Hockey Canada announced Tuesday the 22 players who will play for Canadas National Mens Team at the 2012 Deutschland Cup, Nov. 9-11 in Munich, Germany. The roster features the second leading scorers in the Deutsche Elite Liga (Yanick Lehoux) and the Finnish SM-Liiga (Stephen Dixon), as well as six former members of Canadas National Junior Team.
Canada last participated in the Deutschland Cup in 2010, finishing third. The National Mens Team has taken part in the tournament on 15 occasions (1992-2006, 2008, 2010), winning gold four times (2000, 2002, 2005, 2008).
In addition, it was announced that Rich Chernomaz (Port Alberni, B.C../ Ingolstadt, DEL) will serve as head coach of Canadas National Mens Team at the 2012 Deutschland Cup, joined behind the bench by assistant coaches Fred Brathwaite (Ottawa, Ont.) and Doug Mason (Sudbury, Ont./ Iserlohn, DEL).
Chernomaz returns as head coach after leading Canada to the gold medal at the 2008 Deutschland Cup; he was an assistant coach under Mark Messier at the 2010 tournament.
Canadas roster for the 2012 Deutschland Cup was assembled by Hockey Canadas vice-president of national teams and hockey operations, Brad Pascall, in collaboration with Chernomaz. It includes a number of players with international experience at various levels, including six players who have played for Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship (Mark Bell, Shawn Belle, Dustin Boyd, Nigel Dawes, Stephen Dixon, Matt Pettinger), who combined for four gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals.
The roster is comprised of Canadian players in European professional leagues, including 16 from Germanys Deutsche Eishockey Liga, two from the Elitserien in Sweden, two from the Kontinental Hockey League, and one each from the Eishockey Liga in Austria and the SM-Liiga in Finland.
In assembling the roster over the past month, Hockey Canada did not invite any locked out NHL players, due to the uncertainty of their availability.
TEAM CANADA SCHEDULE AT THE 2012 DEUTSCHLAND CUP
Friday, Nov. 9
Canada vs. Germany
7:45 p.m. LOCAL/1:45 p.m. ET
Munich, GER
Saturday, Nov. 10
Canada vs. Slovakia
7:45 p.m. LOCAL/ 1:45 p.m. ET
Munich, GER
Sunday, Nov. 11
Canada vs. Switzerland
1 p.m. LOCAL/7 a.m. ET
Munich, GER
Canadas National Mens Team will take part in two events during the 2012-13 season: the 2012 Deutschland Cup and 2012 Spengler Cup. Canadas roster for the 2012 Spengler Cup, which takes place Dec. 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland, will be announced in mid-December.
TEAM CANADA ROSTER 2012 DEUTSCHLAND CUP
Goaltender/Gardien de but
30 Tyler Weiman L/G 511 192 06/05/84 Saskatoon, Sask. Nrnberg (GER)
31 Sbastien Caron L/G 61 172 06/25/80 Amqui, Que./Qc Iserlohn (GER)
Defence/Dfense
2 Mathieu Roy R/D 62 209 08/10/83 St-Georges-de-Beauce, Que./Qc Hamburg (GER)
4 Shawn Belle L/G 63 231 01/03/85 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. Mannheim (GER)
5 Brett Festerling L/G 61 209 03/03/86 Quesnel, B.C./C.-B. Nrnberg (GER)
8 Chris Lee L/G 60 185 10/03/80 MacTier, Ont. Frjestad (SWE)
15 Marc-Anthony Zanetti L/G 60 201 05/20/91 Richmond Hill, Ont. Dsseldorfer (GER)
21 Mark Katic L/G 510 181 05/09/89 Porcupine, Ont. Berlin (GER)
25 Kyle Cumiskey L/G 510 185 12/02/86 Abbotsford, B.C./C.-B. MODO (SWE)
28 Richie Regehr R/D 60 196 01/17/83 Rosthern, Sask. MODO (SWE)
Forwards/Avants
6 Karl Stewart L/G 511 185 06/30/83 Toronto, Ont. Straubing (GER)
9 Nigel Dawes L/G 58 179 02/09/85 Winnipeg, Man. Astana (KHL)
11 Yanick Lehoux L/G 61 201 04/08/82 Montreal, Que./Qc Mannheim (GER)
12 Julian Talbot L/G 511 179 03/24/85 Wahnapitae, Ont. Berlin (GER)
14 Norm Milley R/D 60 192 02/14/80 Toronto, Ont. Wolfsburg (GER)
17 Dustin Boyd L/G 60 187 07/16/86 Winnipeg, Man. Astana (KHL)
18 Matt Pettinger L/G 61 205 10/22/80 Victoria, B.C./C.-B. Hamburg (GER)
20 Connor James R/D 510 176 08/25/82 Calgary, Alta./Alb. Nrnberg (GER)
22 Mark Bell L/G 64 220 08/05/80 St. Pauls, Ont. Iserlohn (GER)
24 Carsen Germyn R/D 510 185 02/22/82 Campbell River, B.C./C.-B. Straubing (GER)
27 Adam Mitchell R/D 510 187 12/04/82 Port Elgin, Ont. Mannheim (GER)
29 Stephen Dixon L/G 511 203 09/07/85 Halifax, NS sst (FIN)
Staff/Personnel
Vice-President, Hockey Operations/National Teams / Vice-prsident, activits hockey/quipes nationales Brad Pascall Coquitlam, B.C./C.-B. Hockey Canada
Manager, Hockey Operations/National Teams / Responsable, activits hockey/ quipes nationales Derek Blais Debden, Sask. Hockey Canada
Head Coach / Entraneur-chef Rich Chernomaz Port Alberni, B.C./C.-B. Ingolstadt (GER)
Assistant Coach / Entraneur adjoint Doug Mason Sudbury, Ont. Iserlohn (GER)
Assistant Coach / Entraneur adjoint Fred Brathwaite Ottawa, Ont. Hockey Canada
Manager, Video / Responsable, vido Andrew Brewer Fredericton, N.B./N.-B. Hockey Canada
Equipment Manager / Responsable de lquipement Robin McDonald Didsbury, Alta./Alb. Hockey Canada
Team Physician / Mdecin dquipe Dr. Jim Thorne Calgary, Alta./Alb. Hockey Canada
Therapist / Thrapeute Kent Kobelka Revelstoke, B.C./C.-B, Hockey Canada
For more information:
Brad Pascall Vice-President, Hockey Operations