Oilers captain McDavid headlines Canada’s world championship roster

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“We have a mix of youth, experience and strong leadership qualities among these players as they have represented Canada on the international stage previously from the world juniors up to last year’s championship,” said co-general manager Sean Burke. “Their previous success and experience can only help us in our ultimate goal of bringing home a gold medal.”

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Darcy Kuemper of the Arizona Coyotes was the lone goaltender named to the initial roster.

Four St. Louis defencemen were named to the roster — Ekblad, Vince Dunn, Joel Edmundson and Colton Parayko. Thomas Chabot of the Ottawa Senators, Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse and Ryan Pulock of the Islanders round out the blue line. 

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will join Oilers teammate McDavid among the forwards. Eberle, Mathew Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier of the Islanders, Vancouver’s Bo Horvat, Schenn and Jaden Schwartz of St. Louis, O’Reilly and Ottawa’s Jean-Gabriel Pageau were the others.

Canada has won gold at two of the last three world championships, going undefeated during the 2015 tournament in the Czech Republic and shutting out Finland in the gold-medal game in 2016 in Russia. Canada captured silver last year, falling to Sweden in the gold-medal game in Cologne, Germany.

The Canadian Press