2018 IIHF Men's World Hockey Championship

[hockeyfan1]

This year's Men's Worlds will be played in Denmark -- in the cities of Copenhagen & Herning -- from May 4th to May 20th, 2018.

Here are the Canadian roster selections: (more to come)


Forwards

Connor McDavid                (Edmonton)
Ryan Nugent Hopkins        (Edmonton)
Book Horvat                      (Vancouve)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau          (Ottawa)
Jordan Eberle                    (NY Islanders)
Anthony Beauvilliers          (NY Islanders)
Matthew Barzal                (NY Islanders)
Ryan O'Reilly                    (Buffalo)
Jaden Schwartz                (St. Louis)
Brayden Schenn                (St. Louis)


Defence

Aaron Ekblad                    (Florida)
Colton Parayko                  (St.Louis)
Joel Edmundson.              (St. Louis)
Vince Dunn                      (St. Louis)
Ryan Pulock                      (NY Islanders)
Thomas Chabot                (Ottawa)


Goal

Darcy Kuemper                  (Arizona)


Coach

Bill Peters                          (Carolina)


Assistants

Mike Yeo                            (St. Louis)
Bob Boughner                    (Florida)



GMs

Sean Burke
Martin Brodeur

 

[herman]

Thanks for getting this started!

I think McElhinney has been tapped for Team Canada too, but I don?t know if that means he?s actually on the roster.

Edit: Looks like he is!
http://www.tsn.ca/blue-jackets-dubois-to-play-for-canada-at-whc-1.1069741

 

[Frank E]

It'd be cool if Marner went.

 

[Arn]

Haha I was premature and posted this on the other thread but I've removed it and added here:

you can all get excited about facing Team GB who managed back to back promotions by winning Division 1A today in Hungary with a win over the host nation scoring the game tying goal with the goalie pulled and 15 seconds left to make it 2-2 after being 2-0 down with 10 minutes left. The tie was enough to win the group but GB won the shootout anyway.

Today came after defeating Italy, Slovenia and Poland and losing to Kazakhstan.

Italy also come back up. This time last year GB were in the 3rd tier playing the likes of Estonia, Japan and the Ukraine and is first time in the top division since 1994.

GB assistant coach is Adam Keefe, brother of Marlie coach Sheldon

https://twitter.com/IIHFHockey/status/990323072350801922

 

[hockeyfan1]

Haha I was premature and posted this on the other thread but I've removed it and added here:

you can all get excited about facing Team GB who managed back to back promotions by winning Division 1A today in Hungary with a win over the host nation scoring the game tying goal with the goalie pulled and 15 seconds left to make it 2-2 after being 2-0 down with 10 minutes left. The tie was enough to win the group but GB won the shootout anyway.

Today came after defeating Italy, Slovenia and Poland and losing to Kazakhstan.

Italy also come back up. This time last year GB were in the 3rd tier playing the likes of Estonia, Japan and the Ukraine and is first time in the top division since 1994.

GB assistant coach is Adam Keefe, brother of Marlie coach Sheldon

[tweet]990323072350801922[/tweet]

Congrats to GB & Italy!  (I'm Italian-Canadian & happy for my ancestral land). 

It's good to see various participation among different countries that are hardly, if ever, participants.
For the 2019 Worlds, should be an exciting time to see how GB & Italy fare.  Way to go, lads, &  Forza Italia!

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/emilyjomichele/status/990961761607081985

Literally my reaction to this photo as well!

Even after scoring a goal for Edmonton:

 

[hockeyfan1]

It's official:  Team Canada's final roster...

Forwards

Connor McDavid                (Edmonton)
Ryan Nugent Hopkins        (Edmonton)
Book Horvat                      (Vancouve)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau          (Ottawa)
Jordan Eberle                    (NY Islanders)
Anthony Beauvilliers          (NY Islanders)
Matthew Barzal                (NY Islanders)
Josh Bailey                      (NY Islanders)
Ryan O'Reilly                    (Buffalo)
Jaden Schwartz                (St. Louis)
Brayden Schenn                (St. Louis)
Pierre-Luc Dubois              (Columbus)
Tyson Jost                        (Colorado)


Defence

Aaron Ekblad                    (Florida)
Colton Parayko                  (St.Louis)
Joel Edmundson.              (St. Louis)
Vince Dunn                      (St. Louis)
Ryan Pulock                      (NY Islanders)
Thomas Chabot                (Ottawa)
Ryan Murray                    (Columbus)
Darnell Nurse                  (Edmonton)


Goal

Darcy Kuemper                  (Arizona)
Curtis McElhinney              (Toronto)
Michael DiPietro                (Windsor  OHL)  Third backup


Coach

Bill Peters                          (Carolina)


Assistants

Mike Yeo                            (St. Louis)
Bob Boughner                    (Florida)


GMs

Sean Burke
Martin Brodeur


https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/national/2017-18/world-championship/stats/team-rosters?teamid=268

 

[hockeyfan1]

Preliminary Round games:  Friday May 4th

Team Canada vs Team USA;  Team France vs Team Russia;  Team Belarus vs Team Sweden;  Team Denmark vs Team Germany.

Check it out here:
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/national/2017-18/world-championship/stats/schedule

 

[hockeyfan1]

Oh, pffftt!

Shootout, eh? 
Team USA won it 5-4 in the shootout on a goal by Cam Atkinson.  Team Canada failed in it's attempt to prevail in the OT as well as in the shootout.  Natch.

Canada's goals came from Pierre-Luc Dubois, Colton Parayko & Anthony Beauvilliers, while Jordan Eberle got the lone Canadian marker in the shootout.

The Americans came away with leads throughout the game as Canada played catchup.  An exciting offensive affair that saw U.S. 'keeper Keith Kinkaid face 40 shots while Canada's Darcy Keumper faced 29.  To critics, KinKaid was clearly the better goaltender here outshining Canada's Kuemper.

Canada gets a point and will face Team Korea here at the wJyske Bank Boxen arena in Herning Sunday.

More:
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/national/2017-18/world-championship/stats/game-summary?gameid=2108

 

[skippy]

Canada's goals came from Pierre-Luc Dubois, Colton Parayko & Anthony Beauvilliers.

And Ryan O?Reilly

The Americans came away with leads throughout the game as Canada played catchup.

Canada was up 2-0

 

[hockeyfan1]

Other WMHC Friday results:

Team Russia whitewashed Team France 7-0; Team Sweden did away with Team Belarus 5-0; and...

...Team Denmark surprised Team Germany 3-2 in the shootout, no doubt sending Danish fans into a frenzy.  The Germans, Silver Medallists, were stymied by Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Fredrik Andersen, and Detroit Red Wings Frans Nielsen who scored the shoouout winner.

Story:
http://www.dw.com/en/ice-hockey-world-championship-germany-lose-to-denmark-in-opener/a-43662562

 

[hockeyfan1]

Preliminary Round:  Saturday May 5

Team Latvia vs Team Norway; Team Austria vs Team Switzerland; Team Belarus vs Team France; Team South Korea vs Team Finland; Team Czech Republic vs Team Slovakia; Team USA vs Team Denmark.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Saturday results:

Team Switzerland defeated Team Austria 3-2 in OT; Team France  over Team Belarus 6-2; Team Latvia beat Team Norway 3-2 in OT; Team Finland over Team South Korea 8-1; Czech Republic edged Team Slovakia 3-2 in OT; and Team USA shut out Team Denmark 4-0.


https://www.new-iihf.com/en/events/2018/wm/

 

[hockeyfan1]

Preliminary Round:  Sunday May 6

Team Canada vs Team South Korea; Team Russia vs Team Austria; Team Czech Republic vs Team Sweden; Team Norway vs Team Germany; Team Switzerland vs Team Slovakia; and Team Finland vs Team Latvia.

Check it out here:
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/national/2017-18/world-championship/stats/schedule

 

[hockeyfan1]

Team Canada obliterated Team South Korea 10-0.  The Canadians outshot the Koreans 50-25. 

Toronto Maple Leafs' goaltender for Team Canada Curtis McElhinney shut the door on Team Korea, not that it was difficult, but he played well nevertheless.


https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/national/2017-18/world-championship/stats/game-summary?gameid=2118

 

[herman]

McElhinney vs Andersen coming up.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Kapanen started the tournament on Finland's top line with Mikael Granlund and Mikko Rantanen. Kappy played on the left-wing/his off-wing.

He only has 1 goal in 2 games though, while Finland has scored 16 total goals beating up Korea and Latvia.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Other Sunday  results:

Team Russia shut out Team Austria 7-0;  Team Sweden defeated Team Czech Republic 3-2; Team Norway stunned Team Germany 4-3 in the shootout; Team Switzerland over Team Slovakia 2-0; and Team Finland beat Team Latvia 8-0.

Check it here:
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/national/2017-18/world-championship/stats/schedule

 

[hockeyfan1]

Preliminary Round  Monday May 7

Team Canada vs Team Denmark; Team Feance vs Team Sweden; Team Russia vs Team Belarus; and Team Germany vs Team USA.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/993515855848919040