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12/31 11:57 CST Celebrini joins McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby on Team Canada's
Olympic hockey roster
Celebrini joins McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby on Team Canada's Olympic hockey
roster
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) --- Macklin Celebrini, the 19-year-old star for the San
Jose Sharks, is going to the Winter Olympics.
Celebrini was among 19 players named to Canada's 25-player men's hockey roster
Wednesday ahead of the NHL's return to the Olympics in Milan, Italy, in
February.
Celebrini, who is third in league scoring behind fellow Canadians Connor
McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers and Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche,
is one of six additions to the group that won the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament
last February. Other newcomers at forward: Nick Suzuki of the Montreal
Canadiens, Bo Horvat of the New York Islanders and Tom Wilson of the Washington
Capitals.
Canada, which plays its first game at the Olympics on Feb. 12 against Czechia,
is keeping its 4 Nations defense corps intact, but is switching out two of the
three goaltenders, with Washington's Logan Thompson and Darcy Kuemper of the
Los Angeles Kings joining Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues. They
replace Adin Hill of the Vegas Golden Knights and Montreal's Sam Montembeault.
The 4 Nations forwards who did not make the Olympic team:: Sam Bennett of the
Florida Panthers, Travis Konecny of the Philadelphia Flyers and Seth Jarvis of
the Carolina Hurricanes.
McDavid, MacKinnon, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, Colorado
defenseman Cale Makar, Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point and Florida
winger Sam Reinhart were named to the Olympic roster in June.
They will be joined by returning forwards Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay), Brandon
Hagel (Tampa Bay), Brad Marchand (Florida), Mitch Marner (Vegas) and Mark Stone
(Vegas). The blue line led by Makar includes Drew Doughty (Los Angeles), Thomas
Harley (Dallas), Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg), Colton Parayko (St. Louis), Travis
Sanheim (Philadelphia), Shea Theodore (Vegas) and Devon Toews (Colorado).
The 38-year-old Crosby and 36-year-old Doughty are the only players with past
Olympic experience.
Some notable omissions include Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, who is
currently out with an upper-body injury, and Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele.
Washington defenseman Jacob Chychrun and New York Islanders rookie Matthew
Schaefer were also left out.
The NHL is returning to the Olympics for the first time since 2014.
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