Celebrini, Konecny among first 15 players named by Hockey Canada for world championship

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Philadelphia Flyers starring scorer Travis Konecny and rising stars Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks and Adam Fantilli of the Columbus Blue Jackets were among the 15 players named connected Thursday to Canada's roster for the upcoming satellite hockey championship.

Veterans Konecny, Sanheim were besides portion of Canada's 4 Nations Face-Off roster

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 01, 2025 6:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

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Philadelphia Flyers starring scorer Travis Konecny, Calgary Flames defenceman MacKenzie Weegar and rising stars Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks and Adam Fantilli of the Columbus Blue Jackets were among the 15 players named connected Thursday to Canada's roster for the upcoming satellite hockey championship.

Veteran forwards Bo Horvat of the New York Islanders, Ryan O'Reilly of the Nashville Predators, and Flyers defenceman Travis Sanheim were besides among the archetypal players announced for the event, which starts May 9 successful Herning, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden.

Konecny, Fantilli, Horvat, O'Reilly, Sanheim and Weegar are among 8 players connected the preliminary roster who person represented Canada astatine the satellite title before, on with Columbus guardant Kent Johnson and Seattle defenceman Brandon Montour.

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Sanheim and Konecny were besides portion of Canada's title squad astatine the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off.

Dylan Garand of the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack is the lone goaltender connected the archetypal roster. Barrett Hayton (Utah), Will Cuylle (New York Rangers) and Tyson Foerster (Philadelphia) are the different forwards, portion Noah Dobson (New York Islanders) and Ryker Evans (Seattle) implicit the 5 defencemen.

Dean Evason named manager of Canada's squad for satellite hockey championship

Hockey Canada said successful a merchandise that the remainder of the roster volition beryllium filled retired pending the results of the NHL playoffs.

Canada's coaching staff, led by Columbus Blue Jackets caput manager Dean Evason, was announced Wednesday.

Canada opens its tourney May 10 against Slovenia successful Stockholm.

The Canadians finished 4th astatine past year's satellite title successful Czechia, 1 twelvemonth aft winning their grounds 28th golden medal successful Finland and Latvia.

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