Hockey Canada announced its final 25-man roster that will participate in the tournament taking place in Edmonton. While there are plenty of familiar names, Canada is lacking some of its true star power it had in December when the games originally were slated to take place.
Notable names that are not participating in the competition in August are forwards Cole Perfetti, Jake Neighbours, Dylan Guenther and Shane Wright, as well as defensemen Owen Power and Kaiden Guhle. All are either holding out in preparation for the upcoming NHL season, where they all have a chance at making their clubs out of camp, or dealing with injuries.
However, there are still talented players on the roster, including Connor Bedard, Mason McTavish, Kent Johnson and Sebastian Cossa, and Canada should once again be one of the best teams at the World Juniors.
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Here is a look at Team Canada’s roster for the 2022 World Juniors.
Team Canada 2022 World Juniors roster
With the final roster announced, barring any injuries/last-minute changes, there are nine changes to the personnel.
At the forward group, out are Perfetti, Wright, Neighbours, Guenther, Xavier Bourgault, Mavrik Bourque and Justin Sourdif. In their places are William Dufour, Tyson Foerster, Nathan Gaucher, Riley Kidney, Zack Ostapchuk, Brennan Othmann and Joshua Roy.
On the blue line, replacing Power and Guhle are Ethan Del Mastro and Jack Thompson. Daemon Hunt was on the original roster, but was forced to withdraw with injury and was replaced by Del Mastro.
All three goaltenders return from the December roster for Canada.
Forwards
Defensemen
Goalies
When do the 2022 World Juniors start?
Start date: Tuesday, Aug. 9 End date: Saturday, Aug. 20
After the tournament was canceled in December of 2021, the IIHF is trying again for the 2022 edition in August. It will start on Aug. 9 and run for 12 days to Aug. 20.
The group stage starts on Aug. 9 and will take place over the first seven days of the competition. The quarterfinals will all be on Aug. 17, the semifinals on Aug. 19 and the tournament will conclude with the bronze and gold medal games on Aug. 20.
How to watch Team Canada hockey games on TV, live stream
TV channel (Canada): TSN Live stream (Canada): TSN. ca, TSN app TV channel (U. S. ): NHL Network Live stream (U. S. ): fuboTV
TSN and the NHL Network will once again be home to all of the action for the 2022 World Juniors.
Canadian viewers can watch the competition on TSN, or can stream the games through TSN.ca or in the TSN app.
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The American audience can view the games live on TV on the NHL Network, or can stream it through fuboTV.
Canada World Juniors schedule 2022
The format for the 2022 World Junior Championship consists of two groups of five teams playing a preliminary round-robin to determine seeding, followed by a single-elimination tournament.
Canada drew into Group B as the top team, where they will face off against Finland, Czechia, Slovakia and Latvia.
(All times Eastern)
