The World Cup of Hockey makes it’s triumphant return this Saturday in what should be a competitive and exciting tournament and a great way to kick off the hockey season. The first World Cup since 2004, the tournament will take place in Toronto, Ontario at the Air Canada Centre, unlike its predecessors which featured many venues. The host nation of Canada is one of eight competing teams, which also include the United States, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Team Europe (composed of players from all other European countries), and Team North America (composed of Canadian and American skaters under the age of 24). The tournament will have two groups of teams competing in a round robin format, with two teams advancing to a semi-final knockout round, followed by a best-of-three final series. The groups are divided up as follows:
Group A – Team Canada, Team Czech Republic, Team Europe, Team U.S.A
Group B – Team Finland, Team North America, Team Russia, Team Sweden
With the pre-tournament wrapping up and the schedule set, the World Cup is about to get underway. Pending any unexpected, last-minute changes, below are the final rosters for each team:
Canada (A)
G Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks
G Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals
G Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
D Jay Bouwmeester, St. Louis Blues
D Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks
D Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
D Jake Muzzin, Los Angeles Kings
D Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Sharks
D Shea Weber (A), Montreal Canadiens
F Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
F Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks
F Sidney Crosby (C), Pittsburgh Penguins
F Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche
F Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks
F Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers
F Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
F Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
F Ryan O’Reilly, Buffalo Sabres
F Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
F John Tavares, New York Islanders
F Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks
F Jonathan Toews (A), Chicago Blackhawks
Czech Republic (A)
G Petr Mrazek, Detroit Red Wings
G Michal Neuvirth, Philadelphia Flyers
G Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg Jets
D Michal Kempny, Chicago Blackhawks
D Tomas Kundratek, Slovan Bratislava (KHL)
D Zbynek Michalek, Arizona Coyotes
D Roman Polak, Toronto Maple Leafs
D Andrej Sustr, Tampa Bay Lightning
F Michal Birner, Traktor (KHL)
F Roman Cervenka, Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA)
F Radek Faksa, Dallas Stars
F Michael Frolik, Calgary Flames
F Martin Hanzal, Arizona Coyotes
F Ales Hemsky (A), Dallas Stars
F Dmitrij Jaskin, St. Louis Blues
F Milan Michalek, Toronto Maple Leafs
F Ondrej Palat, Tampa Bay Lightning
F David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins
F Tomas Plekanec (C), Montreal Canadiens
F Vladimir Sobotka, St. Louis Blues/Avangard Omsk (KHL)
F Jakub Voracek (A), Philadelphia Flyers
Europe (A)
G Thomas Greiss, New York Islanders
G Philipp Grubauer, Washington Capitals
G Jaroslav Halak, New York Islanders
D Zdeno Chara (A), Boston Bruins
D Christian Ehrhoff, Free Agent
D Roman Josi, Nashville Predators
D Luca Sbisa, Vancouver Canucks
D Dennis Seidenberg, Free Agent
D Andrej Sekera, Edmonton Oilers
D Mark Streit (A), Philadelphia Flyers
F Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Philadelphia Flyers
F Mikkel Boedker, San Jose Sharks
F Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers
F Marian Gaborik, Los Angeles Kings
F Jannik Hansen, Vancouver Canucks
F Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks
F Anze Kopitar (C), Los Angeles Kings
F Nino Niederreiter, Minnesota Wild
F Frans Nielsen, Detroit Red Wings
F Tobias Rieder, Arizona Coyotes (unsigned)
F Tomas Tatar, Detroit Red Wings
F Thomas Vanek, Detroit Red Wings
F Mats Zuccarello, New York Rangers
United States (A)
G Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning
G Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
G Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils
D Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets
D John Carlson, Washington Capitals
D Erik Johnson, Colorado Avalanche
D Jack Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets
D Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers
D Matt Niskanen, Washington Capitals
D Ryan Suter (A), Minnesota Wild
F Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings
F David Backes, Boston Bruins
F Brandon Dubinsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
F Patrick Kane (A), Chicago Blackhawks
F Ryan Kesler, Anaheim Ducks
F T.J. Oshie, Washington Capitals
F Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens
F Kyle Palmieri, New Jersey Devils
F Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild
F Joe Pavelski (C), San Jose Sharks
F Derek Stepan, New York Rangers
F James van Riemsdyk, Toronto Maple Leafs
F Blake Wheeler, Winnipeg Jets
Finland (B)
G Mikko Koskinen, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
G Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins
G Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators
D Jyrki Jokipakka, Calgary Flames
D Sami Lepisto, Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
D Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars
D Olli Maatta, Pittsburgh Penguins
D Ville Pokka, Chicago Blackhawks
D Rasmus Ristolainen, Buffalo Sabres (unsigned)
D Sami Vatanen, Anaheim Ducks
F Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes
F Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
F Joonas Donskoi, San Jose Sharks
F Valtteri Filppula (A), Tampa Bay Lighting
F Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild
F Erik Haula, Minnesota Wild
F Jussi Jokinen, Florida Panthers
F Mikko Koivu (C), Minnesota Wild
F Leo Komarov, Toronto Maple Leafs
F Lauri Korpikoski, Free Agent
F Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets
F Jori Lehtera, St. Louis Blues
F Teuvo Teravainen, Carolina Hurricanes
North America (B)
G John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks
G Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets
G Matt Murray, Pittsburgh Penguins
D Aaron Ekblad (A), Florida Panthers
D Shayne Gostisbehere, Philadelphia Flyers
D Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets
D Ryan Murray, Columbus Blue Jackets
D Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues
D Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs
D Jacob Trouba, Winnipeg Jets (unsigned)
F Sean Couturier (A), Philadelphia Flyers
F Jonathan Drouin, Tampa Bay Lighting
F Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres
F Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames (unsigned)
F Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
F Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
F Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
F Connor McDavid (C), Edmonton Oilers
F J.T. Miller, New York Rangers
F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers
F Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets
F Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets
F Vincent Trocheck, Florida Panthers
Russia (B)
G Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
G Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche
G Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning
D Alexei Emelin, Montreal Canadiens
D Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Panthers
D Alexey Marchenko, Detroit Red Wings
D Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens
D Nikita Nesterov, Tampa Bay Lightning (unsigned)
D Dmitry Orlov, Washington Capitals (unsigned)
D Nikita Zaitsev, Toronto Maple Leafs
F Artem Anisimov, Chicago Blackhawks
F Evgeny Dadonov, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
F Pavel Datsyuk (A), SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
F Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (unsigned)
F Nikolai Kulemin, New York Islanders
F Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals
F Evgeni Malkin (A), Pittsburgh Penguins
F Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Lightning
F Alexander Ovechkin (C), Washington Capitals
F Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks
F Vadim Shipachyov, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)
F Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
F Ivan Telegin, CSKA Moscow (KHL)
Sweden (B)
G Jhonas Enroth, Toronto Maple Leafs
G Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
G Jacob Markstrom, Vancouver Canucks
D Mattias Ekholm, Nashville Predators
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes
D Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
D Niklas Hjalmarsson, Chicago Blackhawks
D Erik Karlsson (A), Ottawa Senators
D Hampus Lindholm, Anaheim Ducks (unsigned)
D Anton Stralman, Tampa Bay Lightning
F Mikael Backlund, Calgary Flames
F Patrik Berglund, St. Louis Blues
F Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals
F Loui Eriksson, Vancouver Canucks
F Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
F Carl Hagelin, Pittsburgh Penguins
F Patric Hornqvist, Pittsburgh Penguins
F Marcus Kruger, Chicago Blackhawks
F Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche
F Daniel Sedin (A), Vancouver Canucks
F Henrik Sedin (C), Vancouver Canucks
F Jakob Silfverberg, Anaheim Ducks
F Carl Soderberg, Colorado Avalanche
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