Hockey World Cup Final Rosters: Canada, USA, North America, Europe

Hockey World Cup (World Cup of Hockey) Final Rosters: Team Canada, Team USA, Team North America, Team Europe Revealed

Hockey World Cup (World Cup of Hockey) final rosters were set to be revealed on Friday. Finland, Sweden, Russia, and the Czech’s made their final announcements earlier (linked here).

The final four teams were scheduled to name their final seven players this evening. Team Canada, Team USA, Team North America, and Team Europe are now set, and with that, all eight teams have been named.

Being held in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre, the Hockey World Cup (World Cup of Hockey) is set to kick off on September 17th.

Below are the final rosters for Canada, USA, North America, and Europe (rosters are courtesy of NHL.com):

Hockey World Cup (World Cup of Hockey) Final Rosters Announced: Canada, USA, North America, Europe

Team Canada

Forwards:

Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars; Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins; Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Kings; Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins; Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche; Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks; Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers; Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins; Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars; Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning; John Tavares, New York Islanders; Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks; Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks

Defensemen:

Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks; Jake Muzzin, Los Angeles Kings; Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues; Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Sharks; Shea Weber, Nashville Predators

Goaltenders:

Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks; Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals; Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens

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You had to know more surprises were coming after Team Canada named Jeff Carter to its preliminary roster.

They followed it up with another Kings player, this time defender Jake Muzzin. He’s a solid NHL blueliner, but there’s a reason no one projected him – there’s a handful of better defenders.

This is the problem when it comes to Team Canada. When such a high percentage of NHL players are Canadian, there’s simply too much to choose from.

So every now and then, you get one of these. Remember how deserving Rob Zamuner was of an Olympic roster spot and two World Championships between 1996 and 1997 because of one breakout season? Sense the sarcasm?

Team North America

Forwards:

Sean Couturier, Philadelphia Flyers; Jonathan Drouin, Tampa Bay Lightning; Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres; Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames; Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings; Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche; Auston Matthews, Zurich (SUI); Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers; J.T. Miller, New York Rangers; Sean Monahan, Calgary Flames; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers; Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets; Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets

Defense:

Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers; Shayne Gostisbehere, Philadelphia Flyers; Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets; Ryan Murray, Columbus Blue Jackets; Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues; Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs; Jacob Trouba, Winnipeg Jets

Goalies:

John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks; Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets; Matt Murray, Pittsburgh Penguins

Round of applause to Peter Chiarelli and company; it’s difficult to argue with a single selection. A few key late additions include Mark Scheifele who seemed as though he took offence to not being named on the preliminary roster, because he went off in a big way through March/April.

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Projected top pick who will very likely be playing the WCOH in his future home arena, Auston Matthews will give fans in Leafs nation an early look at their future no.1 center.

They called me crazy keeping Jonathan Drouin on my projected rosters after the debacle that went down this past season. We knew he had elite talent, and he proved it during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Additions of Gostisbehere and Parayko on the back end are perfect choices. The pair play very different styles, but were each supremely effective in year one as rookies.

Team USA

Forwards:

Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings; David Backes, St. Louis Blues; Ryan Callahan, Tampa Bay Lightning; Brandon Dubinsky, Columbus Blue Jackets; Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks; Ryan Kesler, Anaheim Ducks; T.J. Oshie, Washington Capitals; Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens; Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild; Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks; Derek Stepan, New York Rangers; James van Riemsdyk, Toronto Maple Leafs; Blake Wheeler, Winnipeg Jets

Defensemen:

Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets; John Carlson, Washington Capitals; Erik Johnson, Colorado Avalanche; Jack Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets; Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers; Matt Niskanen, Washington Capitals; Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild

Goalies:

Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning; Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings; Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils

The Americans have chosen to go with a roster full of veterans with international experience for USA Hockey.

Not among those names for yet a second time (after his preliminary snub) is Pittsburgh’s Phil Kessel. Apparently management is looking for more multi-dimensional players opposed to one trick ponies.

You could make an argument that Jack Johnson is also undeserving. An overrated offensive defenseman, there’s a reason why his plus/minus since he entered the league is by far worse than anyone else.

Team Europe

Forwards:

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Philadelphia Flyers (France); Mikkel Boedker, Colorado Avalanche (Denmark); Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers (Germany); Marian Gaborik, Los Angeles Kings (Slovakia); Jannik Hansen, Vancouver Canucks (Denmark); Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks (Slovakia); Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings (Slovenia); Nino Niederreiter, Minnesota Wild (Switzerland); Frans Nielsen, New York Islanders (Denmark); Tobias Rieder, Arizona Coyotes (Germany); Tomas Tatar, Detroit Red Wings (Slovakia); Thomas Vanek, Minnesota Wild (Austria); Mats Zuccarello, New York Rangers (Norway)

Defensemen:

Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins (Slovakia); Christian Ehrhoff, Chicago Blackhawks (Germany); Roman Josi, Nashville Predators (Switzerland); Dennis Seidenberg, Boston Bruins (Germany); Andrej Sekera, Edmonton Oilers (Slovakia); Luca Sbisa, Vancouver Canucks (Switzerland); Mark Streit, Philadelphia Flyers (Switzerland)

Goalies:

Frederik Andersen, Anaheim Ducks (Denmark); Thomas Greiss, New York Islanders (Germany); Jaroslav Halak, New York Islanders (Slovakia)

Nearly perfection on our projection for Team Europe. We only missed Jannik Hansen on the preliminary announcement, and we had Antoine Roussel opposed to Thomas Vanek who disappeared in 2015-16.

This could be an interesting team to watch for the chemistry alone. Never before have several countries been thrown together, so it’ll be interesting to see how they come together in a short period of time.

The big question for Team Europe is who starts between the pipes?

Next: WCOH Final Rosters: Sweden, Finland, Russia, Czech Republic

Now that all eight teams have been revealed and you’ve heard our reaction, let’s hear what you think.

Is there any inclusion/exclusions that surprised you? Which teams would you deem the early favorites heading into the Hockey World Cup (World Cup of Hockey)?

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