Canada's Olympic roster leaks online one day before official announcement

According to Sean Leahy of NBC Sports, Canada's roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics was posted briefly on Twitter by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada is set to make the announcement official on Tuesday morning at 11am ET.

Let's dive in and take a look at the 25 players that will wear the red, white, and black in Beijing, China in just over two weeks!

Forwards (14)
Daniel Carr
Corban Knight
Ben Street
Jack McBain
Eric Staal
Adam Tambellini
Eric O'Dell
Daniel Winnik
Adam Cracknell
Mason McTavish
Landon Ferraro
David Desharnais
Jordan Weal
Josh Ho-Sang

Defencemen (8)
Brandon Gormley
Alex Grant
Owen Power
Tyler Wotherspoon
Mat Robinson
Mark Barberio
Maxim Noreau
Jason Demers

Goalies
Devon Levi
Eddie Pasquale
Matt Tomkins

Not included in today's leak are the six alternate players that will be on standby in case of an injury or as a Covid replacement. Those names will be announced tomorrow.

Canada will be in Group A and face Germany on February 10th at 8:10am ET, the United States on February 11th at 11:10pm ET, before wrapping up the group stage on February 13th against the hosts, China, at 8:10am ET.

Mistimed IIHF Tweet leads to Canada's men's Olympic roster being revealed a day early pic.twitter.com/W5q0EocAp1— Sean Leahy (@Sean_Leahy) January 24, 2022

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