Canada names Ivan Hlinka roster

07 Aug 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist

Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League,announced Monday the 22 players who will play for Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2012 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament, Aug. 13-18 in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia.

- Hockey Canada / Eurohockey.com

The Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament is, except for the World U18 Championship, the most prestigious tournament for U18 national teams. Canada has won the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament four consecutive years. It will play in Group B in Piestany with Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland. Group A, which consists of Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic and the United States, will play out of Breclav.

Canada will face Czech Republic in a pre-tournament game in Piestany on Saturday, Aug. 11 before opening the tournament against Switzerland on Monday, Aug. 13. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals on Friday, Aug. 17, with the gold medal game scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 18.

Canadian roster:
1 G Eric Comrie
31 G Zachary Fucale
4 D Chris Bigras
3 D Madison Bowey
8 D Kayle Doetzel
7 D Josh Morrissey
2 D Darnell Nurse
14 D Jordan Subban
5 D Shea Theodore
9 F Max Domi
28 F Jonathan Drouin
10 F Anthony Duclair
21 F Jérémy Grégoire
19 F Bo Horvat
18 F Morgan Klimchuk
17 F Ryan Kujawinski
11 F Yan-Pavel Laplante
27 F Curtis Lazar
22 F Nathan MacKinnon
15 F Nic Petan
23 F Sam Reinhart
20 F Nick Ritchie