All the Capitals playing in this month's World Cup of Hockey
Plus a schedule to watch all of the Capitals play
The grand experiment gets started in two weeks, and plenty of Capitals will be a part of it. The World Cup of Hockey is the first NHL sanctioned international tournament since the 2004 iteration. It’s not quite olympic in scale, and the teams will play at the Rogers Centre on an NHL size rink, but it should be two weeks of great hockey.
From September 17 through October 1, eight teams (representing the USA, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Europe, the Czech Republic, Europe, and North America) will compete in Toronto for the first world cup. (Team North America is a 23-and-under all-star team, while Team Europe is made up of players from across the continent without a country’s team to play on.)
Eight Caps (and their coach) made a roster:
Team United States
John Carlson
Matt Niskanen
TJ Oshie
Canada
Braden Holtby
Barry Trotz (Assistant Coach)
Russia
Dmitry Orlov
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Alex Ovechkin
Sweden
Nicklas Backstrom
Schedule
The tournament is split into group play and then a final four bracket.
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Group A
Group B
Here’s the schedule for the full tournament, starting with round robin group play:
Saturday, Sept. 17
USA vs. Europe, 3:30 PM, ESPN2
Czech Republic vs. Canada, 8 PM, ESPNEWS
Sunday, Sept. 18
Sweden vs. Russia, 3 PM, ESPN
North America vs. Finland, 8 PM, ESPN2
Monday, Sept. 19
Europe vs. Czech Republic, 3 PM, ESPN
Russia vs. North America, 8 PM, ESPN2
Tuesday, Sept. 20
Finland vs. Sweden, 3 PM, ESPN
Canada vs. USA, 8 PM, ESPN
Wednesday, Sept. 21
North America vs. Sweden, 3 PM, ESPN
Europe vs. Canada, 8 PM, ESPN2
Thursday, Sept. 22
Finland vs. Russia, 3 PM, ESPN
USA vs. Team Republic, 8 PM, ESPN2
SEMIFINALS
#1 Group A vs. #2 Group B, Saturday Sept. 24 7 PM, ESPN2
#1 Group B vs. #2 Group A, Sunday Sept. 25, 1 PM, ESPN
FINALS
Game 1 Tuesday Sept. 27, 8 PM, ESPN
Game 2 Thursday Sept. 29, 8 PM, ESPN2
Game 3 Saturday Oct. 1, 7 PM, ESPN2 (If Necessary)
Who are you rooting for in the World Cup? For Caps fans, it used to be #AnybodyButCanada, but do you still feel that way with Trotz and Holtby on the team? …I kinda do.
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