{"id":133514,"date":"2024-12-05T07:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T00:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133514"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T00:54:04","slug":"nhl-unveils-full-rosters-for-4-nations-face-off-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133514","title":{"rendered":"NHL unveils full rosters for 4 Nations Face-Off tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/shilton_kristen.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporter<span class=\"timestamp \">Dec 4, 2024, 06:41 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 4 Nations Face-Off rosters will be packed with NHL star power and a few surprises.<\/p>\n<p>Full rosters for the league&#8217;s upcoming event were revealed Wednesday for Team USA, Canada, Sweden and Finland.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"dfef08c0-dde0-de14-4b8f-13ca40daef21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4024123\/auston-matthews\">Auston Matthews<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"ed367e20-c1e5-9528-425e-2e2e3285a1db\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3988803\/charlie-mcavoy\">Charlie McAvoy<\/a> and last season&#8217;s Norris Trophy recipient, <a data-player-guid=\"1c945598-5537-0cf5-99e5-32f1715bdc5f\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4320548\/quinn-hughes\">Quinn Hughes<\/a>, were among the names previously announced for Team USA. They&#8217;ll be joined now by a top-tier goaltending trio headed by reigning Vezina Trophy winner <a data-player-guid=\"feaf12c0-a98b-12a5-23d5-ffa780a14b84\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3020225\/connor-hellebuyck\">Connor Hellebuyck<\/a>, defensemen <a data-player-guid=\"ad53e654-f3fe-2102-d37b-1b8e1bbfb551\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3899972\/zach-werenski\">Zach Werenski<\/a> (currently third in points among NHL blueliners) and <a data-player-guid=\"0bd2a8d5-ff38-355a-865a-2ac83ddff35e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4697449\/brock-faber\">Brock Faber<\/a> (a 2024 Calder Trophy finalist) as well as forwards <a data-player-guid=\"d4c3125c-aa8f-bfb1-d818-2d409099f51f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3042083\/jake-guentzel\">Jake Guentzel<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"fed5ad3c-bfe3-b3a7-2bfb-bcaeda9f3f4a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3899952\/kyle-connor\">Kyle Connor<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"2cae8346-0534-7669-2348-729c387d8867\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4565233\/matt-boldy\">Matt Boldy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. team prioritized veteran presence with the addition of <a data-player-guid=\"01f315d6-b963-53d5-7e42-f4361afa2d0d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5833\/chris-kreider\">Chris Kreider<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"83199891-a397-4081-b4e3-2c7db9342185\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5798\/brock-nelson\">Brock Nelson<\/a> up front. And there will be a pair of brothers suiting up for their country in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4319858\">Brady <\/a>and <a data-player-guid=\"2253f50a-7d0f-f0c4-7345-d3da9d3fdf65\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4024854\/matthew-tkachuk\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>, and Quinn and <a data-player-guid=\"2f88918b-3298-ca4b-e0c1-7f045469143d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4565222\/jack-hughes\">Jack Hughes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One name left off the USA roster was <a data-player-guid=\"544b2d4d-146e-ac6d-95b0-6d4dfadaaca8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3067313\/anthony-stolarz\">Anthony Stolarz<\/a>, who has been one of the league&#8217;s best goaltenders this season for Toronto, with an 8-4-2 record, .924 save percentage and 2.23 goals against average. The U.S. instead went with <a data-player-guid=\"b78ca77d-0b31-4397-94a0-e73bf476af03\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4196914\/jake-oettinger\">Jake Oettinger<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"7965a045-dc71-3744-8110-96c1600dfff6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4712036\/jeremy-swayman\">Jeremy Swayman<\/a>, who is 7-9-2 with an .892 SV% and 3.09 GAA.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"8e2e22e8-01b6-8acb-8a50-47f4941b52c6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3895074\/connor-mcdavid\">Connor McDavid<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"785720c1-56ab-7e87-1d85-0c16c6f27960\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3041969\/nathan-mackinnon\">Nathan MacKinnon<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"706fa356-342c-1e1e-dce4-1bdd4d70a33f\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3114\/sidney-crosby\">Sidney Crosby<\/a> headline Canada&#8217;s core, and that roster&#8217;s forward group now also includes <a data-player-guid=\"1ebf6e18-9262-fd26-fa16-ff534d8b7a63\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3114722\/sam-reinhart\">Sam Reinhart<\/a> (currently seventh in NHL points) and <a data-player-guid=\"7abcd6a1-150b-8797-bc35-db51cfe8939b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3899937\/mitch-marner\">Mitch Marner<\/a> (11th). Reinhart&#8217;s Florida Panthers&#8217; teammate <a data-player-guid=\"acd07ff4-2586-c6de-ae2d-07a9908cd9cb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3114732\/sam-bennett\">Sam Bennett<\/a> and 22-year-old <a data-player-guid=\"01f3776e-2a12-35e2-bdec-9cccabe71701\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4697396\/seth-jarvis\">Seth Jarvis<\/a> were unexpected inclusions for the Canadians and will bring some physicality and center depth, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Canada tapped <a data-player-guid=\"c7984f84-f275-8a81-b23c-176a0a68eb73\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3114757\/travis-sanheim\">Travis Sanheim<\/a>, who is having a career-best NHL season, and <a data-player-guid=\"753bf917-3630-5588-6eb1-e1a989140254\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3069341\/colton-parayko\">Colton Parayko<\/a>, a solid stay-at-home defenseman, to join their blueline helmed by <a data-player-guid=\"b9a7136d-88d5-b885-9743-4b4fd4eb53d1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4233563\/cale-makar\">Cale Makar<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"f9589223-0cc6-e352-a09d-47f441cb7faf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3096249\/devon-toews\">Devon Toews<\/a>. Four <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"dd8e7d92-918d-4ec1-4e50-c328fc09467a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/vgk\/vegas-golden-knights\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> &#8212; defensemen <a data-player-guid=\"69897d40-36c6-8a74-ac19-5772d854f8fe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3042055\/shea-theodore\">Shea Theodore<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"c850d247-0bb0-7f4c-a424-7f2a724285cb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4013\/alex-pietrangelo\">Alex Pietrangelo<\/a>, forward <a data-player-guid=\"a47542b4-b6b4-2a7c-b394-a080931ee7ac\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5545\/mark-stone\">Mark Stone<\/a> and goalie <a data-player-guid=\"3567992b-2f51-dd8c-914e-f68c237befe3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3939714\/adin-hill\">Adin Hill<\/a> &#8212; are also in the mix for Canada.<\/p>\n<p>One netminder (and former Golden Knight) surprisingly not on Canada&#8217;s roster is <a data-player-guid=\"9a228bb1-a952-2dbc-3f17-56ef8faf950b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4272888\/logan-thompson\">Logan Thompson<\/a>. The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"cbe677ee-361e-91b4-5cae-6c4c30044743\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/wsh\/washington-capitals\">Washington Capitals<\/a> goalie has been dominant this season with a 10-1-2 record, .913 SV% and 2.52 GAA. Canada did include <a data-player-guid=\"3919cc6e-3453-a7b4-f63b-a2413c9f8737\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3942714\/sam-montembeault\">Sam Montembeault<\/a> (7-10-2, .901 SV%, 2.99 GAA).<\/p>\n<p>Sweden is going all-in on skill and speed up front with <a data-player-guid=\"7a9cfc92-e4f8-3185-b17d-0b3111a76fb4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4697385\/lucas-raymond\">Lucas Raymond<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"82d801a2-193c-3827-8822-1ebcd7d61dd2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5149153\/leo-carlsson\">Leo Carlsson<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"07712c18-6d03-981b-bde7-9ff9fd90b2a9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4233566\/elias-pettersson\">Elias Pettersson<\/a> joining veterans <a data-player-guid=\"f7054599-31be-43fb-d1c9-c2cd15ce9cba\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3114736\/william-nylander\">William Nylander<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"f5d7992b-2354-c15c-a899-0ef26e78018d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/2562637\/mika-zibanejad\">Mika Zibanejad<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"cd6f879c-9e5f-5ece-ca97-df1023cc0ce4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/2968772\/filip-forsberg\">Filip Forsberg<\/a>. The roster&#8217;s back end &#8212; anchored by <a data-player-guid=\"6a4f7ea0-fa3c-74b0-8ace-88ed16820441\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5157\/victor-hedman\">Victor Hedman<\/a> &#8212; has one of the game&#8217;s rising stars in <a data-player-guid=\"ed5bf127-88eb-aa19-1899-b618ec3c9abb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4294163\/rasmus-dahlin\">Rasmus Dahlin<\/a> as well as established Norris Trophy winner <a data-player-guid=\"0da33c2e-855f-35f5-eb50-4d8492be2977\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5164\/erik-karlsson\">Erik Karlsson<\/a>. Sweden did not include forward <a data-player-guid=\"01e12ae2-fa39-726c-85eb-dbb5ea455008\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/2562629\/rickard-rakell\">Rickard Rakell<\/a> on its bench despite the solid season he&#8217;s having (with 16 points in 28 games) for Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Finland has all the makings of a potential shutdown defense with <a data-player-guid=\"ea859950-cffc-74b5-c1eb-e8409d922b29\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4233536\/miro-heiskanen\">Miro Heiskanen<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"ada42ce6-e16f-7fa1-8fec-72f0abfe15b4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3069352\/esa-lindell\">Esa Lindell<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"7eeeba32-4a64-6ac0-3f3f-da482d026bc3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3041999\/rasmus-ristolainen\">Rasmus Ristolainen<\/a> suiting up. <a data-player-guid=\"a4c68008-1a67-be00-9cd1-71441f4820f8\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3899938\/mikko-rantanen\">Mikko Rantanen<\/a>, who is fifth in the NHL in scoring, leads the way up front with <a data-player-guid=\"6317d1c0-624f-90e8-967d-0330ef4ef85c\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3041970\/aleksander-barkov\">Aleksander Barkov<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"db519594-140e-f8db-e3f8-354a8e86b9da\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3904173\/sebastian-aho\">Sebastian Aho<\/a>. They&#8217;ll have riser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4565223\">Kaapo Kakko<\/a> and the newly healthy <a data-player-guid=\"b0653cc3-fc03-af52-a941-7368494980f5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4024820\/patrik-laine\">Patrik Laine<\/a> filling in their forward depth, and <a data-player-guid=\"346a82b8-d1c3-758f-53ff-1bf7287b88bb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3042109\/juuse-saros\">Juuse Saros<\/a> projects to be Finland&#8217;s top goaltender.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will take place from Feb. 12-20 at Boston&#8217;s TD Garden and Montreal&#8217;s Bell Centre. It will be a round-robin format in which each team plays three games, with the top two teams playing in a winner-take-all final.<\/p>\n<p>Teams will receive three points for a win in regulation, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss and zero points for a loss in regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is the betting favorite at +135, according to ESPN BET. The U.S. is the second choice at +190, with Sweden at +450 and Finland at +700. The Americans have taken an overwhelming share of bets (66%) and handle (57%) to win it all, with the other three nations equally splitting handle (14%) at the sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL hasn&#8217;t been involved in best-on-best hockey since the 2016 World Cup, where Canada was the +200 favorite (and eventual winner). Sweden checked in then at +500, the U.S. was +650 and Finland was +1400.<\/p>\n<p><em>ESPN&#8217;s Doug Greenberg contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/42782046\/nhl-unveils-full-rosters-4-nations-face-tournament\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterDec 4, 2024, 06:41 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. 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