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TheUnited States roster includes a couple of dual-passport holders. Mikael <br />Sandberg, 37, a former professional in Sweden and Russia, is now a <br />business consultant in Minneapolis. Jasper Felder, 38, son of an American <br />serviceman and a Swedish mother, lives and plays professionally in <br />Sweden. <br />The team also carries a former N.H.L. player new to bandy, goalie Robb <br />Stauber, a former Hobey Baker Award winner at the University of <br />Minnesota who spent parts of four seasons with the Los Angeles Kings. <br />Stauber, 42, who played his first bandy last month, was enlisted when <br />another goalie could not get out of his restaurant job to go to Moscow. <br />Stauber now has to learn how to defend a much larger net without a stick <br />against 100-mile-per-hour shots that sometimes curve. <br />“As a hockey goalie, I used my stick a lot, and that acts as a kind of ballast <br />that helps you keep your balance,” said Stauber, who allowed 14 goals in the <br />one game he played, against Sweden. “I think once I get used to not having <br />a stick, I’ll have similar balance.” <br />Participating in the world championship was not about winning and losing, <br />Middlebrook said as he stood rinkside in the cold, wearing a Mongolian hat <br />he picked up at a recent tournament. <br />“I was just a former Division III hockey player from Gustavus Adolphus <br />College when I happened across bandy, and because of it I’ve seen some <br />fascinating parts of the world,” he said. “This sport has been like a fairy <br />godmother to me.” <br />A version of this article appeared in print on January 29, 2010, on page B11 of <br />the New York Times edition. <br />ŷƷƷƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ƓǤƷźƒĻƭ͵ĭƚƒΉЋЉЊЉΉЉЊΉЋВΉƭƦƚƩƷƭΉƚƌǤƒƦźĭƭΉЋВĬğƓķǤ͵ŷƷƒƌͪƦğŭĻǞğƓƷĻķўЋεĻƒĭўĻƷğЊ <br /> <br />