors (19 per cent). Canada will field a team in all events except Nordic combined. Hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser will carry Canadas flag into the opening ceremonies on Feb. 7. Some Canadian 85 coaches will also be in Sochi. Marcus Williams Jets Jersey . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Leonard Williams Jersey . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006. http:///...tt-forte-jersey.aspx . 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Maxime St-Cyr and Mathieu Lemay also scored for Rouyn-Noranda (15-9-2) Aaron Hoyles, Frederic Bergeron, Nikita Jevpalovs and Samuel Hodhod replied for the Armada (20-3-3), who hold a one-point lead atop the QMJHL. Alexandre Belanger made 19 saves in net for the Huskies, while Etienne Marcoux finished with 24 stops for the Armada. --- DRAKKAR 2 ISLANDERS 1 BAIE-COMEAU, Que. -- The Drakkar overcame a spectacular performance in net by Charlottetowns Antoine Bibeau. Robbie Graham and Valentin Zykov each scored for Baie-Comeau (18-5-4), while Simon Lemieux stopped 23 shots. Bibeau meanwhile made 43 saves for Charlottetown (13-11-3), and was especially good in the first period when he gave up one goal while the Islanders were being outshot 24-5. Alexandre Goulet added the lone goal for the Islanders. --- WILDCATS 2 SAGUENEENS 0 CHICOUTIMI, Que. -- Alex Dubeau made 29 saves for the shutout to help Moncton earn a win on the road. JC Campagna and Mark Simpson had goals for the Wildcats (12-16-2). Julio Billia finished with 24 saves in net for Chicoutimi (13-15-0). Marcus Gilchrist Jersey. Power-play time was at a premium. Moncton went scoreless on two attempts while the Sagueneens failed to score on four tries. --- OCEANIC 4 REMPARTS 3 (SO) RIMOUSKI, Que. -- Dominic Beauchemin scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Oceanic edged Quebec. Beauchemin also scored in regulation, while Rimouski (16-7-4) also had goals from Anthony DeLuca and Peter Trainor. Olivier Archambault, Brent Turnbull and Nick Sorensen replied for the Remparts (14-8-6). Philippe Desrosiers stopped 24 shots in net for the Oceanic, while at the other end of the ice Francois Brassard finished with 37 saves. --- TIGRES 8 CATARACTES 5 SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- The Tigres scored four unanswered goals in the third period to blow past the Cataractes. Angelo Miceli and Gabriel Gagne each scored twice for Victoriaville (11-13-2), while Philippe Hudon, Jan Mandat, Matthew Boudreau and Carl-Antoine Delisle had singles. Charles-Olivier Lajoie stopped 28 shots. Frederick Gaudreau scored twice for league-worst Shawinigan (3-21-2), which had scored the first three goals of the third to take a 5-4 lead before the Tigres started their run. Kris Hodge, Anthony Beauvillier and Frank Schumacher also scored for the Cataractes. --- FOREURS 4 PHOENIX 0 VAL-DOR, Que. -- Foreurs goaltender Francois Tremblay needed to make just 17 saves for the shutout. Phil Pietroniro, Anthony Mantha, Timotej Sille and Pierre-Maxime Poudrier each scored for Val-dOr (16-11-0). The goal was Manthas league-leading 25th of the season. He also leads the QMJHL in points with 56. Francis Desrosiers did what he could in net for Sherbrooke (10-15-2), stopping 49 shots. 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