International hockey

[Per]

The 2025 IIHF World Championship will be held in Stockholm (Sweden) and Herning (Denmark) between May 9th and May 25th.
It will not be the same level of compete that we saw in the Four Nations thingy earlier this year, but should still provide some reasonably entertaining hockey. Sure, the roundrobin features some weak teams, but once you reach the elimination stage things tend to heat up a bit.

I have tickets for the two quarterfinals that will be held in Stockholm at the Avicii Arena, previously known as the Stockholm Globe Arena.

Official site: https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm

Grupp A – (Stockholm - Avicii Arena)
Sweden
Canada
Finland
Austria
France
Latvia
Slovakia
Slovenia

Grupp B – (Herning - Jyske Bank Boxen)
USA
Czechia
Switzerland
Germany
Hungary
Denmark
Norway
Kazakhstan

[Per]

These are the NHL-players that have been confirmed so far, including four three Canucks:

SWEDEN
Arvid Söderblom, G, Chicago Blackhawks
Samuel Ersson, G, Philadelphia Flyers
Simon Edvinsson, D, Detroit Red Wings
Adam Larsson, D, Seattle Kraken
Rasmus Andersson, D, Calgary Flames
Marcus Pettersson, D, Vancouver Canucks
William Eklund, FW, San Jose Sharks
Alexander Wennberg, FW, San Jose Sharks
Filip Forsberg, FW, Nashville Predators
Isac Lundeström, FW, Anaheim Ducks
Mikael Backlund, FW, Calgary Flames
Elias Lindholm, FW, Boston Bruins
Mika Zibanejad, FW, New York Rangers
Leo Carlsson, FW, Anaheim Ducks

FINLAND
Juuse Saros, G, Nashville Predators
Justus Annunen, G, Nashville Predators
Eeli Tolvanen, FW, Seattle Kraken
Teuvo Teräväinen, FW, Chicago Blackhawks
Juuso Pärssinen, FW, New York Rangers

CANADA
Travis Sanheim, D, Philadelphia Flyers
Zayne Parekh, D, Calgary Flames (training camp)
MacKenzie Weegar, D, Calgary Flames
Travis Konecny, FW, Philadelphia Flyers
Macklin Celebrini, fw, San Jose Sharks

CZECHIA
Dan Vladar, G, Calgary Flames
Karel Vejmelka, G, Utah Hockey Club
Filip Hronek, D, Vancouver Canucks
Jakub Lauko, FW, Boston Bruins
David Pastrnak, FW, Boston Bruins

USA
Jeremy Swayman, G, Boston Bruins
Andrew Peeke, D, Boston Bruins
Mason Lohrei, D, Boston Bruins
Jackson LaCombe, D, Anaheim Ducks
Alex Vlasic, D, Chicago Blackhawks
Michael Kesselring, D, Utah Hockey Club
Brady Skjei, D, Nashville Predators
Tage Thompson, FW, Buffalo Sabres
Conor Garland, FW, Vancouver Canucks
Matt Coronato, FW, Calgary Flames
Matthew Beniers, FW, Seattle Kraken
Cutter Gauthier, FW, Anaheim Ducks
Logan Cooley, FW, Anaheim Ducks
Clayton Keller, FW, Utah Hockey Club
Frank Nazar, FW, Chicago Blackhawks
Michael McCarron, FW, Vancouver Canucks Nashville Predators

GERMANY
Philipp Grubauer, G, Seattle Kraken
Moritz Seider, D, Detroit Red Wings
Lukas Reichel, FW, Chicago Blackhawks

[Cousin Strawberry]

Michael McCarron isn't a canuck

[Per]

Michael McCarron isn't a canuck

Yeah, I was surprised. The name didn't ring any bells. I figured it might be some trade I'd missed and that he was assigned to Abbotsford.
According to eliteprospects.com he's a predator. I just copied the list from a hockey site, but I'll fix it.

[Per]

Both Sydney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon have decided to join Team Canada for the World Championships in Stockholm.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/633358 ... ed_article

This should be a pretty good tournament!

Sweden has added Jacob Markström in goal.
They had to turn Ullmark down, because with Markström we already have three goalies.