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CALGARY, Alta. – With the Channel One Cup set to get underway on Wednesday, Hockey Canada has announced the 26 players selected to wear the Maple Leaf with Canada’s National Men’s Team in Moscow, Russia.
Three goaltenders, nine defencemen and 14 forwards were selected by general manager Shane Doan (Halkirk, Alta./Arizona, NHL), assistant general manager Blair Mackasey (Montreal, Que.) and Tyler Dietrich (West Vancouver, B.C.), senior manager of hockey operations with Hockey Canada. Head coach Claude Julien (Orleans, Ont.) and Scott Salmond (Creston, B.C.), senior vice-president of hockey operations, also provided input.
The roster features two players who represented Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship (Pogge, 2006; Gormley, 2012), one who played at the IIHF World Championship (Demers, 2017) and three players who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games (Genoway, O’Dell, Robinson).
“We are excited to unveil the 26 players that have been named to Canada’s National Men’s Team for the 2021 Channel One Cup as part of the ongoing preparations for Beijing,” said Doan. “This roster combines professional and international experience with young talent and veteran leadership, and we look forward to many of these players wearing the Team Canada jersey for the first time and competing in this prestigious tournament in Moscow.”
With the departure of assistant coaches Bruce Boudreau and Scott Walker, who were hired by the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks on Dec. 6, Doan and Dietrich will join Julien behind the bench as assistant coaches.
Doan appeared in over 1,500 NHL games and suited up for Canada in the 2006 Olympics and multiple world championships. He has extensive experience in the front office, both professionally and internationally, working with coaching staffs in the Western Hockey League and National Hockey League, and at the international level….