Byfield, Dach lead Canada World Junior Championship roster
No. 2 pick by Kings, Blackhawks forward among six returning players by Adam Kimelman @NHLAdamK / NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor
Quinton Byfield, selected by the Los Angeles Kings with the No. 2 pick of the 2020 NHL Draft, is one of six players returning for Canada at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.
The forward, who was named to the final 25-player roster announced Friday, had one assist in seven games when Canada won the 2020 World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic. Canada defeated Russia 4-3 in the final. Last year was a good experience and I got to experience a lot of the older guys and how they prepare themselves and what it really takes to win a gold medal, Byfield said during selection camp. Hopefully me, along with a couple o
TSN Hockey Reporter Mark Masters reports on the World Junior Hockey Championship. Team Canada practised on Friday at the Westerner Park Centrium in Red Deer, Alta.
Kamloops Blazers forward Connor Zary woke up early on Friday morning. It was hard to sleep knowing Hockey Canada s final cuts were looming. Then he he heard a knock at the door. All the coaching staff and management was outside and Bear [head coach Andre Tourigny] handed me his phone right away and it was my family and I knew, the Calgary Flames 2020 first round pick said. But when they said those words, that I was going to be part of this team, just, the emotion going through my head and through their faces . that was special.
RED DEER, ALTA. Host Canada released seven players Thursday and named its three goaltenders for the upcoming world junior men s hockey championship. The departure of goalie Brett Brochu and Tristan Lennox leaves Dylan Garland, Taylor Gauthier and Devon Levi as Canada s three goaltenders for the international under-20 tournament. Hockey Canada also released five forwards to get the number of players at selection camp in Red Deer, Alta., down to 34. World junior rosters are 22 skaters and three goalies. Canada was to play a second intrasquad game in as many days Thursday. Forwards Adam Beckman, Tyson Foerster, Hendrix Lapierre, Cole Schwindt and Shane Wright were released Thursday.
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