U18 Worlds Preview: Canada vs. Switzerland
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has introduced the 22 gamers who will put on the Maple Leaf with Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team on the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship, April 20-30 in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland.
The roster, which incorporates three goaltenders, seven defencemen and 12 forwards, was chosen by Alan Millar (Tottenham, Ont.), director of participant personnel, and Benoit Roy (Sudbury, Ont.), senior supervisor of hockey operations, with help from Scott Salmond (Creston, B.C.), senior vice-president of hockey operations. Head coach Jeff Truitt (Rosetown, Sask./Prince Albert, WHL) and assistant coaches John Dean (Don Mills, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) and Bruce Richardson (Montréal, Que./Blainville-Boisbriand, QMJHL), in addition to goaltending guide Justin Pogge (Penticton, B.C./Wolfsburg, DEL), additionally supplied enter.
Among the 22 gamers are eight who received a gold medal with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (Allen, Barlow, Bjarnason, Cristall, Howe, Price, Ritchie, Wood) and three gamers who suited up for Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team on the 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship (Dragicevic, Howe, Wood). The roster additionally contains 4 gamers who performed on the 2022 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (Catton, Celebrini, D’Aigle, Martone).
“We are excited to unveil the 22 players who will wear the Maple Leaf at the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship, as we believe this group brings a lot of talent and experience from the Canadian Hockey League and international competition,” Millar stated. “We know this group is excited for the opportunity to compete for a gold medal represent Canada with pride in Switzerland.”
Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team will observe on the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich, Switzerland, April 12-16, previous to the beginning of the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship. It can even face off towards Finland on April 16 on the Sportzentrum Heuried in Zurich and Switzerland on April 17 at St. Jakob Arena in Basel as a part of its pre-tournament schedule.
Canada opens the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship towards Sweden on April 20 at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT. It can even tackle Germany on April 21, Slovakia on April 23 and Czechia on April 24 to spherical out the preliminary spherical earlier than the match wraps up with the bronze and gold medal video games on April 30. TSN and RDS, Hockey Canada’s official broadcast companions, will broadcast choose match video games, together with all Team Canada video games.
Since 2002, Canada has received 4 gold medals on the IIHF U18 World Championship (2003, 2008, 2013, 2021), along with one silver (2005) and three bronze (2012, 2014, 2015).
For extra info on the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship, please go to the official match web site at 2023.U18worlds.hockey.
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