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# Team Canada has announced their preliminary roster for the World Championships
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/team-canada-has-announced-their-preliminary-roster-for-the-2018-iihf-world-championships/
- Published: 2018-04-12T20:46:56.000Z
- Updated: 2018-04-12T20:46:56.000Z
- Description: With the NHL regular season over, they have selected a top-notch set of players to build around.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: IIHF World Championships, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

Earlier this week, Hockey Canada announced that Bill Peters of the Carolina Hurricanes will be the head coach for Team Canada at this year’s IIHF World Championships in Denmark. The tournament begins on May 4\. Mike Yeo of the St. Louis Blues and Bob Boughner of the Florida Panthers will be his assistants.

Today they announced the start of their roster. With some spaces left optional for additions from early playoff exits, the roster looks like this:

### Forwards

Connor McDavid  
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins  
Jordan Eberle  
Mathew Barzal  
Ryan O’Reilly  
Bo Horvat  
Anthony Beauvillier  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau  
Brayden Schenn  
Jaden Schwartz  

### Defenders

Aaron Ekblad  
Ryan Pulock  
Thomas Chabot  
Vince Dunn  
Joel Edmundson  
Darnell Nurse  
Colton Parayko  

### Goaltenders

Darcy Kuemper