Canada names final roster for the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship
Earlier on Monday, Hockey Canada cut several players from their preliminary World Junior roster including Owen Beck, Zachary Bolduc, Jordan Dumais and Evan Nause.
Just a few hours after axing those players, Canada named their final 22-man roster for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. In addition to the four mentioned above, goaltender William Rosseau, defencemen Carson Lambos, Ethan Samson as well as forwards Ryan Greene and Riley Kidney have all been cut and assigned to their respective junior clubs.
Let's take a look at Canada's final roster as they look to win back-to-back gold medals for the first time since 2008 and 2009.
Canada will now shift focus towards finding chemistry in practice this week ahead of their exhibition schedule, which is set to get underway next Monday. They'll face Switzerland on December 19th, Slovakia on December 21st and Finland on December 23rd.
The tournament, as always, begins on Boxing Day, with Canada opening up against Czechia. Puck drop for that game is set for 7:30 p.m. Atlantic/6:30 p.m. ET.
Meet Team 🇨🇦!
2️⃣2️⃣ players will wear the 🍁 at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax and Moncton.
ROSTER ➡️ https://t.co/blqkTVfVla#WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/imWpsvjUuX— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) December 12, 2022
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