Med elito NHL septembra tudi Kopitar

Na svetovnem pokalu hokejistov NHL Kanada, ZDA, Severna Amerika U-23, Evropa, Rusija, Švedska, Finska in Češka.

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Toronto - Septembrski svetovni pokal hokejistov lige NHL, ki ga bo med 17. septembrom in 1. oktobrom, torej malo pred začetkom nove klubske sezone onstran »luže«, gostila dvorana Air Canada Centre v Torontu, bo imel tudi slovenski pridih, za katerega bo pričakovano poskrbel 28-letni član Kraljev iz Los Angelesa Anže Kopitar.

Njegovo ime se je namreč na dokončnem seznamu igralcev udeležencev znašlo v združeni ekipi Evrope, za katero bodo nastopili hokejisti iz držav, ki niso mogle sestaviti svoje zasedbe. Med 23 imeni v moštvu je poleg enega Slovenca še šest Slovakov, pet Nemcev, po štirje Švicarji in Danci ter po en Francoz, Avstrijec in Norvežan.

Ob ekipi stare celine bodo na tekmovanju sodelovale še zasedbe Kanade, ZDA, Severne Amerike U-23, Rusije, Švedske, Finske in Češke. Moštva bodo razdeljena v dve skupini, Evropejci se bodo pomerili s Kanadčani, Američani in Čehi, po dve najboljši pa bosta napredovali v polfinale. Tovrstno tekmovanje so doslej pod streho spravili zgolj dvakrat, leta 1996 so se z lovoriko ovenčali Američani (MVP je postal Mike Ritcher), osem let pozneje pa Kanadčani (MVP Vincent Lecavalier).

KANADA

Vratarji: Corey Crawford (Chicago Blackhawks), Braden Holtby (Washington Capitals), Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)

Branilci: Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks), Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings), Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks), Jake Muzzin (Los Angeles Kings), Alex Pietrangelo (St. Louis Blues), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (San Jose Sharks), Shea Weber (Nashville Predators)

Bapadalci: Jamie Benn (Dallas Stars), Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins), Jeff Carter (Los Angeles Kings), Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins), Matt Duchene (Colorado Avalanche), Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks), Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers), Brad Marchand (Boston Bruins), Tyler Seguin (Dallas Stars), Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning), John Tavares (New York Islanders), Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks), Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks)

ČEŠKA

Vratarji: Petr Mrazek (Detroit Red Wings), Michal Neuvirth (Philadelphia Flyers), Ondrej Pavelec (Winnipeg Jets)

Branilci: Radko Gudaš (Philadelphia Flyers), Michal Jordan (Carolina Hurricanes), Michal Kempny (Chicago Blackhawks), Zbynek Michalek (Arizona Coyotes), Jakub Nakladal (Calgary Flames), Roman Polak (San Jose Sharks), Andrej Šustr (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Napadalci: Radek Faksa (Dallas Stars), Michael Frolik (Calgary Flames), Martin Hanzal (Arizona Coyotes), Aleš Hemsky (Dallas Stars), Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks), Dmitrij Jaskin (St. Louis Blues), David Krejči (Boston Bruins), Milan Michalek (Toronto Maple Leafs), Ondrej Palat (Tampa Bay Lightning), David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins), Tomaš Plekanec (Montreal Canadiens), Vladimir Sobotka (Avangard Omsk KHL), Jakub Voraček (Philadelphia Flyers)

EVROPA

Vratarji: Frederik Andersen (Dan/Anaheim Ducks), Thomas Greiss (Nem/New York Islanders), Jaroslav Halak (SLK/New York Islanders)

Branilci: Zdeno Chara (Slk/Boston Bruins), Christian Ehrhoff (Nem/Chicago Blackhawks), Roman Josi (Švi/Nashville Predators), Luca Sbisa (Švi/Vancouver Canucks), Dennis Seidenberg (Nem/Boston Bruins), Andrej Sekera (Slk/Edmonton Oilers), Mark Streit (Švi/Philadelphia Flyers)

Napadalci: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Fra/Philadelphia Flyers), Mikkel Boedker (Dan/Colorado Avalanche), Leon Draisaitl (Nem/Edmonton Oilers), Marian Gaborik (Slk/Los Angeles Kings), Jannik Hansen (Dan/Vancouver Canucks), Marian Hossa (Slk/Chicago Blackhawks), Anže Kopitar (Slo/Los Angeles Kings), Nino Niederreiter (Švi/Minnesota Wild), Frans Nielsen (Dan/New York Islanders), Tobias Rieder (Nem/Arizona Coyotes), Tomaš Tatar (Slk/Detroit Red Wings), Thomas Vanek (Avt/Minnesota Wild), Mats Zuccarello (Nor/New York Rangers)

FINSKA

Vratarji: Mikko Koskinen (St. Petersburg KHL), Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins), Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators)

Branilci: Jyrki Jokipakka (Calgary Flames), Sami Lepisto (Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL), Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars), Olli Maatta (Pittsburgh Penguins), Ville Pokka (Rockford IceHogs AHL), Rasmus Ristolainen (Buffalo Sabres), Sami Vatanen (Anaheim Ducks)

Napadalci: Sebastian Aho (Karpat Oulu 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 (Edmonton Oilers), Patrik Laine (Tappara Tampere FIN), Jori Lehtera (St. Louis Blues), Teuvo Teravainen (Chicago Blackhawks)

SEVERNA AMERIKA (U-23)

Vratarji: John Gibson (Anaheim Ducks), Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets), Matt Murray (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Branilci: 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)

Napadalci: 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 (Zurich Lions SWI), Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers), JT Miller (New York Rangers), Sean Monahan (Calgary Flames), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton Oilers), Brandon Saad (Columbus Blue Jackets), Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets)

RUSIJA

Vratarji: Sergej Bobrovski (Columbus Blue Jackets), Semjon Varlamov (Colorado Avalanche), Andrej Vasilevskij (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Branilci: Aleksej Jemelin (Montreal Canadiens), Dimitrij Kulikov (Florida Panthers), Aleksej Marčenko (Detroit Red Wings), Andrej Markov (Montreal Canadiens), Dimitrij Orlov (Washington Capitals), Slava Vojnov (St. Petesburg, KHL), Nikita Zajcev (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Napadalci: Artem Anisimov (Chicago Blackhawks), Jevgenij Dadonov (St. Peterburg, KHL), Pavel Dacjuk (Detroit Red Wings), Nikita Kučerov (Tampa Bay Lightning), Nikolaj Kulemin (New York Islanders), Jevgenij Kuznecov (Washington Capitals), Jevgenij Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins), Vladislav Namestnikov (Tampa Bay Lightning), Aleksej Ovečkin (Washington Capitals), Artem Panarin (Chicago Blackhawks), Vadim Šipačev (St. Petersburg KHL), Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis Blues), Ivan Telegin (CSKA Moskva, KHL)

ŠVEDSKA

Vratarji: Robin Lehner (Buffalo Sabres), Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers), Jacob Markstrom (Vancouver Canucks)

Branilci: Mattias Ekholm (Nashville Predators), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Arizona Coyotes), Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning), Niklas Hjalmarsson (Chicago Blackhawks), Erik Karlsson (Ottawa Senators), Niklas Kronwall (Detroit Red Wings), Anton Stralman (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Napadalci: Nicklas Backstrom (Washington Capitals), Loui Eriksson (Boston Bruins), Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators), Carl Hagelin (Pittsburgh Penguins), Patric Hornqvist (Pittsburgh Penguins), Marcus Kruger (Chicago Blackhawks), Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche), Daniel Sedin (Vancouver Canucks), Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks), Jakob Silfverberg (Anaheim Ducks), Carl Soderberg (Colorado Avalanche), Alexander Steen (St. Louis Blues), Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit Red Wings)

ZDA

Vratarji: Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay Lightning), Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles Kings), Cory Schneider (New Jersey Devils)

Branilci: 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)

Napadalci: Justin Abdelkader (Detroit Red Wings), David Backes (St. Louis Blues), Ryan Callahan (Tampa Bay Lightning), Brandon Dubinsky (Columbus Blue Jackets), Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks), Ryan Kesler (Anaheim Ducks), TJ Oshie (Washington Capitals), Max Pacioretty (Montreal Canadiens), Zach Parise (Minnesota Wild), Joe Pavelski (San Jose Sharks), Derek Stepan (New York Rangers), James van Riemsdyk (Toronto Maple Leafs), Blake Wheeler (Winnipeg Jets)