Canadian Olympic hockey team revealed

The wait is finally over.

With executive director Steve Yzerman and his staff on hand to announce the 25-playerCanadian mens Olympic hockey roster Tuesday in Toronto, the teamselected can now turn itsattention to defending the countrys gold medal.

Canada will be led by Olympic hero Sidney Crosby, whose overtime goalat the 2010 Vancouver Games wonCanada thegold medal in the final against the U.S.

Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins' superstar centre, ranks first in NHL scoring this season with 63 points.

Canada is looking to become the first country since professional hockey players were included at the 1998 Nagano Olympics to repeat as gold-medal champions.

The team is filled with players that won gold in Vancouver. Aside form Crosby, there are returning forwards Jonathan Toews, Patrice Bergeron, Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf, among others.

On defence, Drew Doughty, Duncan Keith and Shea Weber will once again man the blue-line.

In goal, 2010 gold-medal game winner Roberto Luongo hopes to return as the starter but will battle with the Montreal Canadiens' Carey Price, who made his first Olympic team.

Other first-time Olympiansinclude Steven Stamkos, John Tavares, Matt Ducheneand P.K. Subban.

In Sochi, Canada will be slotted in Group B along with Austria, Norway and Finland.

Canada's first game is on Feb. 13 against Norway. The Canadians then play Austria on Feb. 14, followed by their group-stage finale against Finland on Feb. 16. Each game begins at 9 p.m. Sochi time (noon ET).

The quarter-finals are scheduled for Feb. 19, with the semifinals on Feb. 21 and the gold-medal game on Feb. 23.