Team Canada continues search for hockey talent ahead of February Olympics
TORONTO — Team Canada coach Willie Desjardins had hoped to go to the Karjala Cup next week with a more settled roster to be able to do some team-building.
“But it just didn’t happen. There’s too many guys to look at,” he said in an interview
With NHL players unavailable this time round, Hockey Canada has had to start from the beginning in assembling a men’s team. The Karjala Cup is the latest opportunity for the Hockey Canada braintrust to review the talent at its disposal.
Ten new players including Bemidji State University defenceman Zach Whitecloud and Northeastern University forward Dylan Sikura, the first NCAA players to get an Olympic team audition, will be looking to impress ahead of the Winter Games in February in Pyeongchang.