As for Subban, Team Canada general manager Doug Armstrong said the hierarchy opted to name the top two defence pairings that helped Canada win the gold medal at the 2014 Olympics – Drew Doughty-Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Shea Weber-Duncan Keith.
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Minnesotans will play a big role on the the 2016 U.S. World Cup of Hockey team. “These 16 players all excel in their compete level, overall skill and selflessness, which will be key components of our team”.
Team USA has until June 1 to fill in the final seven spots of the roster; all three goaltender spots have already been filled up.
Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel don’t know each other yet. Three players were full-time members of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program (Patrick Kane, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Suter)…
This is the first time that the tournament has featured two all-star teams (Team Europe and the under-23 Team North America).
CZECH REPUBLIC: This is more of Jaromir Jagr’s decision than the national federation’s. “The best hockey players in the world require the best innovation in uniforms”.
“I think we’re committed to multiple tournaments on a regular schedule”.
The third edition of the World Cup of Hockey doesn’t kick off until September, but on Wednesday, the NHL and NHLPA (which jointly run the event) unveiled a slew of details about the tournament.
It will be interesting to see what kind of attention this tournament will get, and whether it will end up impacting the NHL’s participation in the Olympics.
“It was a goal of mine going into the season and going into the next season to be on the World Cup team”, Rinne said. The team did raise some eyebrows, however, by leaving off Phil Kessel, a high-scoring forward with Olympic experience.
Eight American players and eight Canadians were selected for the 16-player roster. “But he’s got to come back and play, and I expect that he will”.
For all intents and purposes, this World Cup marks the start of the post-Teemu Selanne era for Finland.
Forwards: Nicklas Backstrom, Loui Eriksson, Filip Forsberg, Gabriel Landeskog, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Alexander Steen, Henrik Zetterberg.
“I talked to him, and I’m not going to try to convince him”, Rucinsky said during a conference call announcing the team’s initial 16-player roster.
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J.T. Miller of the New York Rangers was a bit of a surprise choice at forward, especially ahead of the Montreal Canadiens’ Alex Galchenyuk and Oilers’ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. But even if he doesn’t play in the tournament, Canada can still choose from two-time Stanley Cup victor Corey Crawford and the frontrunner for this year’s Vezina, Braden Holtby. He has played in nine worldwide tournaments for Finland. “Canada had a stronger team than ours, but the psychological factor played the key role”.
