The United States National Amputee Hockey Team again has three New Hampshire residents on its roster, including returning team captain Dave Levesque of Hooksett.

Shane Warren and David Goodwin also wear the red, white and blue as they compete for the 2008 World Amputee Hockey Championships at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, Mass.. Teams from Canada, Finland and Latvia also compete.

The trio joins the 2008 team after gaining international experience in Riga, Latvia, in 2006.

Team USA finished with a silver medal there, losing to Canada, 5- 2, in the gold-medal game.

Team USA opens tournament action on Wednesday, April 2, at 1 p.m. against Latvia. Team Finland is next up on Thursday, April 3, at 6:50 p.m. Team USA closes out the preliminary round against Team Canada on Friday, April 4, at 8:10 p.m.

The bronze-medal and goldmedal contests take place Sunday, April 6.