The conversations were long, hard and at times excruciatingly difficult. But that is just the nature when it comes time to putting together a team with the intention of reaching the pinnacle of the sport in the Olympics. That was the case for Wyoming Valley resident Chris Kelleher, assistant general manager of the Minnesota Wild and director of player personnel for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team that defeated Canada for the gold medal in Italy. “The guys we left off the team are world class players,” Kelleher said in a recent phone interview. “It’s a nice problem for the United States to have too many good players. There are guys who probably deserved to be...
