Senators contingent headlines Canada roster for world championship
CALGARY — The Ottawa Senators can be well-represented when Canada competes on the upcoming 2022 World Hockey Championship.
Senators ahead Drake Batherson and defencemen Thomas Chabot and Nick Holden have been named to the group’s 24-player roster launched Monday by Hockey Canada.
The Ottawa trio will be part of Senators head coach D.J. Smith, who’s an assistant on Claude Julien’s employees for the event that kicks off Friday in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland.
The New Jersey Devils even have three gamers on the roster: ahead Dawson Mercer and defencemen Damon Severson and Ryan Graves.
Winnipeg forwards Pierre-Luc Dubois and Adam Lowry, Montreal ahead Josh Anderson and New York Islanders centre Mathew Barzal are additionally on the roster.
Anaheim ahead Max Comtois is the lone participant coming back from Canada’s 2021 championship-winning group, although Barzal, Chabot, Dubois and Severson carry earlier world championship expertise.
Canada will open its quest for its twenty eighth world championship gold medal in opposition to Germany on Friday.
“We’re thrilled to unveil the 24 gamers who will put on the Maple Leaf in Finland and tackle the problem of defending final 12 months’s gold medal,” Canada normal supervisor Shane Doan mentioned in a launch. “Our roster combines veteran expertise and younger expertise, together with quite a lot of gamers who’ve beforehand performed for Canada on the worldwide stage and a few who can have their first alternative to characterize our nation.
“We all know the complete group is happy for this chance, and we stay up for gathering in Finland and competing for an additional gold medal.”
Canada:
Ahead — Josh Anderson, Burlington, Ont., Montreal (NHL); Mathew Barzal, Coquitlam, B.C., New York Islanders (NHL); Drake Batherson, New Minas, N.S., Ottawa (NHL); Max Comtois, Longueuil, Que., Anaheim (NHL); Dylan Cozens, Whitehorse, Buffalo (NHL); Pierre-Luc Dubois, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., Winnipeg (NHL); Morgan Geekie, Strathclair, Man., Seattle (NHL); Noah Gregor, Beaumont, Alta., San Jose (NHL); Kent Johnson, Port Moody, B.C., Columbus (NHL); Adam Lowry, Calgary, Winnipeg (NHL); Dawson Mercer, Bay Roberts, N.L., New Jersey (NHL); Eric O’Dell, Ottawa, Dynamo Moscow (KHL); Nicolas Roy, Amos, Que., Vegas (NHL); Cole Sillinger, Regina, Columbus (NHL);
Defence — Thomas Chabot, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Que., Ottawa (NHL); Ryan Graves, Yarmouth, N.S., New Jersey (NHL); Nick Holden, St. Albert, Alta., Ottawa; (NHL); Dysin Mayo, Victoria, Arizona (NHL); Travis Sanheim, Elkhorn, Man., Philadelphia (NHL); Damon Severson, Melville, Sask., New Jersey (NHL); Zach Whitecloud, Brandon, Man., Vegas (NHL).
Aim — Chris Driedger, Winnipeg, Seattle (NHL); Logan Thompson, Calgary, Vegas (NHL); Matt Tomkins, Sherwood Park, Alta., Frölunda HC (SHL).
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Could 9, 2022.
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