"Canada will go down to the wire in making a final roster decision about Ryan Getzlaf, the Anaheim Ducks centre who returned to the NHL team's lineup Sunday night for their final pre-Olympic game, against the Edmonton Oilers. Canada dispatched assistant general manager Doug Armstrong to Edmonton to watch Getzlaf play.

Getzlaf had been sidelined since last week with a high ankle sprain, casting his Olympic participation in doubt. But in an e-mail, Steve Yzerman, the men's hockey team's executive director, said Getzlaf would fly into Vancouver tonight following the Oilers game, along with Ducks teammates Scott Niedermayer and Corey Perry, and a final decision would be made on his status early todayMonday morning. "