A look at who may represent Canada at the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship
With the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs right around the corner, several players on non-playoff teams will get the opportunity at the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship in Finland in May.
Today, we're going to take a look at who might represent Canada over in Finland in four weeks, as they try to win back-to-back gold medals for the first time since 2015 and 2016.
Note: the roster below is based off of teams not in a playoff position as of Saturday morning.
I have also left some spots open for players that may join Team Canada at the conclusion of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Goaltenders (3)
- Carter Hart (Philadelphia Flyers)
- Chris Driedger (Seattle Kraken)
- Eric Comrie (Winnipeg Jets)
Defencemen (6)
- Jamie Drysdale (Anaheim Ducks)
- Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks)
- Calvin de Haan (Chicago Blackhawks)
- Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets)
- Noah Dobson (New York Islanders)
- Colin Miller (Buffalo Sabres)
Forwards (12)
- Nick Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens)
- Mathew Barzal (New York Islanders)
- Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets)
- Jordan Eberle (Seattle Kraken)
- Yanni Gourde (Seattle Kraken)
- Jared McCann (Seattle Kraken)
- Jeff Skinner (Buffalo Sabres)
- Dylan Strome (Chicago Blackhawks)
- Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers)
- Barrett Hayton (Arizona Coyotes)
- Adam Henrique (Anaheim Ducks)
- Bo Horvat (Vancouver Canucks)
Canada will open their 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship on Friday, May 13th as they take on Germany.
