2009–10 Canada men's national ice hockey team explained

The Canada men's national ice hockey team will participate in various events during the 2009–10 ice hockey season.

News and notes

• June 29, 2009: Hockey hall of famer Jean Béliveau was named an honorary Team Canada member and honorary captain of Canada's 2010 Men's Olympic Hockey Team.^[1] Béliveau was honoured at a press conference, which was part of a Hockey Canada Foundation fundraiser. Serge Savard and Yvan Cournoyer presented Béliveau with a Team Canada jersey.
• February 28: After winning the gold medal, Canada has once again earned the number one ranking in the IIHF Women's World Ranking. Canada's men are also ranked first in the IIHF Men's World Ranking.^[2]

IIHF World Jr. Championships

Canada hosted the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships from December 26, 2009, to January 5, 2010. The Canada roster included 21 NHL draft picks, including 10 first round selections. Of note, Jordan Eberle passed John Tavares as Canada's all-time leading goal scorer in the World Junior Hockey Tournament with 14 goals.^[3]

Roster

• Head coach: Willie Desjardins

width=40	Pos.	width=40	No.	width=200	Player	width=250	Team	width=150	NHL Rights
GK	1	Jake Allen	Le Club de Hockey Junior de Montréal	St. Louis Blues
GK	31	Martin Jones	Calgary Hitmen	Los Angeles Kings
D	2	Colten Teubert	Regina Pats	Los Angeles Kings
D	3	Travis Hamonic	Moose Jaw Warriors	New York Islanders
D	5	Marco Scandella	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Minnesota Wild
D	6	Ryan Ellis	Windsor Spitfires	Nashville Predators
D	22	Jared Cowen	Spokane Chiefs	Ottawa Senators
D	24	Calvin de Haan	Oshawa Generals	New York Islanders
D	27	Alex Pietrangelo	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Blues
F	4	Taylor Hall	Windsor Spitfires	Undrafted, 2010
F	7	Gabriel Bourque	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	Nashville Predators
F	9	Nazem Kadri	London Knights	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	10	Brayden Schenn	Brandon Wheat Kings	Los Angeles Kings
F	12	Adam Henrique	Windsor Spitfires	New Jersey Devils
F	14	Jordan Eberle	Regina Pats	Edmonton Oilers
F	15	Brandon McMillan	Kelowna Rockets	Anaheim Ducks
F	16	Greg Nemisz	Windsor Spitfires	Calgary Flames
F	17	Brandon Kozun	Calgary Hitmen	Los Angeles Kings
F	19	Stefan Della Rovere	Barrie Colts	Washington Capitals
F	20	Luke Adam	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	Buffalo Sabres
F	26	Jordan Caron	Rimouski Océanic	Boston Bruins
F	28	Patrice Cormier (C)	Rimouski Océanic	New Jersey Devils

Preliminary round

width=165	Team	width=40	GP	width=40	W	width=40	OTW	width=40	OTL	width=40	L	width=40	GF	width=40	GA	width=40	Pts	width=125	Advance to ...
	4	3	1	0	0	35	6	11	Semifinals
	4	3	0	1	0	26	9	10	Quarterfinals
	4	2	0	0	2	11	15	6	Quarterfinals
	4	1	0	0	3	14	22	3	Relegation round
	4	0	0	0	4	9	43	0	Relegation round

Medal round

• Semifinals

Gold medal game

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2010 Winter Olympics

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

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Gold medal game

Canada faced off against the United States on February 28, 2010. The teams were tied after regulation, with goals scored by Jonathan Toews and Corey Perry for Canada and Ryan Kesler and Zach Parise for USA; Parise scored with 25 seconds remaining in the third period to the game. In overtime, Sidney Crosby scored seven minutes in and won the gold medal for Canada.

The gold medal game was the last event of the Olympics.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Record
Feb. 23	Germany	4:30 PM (PST)	8–2^[5]	3–1–0
Feb. 24	Russia	4:30 PM (PST)	7–3^[6]	4–1–0
Feb. 26	Slovakia	6:30 PM (PST)	3–2^[7]	5–1–0
Feb. 28	USA	12:15 PM	3–2 (OT)^[8]	6–1–0

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Paralympic Games

Canada will assemble a team to compete in ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.

Standings

width=165	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40
	3	3	0	0	0	19	1	+18	9
	3	1	1	0	1	4	7	−3	5
	3	1	0	1	1	3	12	−9	4
	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

All times are local (UTC-8).

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight
22	Benoit St-Amand	Goaltender	5'10"	165
57	Paul Rosen	Goaltender	6'0"	205
11	Adam Dixon	Defense	5'9"	168
17	Jean Labonté	Defense	5'11"	205
21	Raymond Grassi	Defense	6'3"	260
29	Graeme Murray	Defense	5'5"	190
3	Hervé Lord	Forward	5'5"	150
4	Derek Whitson	Forward	6'1"	165
7	Marc Dorion	Forward	5'0"	137
8	Jeremy Booker	Forward	5'2"	125
10	Shawn Matheson	Forward	5'8"	130
12	Greg Westlake	Forward	6'2"	170
18	Billy Bridges	Forward	5'8"	190
19	Todd Nicholson	Forward	6'0"	180
27	Bradley Bowden	Forward	5'0"	154

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Schedule

IIHF World Championships

Canada will compete at the 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships to be held in Germany from May 7 to May 23. Canada will be in Group B with Italy, Latvia and Switzerland.

Roster

To be determined

Schedule

To be determined

Awards and honours

• Jordan Eberle, Most Valuable Player, 2010 IIHF World Junior Tournament^[11]
• Jordan Eberle, Media All-Star Team, 2010 IIHF World Junior Tournament
• Alex Pietrangelo, Best Defenseman, 2010 IIHF World Junior Tournament
• Alex Pietrangelo, Media All-Star Team, 2010 IIHF World Junior Tournament
• Jonathan Toews, Media All-Star Team, Vancouver 2010 games
• Jonathan Toews, IIHF Directorate Awards, Best Forward, Vancouver 2010 OIympics
• Shea Weber, Media All-Star Team, Vancouver 2010 games^[12]

See also

• Canada men's national ice hockey team
• Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
• List of Canadian national ice hockey team rosters

Notes and References

1. Web site: BÉLIVEAU NAMED HONOURARY TEAM CANADA MEMBER AND HONOURARY CAPTAIN OF CANADA'S 2010 MEN'S OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM. June 29, 2009 . Hockey Canada . 17 June 2010.
2. Web site: Canada takes over . 2011-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604130409/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/olympics-2010/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/canada-takes-over.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=3471&cHash=e12d902ce9 . . 2011-06-04 .
3. Web site: The Official Website of Hockey Canada.
4. Web site: The Official Website of Hockey Canada.
5. Web site: Men's Play-offs Qualifications : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228192237/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/mens-play-offs-qualifications---game-20_ihm400402AI.html . 2010-02-28 .
6. Web site: Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228192353/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/mens-play-offs-quarterfinals---game-24_ihm400302ow.html . 2010-02-28 .
7. Web site: Men's Play-offs Semifinals : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228192310/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/mens-play-offs-semifinals---game-28_ihm400202wN.html . 2010-02-28 .
8. Web site: Women's Play-offs Semifinals : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228093838/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-play-offs-semifinals---game-17_ihw400202Yr.html . 2010-02-28 .
9. Web site: The Official Website of Hockey Canada.
10. Web site: The Official Website of Hockey Canada.
11. Web site: Eberle voted MVP . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100314060244/http://www.iihf.com/channels0910/wm20/news/news-singleview-world-juniors/article/eberle-voted-mvp.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2956&cHash=ec9b7915cb . . 2010-03-14 .
12. Web site: Miller gets MVP honours . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100302234359/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/olympics-2010/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/miller-gets-mvp-honours.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=3471&cHash=2e13a1239d . . 2010-03-02 .