Vancouver's defender Quinn Hughes gets company from his brother Jack Hughes, normally a forward in New Jersey. Additionally, the brothers Matthew Tkachuk, Florida, and Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa, will participate.
Quinn Hughes and Matthew Tkachuk were two of the six players selected for the team already in June.
The USA chose to largely build their team with veterans instead of younger talents.
It was extremely difficult to come up with a final team lineup. Hockey is strong in our country and continues to get better, and this definitely reflects that, says USA coach Bill Guerin, who normally leads Minnesota, to AP.
"Had been speculated a bit"
Canada also announced their team during the night. National team coach Jon Cooper had, among other things, selected three players from Tampa, the NHL team he coaches for. Tampa forward Brayden Point, who was already presented earlier, gets company in the team from teammates Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel.
Additionally, Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim from Philadelphia will represent Canada.
I knew that it had been speculated a bit about me being included, but I didn't pay any attention to it since I really didn't think the chance was that big, says Travis Konecny to NHL.com.
Decided in February
That both I and "Sanny" got selected, it will be an amazing experience to do it together. Playing for your country is special and not something you take for granted, so I'm looking forward to it, he continues.
Sweden, Finland, Canada, and the USA participate in the tournament, the first with NHL national teams since 2016. Four nations will be decided on 13-21 February in Montreal and Boston.
Each country participates with a team of 23 players, 20 outfield players and three goalkeepers.
Goalkeepers: Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy Swayman.
Defenders: Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Noah Hanifin, Quinn Hughes, Charlie McAvoy, Jaccob Slavin, Zach Werenski.
Forwards: Matt Boldy, Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, Jake Guentzel, Jack Hughes, Chris Kreider, Dylan Larkin, Auston Matthews, J.T Miller, Brock Nelson, Brady Tkachuk, Matthew Tkachuk, Vincent Trocheck
Source: NHL.com
Goalkeepers: Jordan Binnington, Adin Hill, Sam Montembeault.
Defenders: Cale Makar, Josh Morrissey, Colton Parayko, Alex Pietrangelo, Travis Sanheim, Shea Theodore, Devon Toews.
Forwards: Sam Bennett, Anthony Cirelli, Sidney Crosby, Brandon Hagel, Seth Jarvis, Travis Konecny, Nathan MacKinnon, Brad Marchand, Mitch Marner, Connor McDavid, Brayden Point, Sam Reinhart, Mark Stone.
Source: NHL.com
