Team Canada's roster for Worlds

[Jasmine]

Tournament will be held from May 1st to the 17th, in the Czech Republic(Prague/Ostrava). Here are the confirmed players on Canada's roster:

Forward

Sidney Crosby
Claude Giroux
Sean Couturier
Brayden Schenn
Jordan Eberle
Taylor Hall
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Jason Spezza
Tyler Seguin
Matt Duchene
Ryan O'Reilly
Nathan MacKinnon
Tyler Ennis
Tyler Toffoli

Defense

Tyson Barrie
Brent Burns
Aaron Ekblad
Jake Muzzin
David Savard

Goalies

Mike Smith
Martin Jones

[Josh]

Great roster. Really cool to see David Savard getting the recognition he deserves. Pretty big call for Ekblad too.

[Jasmine]

Patrick Wiercioch (Yay!!) and Dan Hamhius added to the roster

[Josh]

Wow, awesome that Wiercioch gets the nod :)

[Jasmine]

Apparently Methot was asked but refused, to have a minor surgery.

[Jasmine]

Canada won 6-1 this morning, against Latvia. Spezza has 2 goals and 1 helper. MacKinnon has 1 goal and 2 assists. Duchenes, Toffoli and Crosby (Penalty shot) have the other goals. Hamhius has 2 assists.

http://www.tsn.ca/video/must-see-crosby-scores-on-penalty-shot-1.272061

Smith made 16 saves.

[Alfie11]

I know Canada is usually terrible at this tournament, but they'll have to find a way to lose this time. This is the best roster they've sent in a very long time.

[Jasmine]

With 13 mins left to play in 2nd period, Canada is leading the Germans 6-0. Crosby, Hall (Eberle & Duchene) and Eakin(2 - unassisted on both)) scored in the 1st period. Hall (Duchene & Eberle) & Ekblad (Giroux & Wiercioch) have the goals in 2nd. 6 goals on 16 shots ..and the Germans do a goalie switch.

[Jasmine]

Make that 7-0 ... Giroux (Ennis & Savard)

[Jasmine]

Just about 7 mins to play in 3rd, score is now 10-0. Ennis (Giroux & Hamhius) & Hall (Hattrick goal from Duchene & Muzzin) scored in the second half on the 2nd period. Duchene scores on a penalty shot in 3rd.

[Jasmine]

Canada wins 6-3 against the Czech Republic

1st period

04:18	Canada	Goal - Jordan EBERLE (Aaron EKBLAD, Matt DUCHENE)
19:02	Canada	Goal - Taylor HALL (Jake MUZZIN, Jordan EBERLE)
19:22	Czech Republic	Goal - Martin ERAT (Jan KOVAR, Jaromir JAGR)

2nd period

15:45	Czech Republic	Goal - Martin ZATOVIC (Dominik SIMON, Jan KOLAR)
17:40	Canada	Goal - Sean COUTURIER

3rd period

02:02	Canada	PP Goal - Tyler SEGUIN (Taylor HALL, Tyson BARRIE)
10:06	Canada	PP Goal - Sidney CROSBY
17:35	Czech Republic	Goal - Vladimir SOBOTKA
18:30	Canada	Goal - Tyler TOFFOLI (Ryan OREILLY, Brent BURNS)

[Josh]

http://www.tsn.ca/video/canada-czech-republic-extended-highlights-1.275015

[Jasmine]

Canada was trailing Sweden 3-0 after the 1st period. Ekblad, Hall and Couturier scored in 2nd..then Sweden scored another before the end of 2nd. Wiercioch tied the game midway through the 3rd..Then Ennis got a PP goal..and Seguin an empty netter..

Final score 6-4

[Jasmine]

Team Canada reaches the gold medal game, played tomorrow, with a win over the Czech Republic, 2-0.

[Alfie11]

Good for Canada. Russia - Canada is a classic rivalry, and the best one in hockey, IMO.