Dubois will also strengthen the Canadians! Will he get his appetite back in Prague after an unsuccessful season?

Dubois will also strengthen the Canadians! Will he get his appetite back in Prague after an unsuccessful season? | Hokej.cz

Pierre-Luc Dubois | Photo: iihf.com

Canada’s ice hockey players will also be strengthened by forward Pierre-Luc Dubois at the upcoming world championship in the Czech Republic, for whom it will be the fourth WC in the last seven seasons.

The 25-year-old attacker completed the previously announced twenty-two-member nomination, which includes, among others, the eighteen-year-old megastar Connor Bedard from Chicago or the expected number one pick of this year’s draft, Macklin Celebrini, who is a year younger.

After moving from Winnipeg to Los Angeles, Pierre-Luc Dubois has one of the worst seasons in the NHL in terms of points. In 82 duels of the long-term part, he collected 40 points (16+24), in five playoff games he added a single shot in the black.

The third player in the 2016 draft and a participant in the 2018, 2019 and 2022 World Cups, where he won two silver medals, believes that he will lift his spirits in Prague and tune in for the next year – he is signed with the Kings until 2031.

The Maple Leafs have completed a preliminary match in Austria, where they won 5:1. They will face Hungary on Tuesday evening and kick off the tournament on Saturday against Great Britain.

Canada’s nomination for the WC in Prague and Ostrava

Goalkeepers:
Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues), Nico Daws (New Jersey Devils), Joel Hofer (St. Louis Blues).

Defenders:
Bowen Byram, Owen Power (both Buffalo Sabres), Kaiden Guhle (Montreal Canadiens), Jamie Oleksiak (Seattle Kraken), Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues), Damon Severson (Columbus Blue Jackets), Olen Zellweger (Anaheim Ducks).

Attackers:
Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks), Michael Bunting (Pittsburgh Penguins), Macklin Celebrini (Boston University, NCAA), Dylan Cozens (Buffalo Sabres), Pierre-Luc Dubois (Los Angeles Kings), Adam Fantilli (Columbus Blue Jackets), Ridley Greig (Ottawa Senators), Dylan Guenther, Jack McBain (both Arizona Coyotes), Andrew Mangiapane (Calgary Flames), Jared McCann, Brandon Tanev (both Seattle Kraken), Dawson Mercer (New Jersey Devils).