Nick Oliver has been through being on the staff for St. Cloud State men's hockey head coach Brett Larson when he has had to leave to be on the staff for Team USA before. Larson was an assistant coach for the Americans at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championships. Larson, senior defenseman Nick Perbix and senior forward Sam Hentges left Wednesday to represent Team USA at the Beijing Olympics. Oliver discusses associate head coach Dave Shyiak, director of operations and video coordinator R.J. Enga becoming a temporary assistant coach, previews this weekend's series at Denver and compares former SCSU teammate Nick Jensen to Perbix. All this and more with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten.

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