Hockey Canada adds big name to management group for 2022 World Championship; beginning to reach out to players
Hockey Canada continued their preparation for the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship on Thursday with less than a month until the tournament gets underway in Helsinki and Tampere.
According to TSN's Darren Dreger, Hockey Canada has named Rick Nash an assistant general manager for the tournament.
Nash, 37, currently works as the director of player development for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He represented Canada on several occasions, including four World Championships, winning gold once (2007), and silver twice (2005 and 2008).
Hockey Canada bolsters it's management group for the Men's World Championship. Rick Nash has been added as an assistant GM to Shane Doan.— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) April 14, 2022
During Thursday's edition of Insider Trading on TSN, Darren Dreger added that Hockey Canada has begun to reach out to players to see who is interested in playing next month in Finland. Dreger mentioned that there seems to be a fair amount of interest among players wanting to participate, with several reaching out to Hockey Canada.
Canada will open up their tournament on Friday, May 13th against Germany.
Source: Darren Dreger - Insider Trading (TSN).
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Logan Cooley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dylan Guenther | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Kesselring | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Fraser Minten | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Tanev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| John Tavares | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Simon Benoit | - | - | - | |
| Nick Bjugstad | - | - | - | |
| Michael Carcone | - | - | - | |
| Ian Cole | - | - | - | |
| Lawson Crouse | - | - | - | |
| Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | - | - | - | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | - | - | |
| Pontus Holmberg | - | - | - | |
| Clayton Keller | - | - | - | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||