No huge surprises this morning, as Hockey Canada announced the final 22 player roster for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships. Both Regina Pats veterans made the squad for a second straight year, and will help Canada shoot for a record sixth straight gold medal.
Here's the story from TSN.ca:
Canada's junior hockey team made its final roster cuts on Wednesday morning, releasing forwards Philippe Cornet, Cody Eakin, Scott Glennie and Louis Leblanc, defencemen Tyler Cuma, Shawn Lalonde and Dylan Olsen and goaltenders Matt Hackett and Olivier Roy.
With Wednesday's final releases, the official 22-player roster is now set for the 2010 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, which begins Dec. 26.
The cuts at forward mean that Windsor's Taylor Hall, Greg Nemisz and Adam Henrique will be wearing red and white over the holidays, with the likelihood of all three Spitfires playing on the same line. Hall, 17, is considered by many as a front-runner as the first overall pick at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
London Knights centre Nazem Kadri, selected seventh overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in June, is also on the roster and is expected to be the team's second-line centre, skating with Regina's Jordan Eberle.
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