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2016 World Cup of Hockey |OT| World Cashgrab of Who Cares - Sponsored by SAP

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The World Cup Returns to the Centre of the Hockey Universe this September

The 2016 World Cup of Hockey will feature eight teams competing for a best-on-best international hockey championship: The eight teams participating in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey are Team Canada, Team Czech Republic, Team Finland, Team Russia, Team Sweden, Team USA, Team Europe and Team North America. more than 150 of the best players in the NHL will participate in this tournament.​



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The Tournament Begins September 17, with Pre-Tournament Games Scheduled for September 8 to 14.

Pre-Tournament:

Thursday, September 8
Team Czech Republic vs. Team Russia - Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg
12:30 p.m. ET - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports

Team Sweden vs. Team Finland - Hartwall Arena; Helsinki
Noon ET/7 p.m. local - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports

Team Europe vs. Team North America - Videotron Centre; Quebec City
8 p.m. ET - ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Friday, September 9
Team Canada vs. Team USA - Nationwide Arena; Columbus
7 p.m. ET - ESPNU, SN, TVA Sports

Saturday, September 10
Team Finland vs. Team Sweden - Scandinavium; Gothenburg
Noon ET/6 p.m. local - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports

Team Russia vs. Team Czech Republic - O2 Arena; Prague
10:30 a.m. ET/4:30 p.m. local - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports

Team USA vs. Team Canada - Canadian Tire Centre; Ottawa
7 p.m. ET - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports

Sunday, September 11
Team Europe vs. Team North America - Bell Centre; Montreal
6 p.m. ET - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports

Tuesday, September 13
Team Finland vs. Team USA - Verizon Center; Washington, DC
7 p.m. ET - ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

Wednesday, September 14
Team Czech Republic vs. Team North America - CONSOL Energy Center; Pittsburgh
3:30 p.m. ET - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports

Team Canada vs. Team Russia - CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh
7:30 p.m. ET - ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Team Sweden vs. Team Europe - Verizon Center; Washington, DC
7 p.m. ET - ESPN3, SN, TVA Sports 2​

Tournament Schedule:

Preliminary Round (round robin) (away team listed first)

Saturday, Sept. 17

Team USA vs. Team Europe, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Team Czech Republic vs. Team Canada, 8 p.m., ESPNEWS, SN, TVA Sports

Sunday, Sept. 18

Team Sweden vs. Team Russia, 3 p.m., ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

Team North America vs. Team Finland, 8 p.m., ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Monday, Sept. 19

Team Europe vs. Team Czech Republic, 3 p.m., ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

Team Russia vs. Team North America, 8 p.m., ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Tuesday, Sept. 20

Team Finland vs. Team Sweden, 3 p.m., ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

Team Canada vs. Team USA, 8 p.m., ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

Wednesday, Sept. 21

Team North America vs. Team Sweden, 3 p.m., ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

Team Europe vs. Team Canada, 8 p.m., ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Thursday, Sept. 22

Team Finland vs. Team Russia, 3 p.m., ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

Team USA vs. Team Czech Republic, 8 p.m., ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Semifinals (single elimination; A1 vs. B2, B1 vs. A2)

Saturday, Sept. 24

Semifinal 1, 7 p.m., ESPN2, CBC, TVA Sports

Sunday, Sept. 25

Semifinal 2, 1 p.m., ESPN, CBC, TVA Sports

Final (best-of-three)

Tuesday, Sept. 27

Final Game 1, 8 p.m.,ESPN, CBC, TVA Sports

Thursday, Sept. 29

Final Game 2, 8 p.m., ESPN2, CBC, TVA Sports

Saturday, Oct. 1

Final Game 3, 7 p.m. (if necessary), ESPN2, CBC, TVA Sports​



TEAM CANADA

Forwards:

Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins; Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks; Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins; Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche; Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks; Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers; Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins; Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks; Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars; Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning; John Tavares, New York Islanders; Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks; Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks

Defensemen:

Jay Bouwmeester, St. Louis Blues; Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Jake Muzzin, Los Angeles Kings; Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues; Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Sharks; Shea Weber, Montreal Canadiens

Goaltenders:

Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks; Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals; Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens

TEAM NORTH AMERICA

Forwards:

Sean Couturier, Philadelphia Flyers; Jonathan Drouin, Tampa Bay Lightning; Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres; Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames; Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings; Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche; Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs; Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers; J.T. Miller, New York Rangers; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers; Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets; Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets; Vincent Trocheck, Florida Panthers

Defense:

Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers; Shayne Gostisbehere, Philadelphia Flyers; Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets; Ryan Murray, Columbus Blue Jackets; Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues; Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs; Jacob Trouba, Winnipeg Jets

Goalies:

John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks; Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets; Matt Murray, Pittsburgh Penguins

TEAM USA

Forwards:

Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings; David Backes, Boston Bruins; Brandon Dubinsky, Columbus Blue Jackets; Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks; Ryan Kesler, Anaheim Ducks; T.J. Oshie, Washington Capitals; Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens; Kyle Palmieri, New Jersey Devils; Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild; Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks; Derek Stepan, New York Rangers; James van Riemsdyk, Toronto Maple Leafs; Blake Wheeler, Winnipeg Jets

Defensemen:

Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets; John Carlson, Washington Capitals; Erik Johnson, Colorado Avalanche; Jack Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets; Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers; Matt Niskanen, Washington Capitals; Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild

Goalies:

Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning; Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings; Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils

TEAM EUROPE

Forwards:

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Philadelphia Flyers (France); Mikkel Boedker, Colorado Avalanche (Denmark); Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers (Germany); Marian Gaborik, Los Angeles Kings (Slovakia); Jannik Hansen, Vancouver Canucks (Denmark); Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks (Slovakia); Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings (Slovenia); Nino Niederreiter, Minnesota Wild (Switzerland); Frans Nielsen, Detroit Red Wings (Denmark); Tobias Rieder, Arizona Coyotes (Germany); Tomas Tatar, Detroit Red Wings (Slovakia); Thomas Vanek, Detroit Red Wings (Austria); Mats Zuccarello, New York Rangers (Norway)

Defensemen:

Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins (Slovakia); Christian Ehrhoff, UFA (Germany); Roman Josi, Nashville Predators (Switzerland); Luca Sbisa, Vancouver Canucks (Switzerland); Dennis Seidenberg, UFA (Germany); Andrej Sekera, Edmonton Oilers (Slovakia); Mark Streit, Philadelphia Flyers (Switzerland)

Goalies:

Thomas Greiss, New York Islanders (Germany); Philipp Grubauer, Washington Capitals (Germany); Jaroslav Halak, New York Islanders (Slovakia)

TEAM SWEDEN

Forwards:

Mikael Backlund, Calgary Flames; Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals; Loui Eriksson, Vancouver Canucks; Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators; Carl Hagelin, Pittsburgh Penguins; Patric Hornqvist, Pittsburgh Penguins; Marcus Kruger, Chicago Blackhawks; Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche; Rickard Rakell, Anaheim Ducks; Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks; Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks; Jakob Silfverberg, Anaheim Ducks; Carl Soderberg, Colorado Avalanche

Defensemen:

Mattias Ekholm, Nashville Predators; Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes; Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning; Niklas Hjalmarsson, Chicago Blackhawks; Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators; Hampus Lindholm, Anaheim Ducks; Anton Stralman, Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalies:

Jhonas Enroth, Toronto Maple Leafs; Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers; Jacob Markstrom, Vancouver Canucks

TEAM RUSSIA

Forwards:

Artem Anisimov, Chicago Blackhawks; Evgeny Dadonov, SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL); Pavel Datsyuk, SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL); Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning; Nikolay Kulemin, New York Islanders; Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals; Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins; Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Lightning; Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals; Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks; Vadim Shipachyov, SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL); Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues; Ivan Telegin, CSKA Moscow (KHL)

Defensemen:

Alexei Emelin, Montreal Canadiens; Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Panthers; Alexey Marchenko, Detroit Red Wings; Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens; Dmitry Orlov, Washington Capitals; Nikita Zaitsev, Toronto Maple Leafs

Goalies:

Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets; Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche; Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning

TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC

Forwards:

Michal Birner, Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL); Roman Cervenka, Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA), Radek Faksa, Dallas Stars; Michael Frolik, Calgary Flames; Martin Hanzal, Arizona Coyotes; Ales Hemsky, Dallas Stars; Dmitrij Jaskin, St. Louis Blues; Milan Michalek, Toronto Maple Leafs; Ondrej Palat, Tampa Bay Lightning; David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins; Tomas Plekanec, Montreal Canadiens; Vladimir Sobotka, Avangard Omsk (KHL); Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers

Defensemen:

Michal Jordan, UFA; Michal Kempny, Chicago Blackhawks; Tomas Kundratek, HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL); Zbynek Michalek, Arizona Coyotes; Jakub Nakladal, Calgary Flames; Roman Polak, San Jose Sharks; Andrej Sustr, Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalies:

Petr Mrazek, Detroit Red Wings; Michal Neuvirth, Philadelphia Flyers; Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg Jets

TEAM FINLAND

Forwards:

Sebastian Aho, Karpat (FIN); Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers; Joonas Donskoi, San Jose Sharks; Valtteri Filppula, Tampa Bay Lightning; Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild; Erik Haula, Minnesota Wild; Jussi Jokinen, Florida Panthers; Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild; Leo Komarov, Toronto Maple Leafs; Lauri Korpikoski, UFA; Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets; Jori Lehtera, St. Louis Blues; Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks

Defensemen:

Jyrki Jokipakka, Calgary Flames; Sami Lepisto, Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL); Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars; Olli Maatta, Pittsburgh Penguins; Ville Pokka, Chicago Blackhawks; Rasmus Ristolainen, Buffalo Sabres; Sami Vatanen, Anaheim Ducks

Goalies:

Mikko Koskinen, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL); Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins; Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators​

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zroid

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CreeperBlocks said:
I get the feeling this is going to be a glorified All Star Game. But I certainly hope not.
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I think the effort level will be somewhere on par with the world championships... so some players will care more than others. the actual hockey will be better just by virtue of the higher talent level.
 
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bigred50

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I just can't get excited for this. I'll probably tune into the odd game, but it just feels like an exhibition to me.

It's pretty pathetic to only have 6 countries competing.
 
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CreeperBlocks

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zroid said:
I think the effort level will be somewhere on par with the world championships... so some players will care more than others. the actual hockey will be better just by virtue of the higher talent level.
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I hope so.

bigred50 said:
I just can't get excited for this. I'll probably tune into the odd game, but it just feels like an exhibition to me.

It's pretty pathetic to only have 6 countries competing.
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Actually Europe is several different countries on one team.
 
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wandering goat

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I always like watching hockey and after the summer have to admit I'm looking forward to this. Going to watch all the North America and Canada games, most likely. Go team North AmeriCanada!
 
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okita

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I'm not used to watch Hockey but "World Cup" , only 8 teams , some of them don't even represent a country lol It's kinda sad
 
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BTW awesome job on the OT, Quick, as always.

Don't know why there's so much pessimism towards this, it won't be the Olympics, but it won't be the World Championship, actually competitive rosters are being iced. The NA team will probably surprise some guys and push other teams too.
 
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okita said:
I'm not used to watch Hockey but "World Cup" , only 8 teams , some of them don't even represent a country lol It's kinda sad
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TBH it's more of a NHL tournament than a International one. Do you really wanna watch Austria or Lativia get the asses kicked by Canada/USA 12-1?

This Tournament seems more fair than the IIHF one
 
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NexusGamer

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CreeperBlocks said:
TBH it's more of a NHL tournament than a International one. Do you really wanna watch Austria or Lativia get the asses kicked by Canada/USA 12-1?

This Tournament seems more fair than the IIHF one
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ok that explains it

because I was also gonna ask why this is held now and not over january as usual
 
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okita said:
I'm not used to watch Hockey but "World Cup" , only 8 teams , some of them don't even represent a country lol It's kinda sad
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While there are a ton of countries that have produced NHL talent, there are only a handful that have enough to compete at a high level.

Watching a Latvia vs Canada or Germany vs USA match would by abysmal. Combining many of the smaller Euro countries into one makes the most competitive sense.

Plus, this is basically a cashgrab and an excuse by the NHL owners to say their players get to compete in international hockey where they control everything and get money out of it, without sending them to the Olympics, where they get no revenue and risk their players getting hurt.
 
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CreeperBlocks said:
TBH it's more of a NHL tournament than a International one. Do you really wanna watch Austria or Lativia get the asses kicked by Canada/USA 12-1?

This Tournament seems more fair than the IIHF one
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I get your point, but seems hockey is not widespread as other sports are , they could use this world cup as an incentive to other countries to invest on the sport i guess
 
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CreeperBlocks

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okita said:
I get your point, but seems hockey is not widespread as other sports are , they could use this world cup as an incentive to other countries to invest on the sport i guess
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We might see a Asian team down the road I think. The KHL has expanded into China, they won their first two games. So that's very promising
 
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okita said:
I get your point, but seems hockey is not widespread as other sports are , they could use this world cup as an incentive to other countries to invest on the sport i guess
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I'm pretty sure this is a one-time thing. In 2020, it's going to be just national teams, with qualifying in 2019.
 
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zroid

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okita said:
I get your point, but seems hockey is not widespread as other sports are , they could use this world cup as an incentive to other countries to invest on the sport i guess
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the thing is there's already world championships every year which every country participates in (if they qualify). the only problem with that tournament is it's held during the NHL playoffs so a lot of the top players in the world don't show up. it's definitely a big deal in Europe though.
 
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Quick said:
Search inside yourself and cheer for Team North America.
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Which team has the best chance at destroying a hotel room? I'll root for them.
Damn people are shocked when I say the '96 final was one of my favorite sporting events to watch. Now they will laugh and point at me.
 
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Sheroking

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All I know is that Team North America has Connor McDavid, therefore I cheer for Team North America.

Red_Man said:
Definitely the team made of teenagers and 20 year olds. McDavid might even have more than 1 root beer.
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Are you INSANE?!

He might have one or two cans V1 vegetable juice, but Root Beer? What kind of party do you think they're going to throw?
 
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