Calgary, Alberta — McLean CelebriniA 19 year old star for san jose sharksGoing to the Winter Olympics.
Celebrini was one of 19 players named to Canada’s 25-player men’s hockey roster on Wednesday ahead of the NHL’s return at the Olympics in Milan, Italy in February.
Celebrini, who is third in league scoring behind fellow Canadians connor mcdavid of edmonton oilers And nathan mackinnon of colorado avalancheHe is one of six members of the group that won the 4-nation face-off tournament last February. Other newcomers ahead: nick suzuki of montreal canadiens, bo horvat of New York Islanders And Tom Wilson of washington capitals,
Canada, which plays its first game at the Olympics on Feb. 12 against Czechia, is retaining its Four Nations defensive core but with Washington out two of its three goaltenders. logan thompson And Darcy Kuemper of Los Angeles Kings join in Jordan Binnington of st louis bluesthey replace edin hill of vegas golden knights and montreal Sam Montembeault,
The 4 national forwards who did not make the Olympic team are Sam Bennett of Florida Panthers, travis konecny of philadelphia flyers And seth jarvis of carolina storm,
Mcdavid, mackinnon, pittsburgh penguins captain Sidney Crosbycolorado defenseman black capricorn, tampa bay lightning Center brayden point and florida winger Sam Reinhart Was named to the Olympic roster in June.
they will return and join the front Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay), Brandon Hagel (Tampa Bay), brad marchand (Florida), mitch marner (Vegas) and mark stone (Vegas). The blue line headed by Capricorn includes Drew Doughty (Los Angeles), thomas harley (Dallas), josh morrissey (Winnipeg), Colton Parayko (St. Louis), travis sanheim (Philadelphia), Shia Theodore (Vegas) and devon toews (Colorado).
Some notable omissions include chicago blackhawks Center conor bedardJoe is out with an upper body injury, and Winnipeg is ahead mark scheifelewashington defenseman jacob chicrun and islander newbie Matthew Schaefer were also abandoned.
The NHL is returning to the Olympics for the first time since 2014, with the only players on the roster with previous Olympic experience being 38-year-old Crosby and 36-year-old Doughty.
