Four Nations Roster Announced: Sweden and Finland

There was excitement surrounding today. The NHL and NHLPA announced the rosters for the Four Nations Faceoff, which will be played in Montreal and Boston this February as International Best on Best Hockey returns. Recall the first six players for each respective nation (USA, Canada, Sweden, and Finland) in June on Day 1 of the NHL Draft.

The full Rosters for Sweden and Finland were released earlier today and can be found here. Now, let’s examine the rosters for Team USA and Canada.

FOUR NATIONS FACEOFF ROSTERS REVEALED

TEAM FINLAND

Forwards

Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes)

Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)

Mikko Rantanen (Colorado Avalanche)

Patrik Laine (Montreal Canadiens)

Anton Lundell (Florida Panthers)

Roope Hintz (Dallas Stars)

Erik Haula (New Jersey Devils)

Joel Armia (Montreal Canadiens)

Kaapo Kakko (New York Rangers)

Nikael Granlund (San Jose Sharks)

Eetu Luostarinen (Florida Panthers)

Teuvo Teravainen (Chicago Blackhawks)

Artturi Lehkonen (Colorado Avalanche)

Defense

Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars)

Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars)

Rasmus Ristolainen (Philadelphia Flyers)

Olli Maatta (Utah Hockey Club)

Jani Hakanpaa (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Niko Mikkola (Florida Panthers)

Juuso Valimaki (Utah Hockey Club)

Goalies

Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators)

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Buffalo Sabres)

Kevin Lankinen (Vancouver Canucks)

TEAM SWEDEN

Forwards

Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators)

William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Mika Zibanejad (New York Rangers)

Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils)

Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings)

William Karlsson (Vegas Golden Knights

Joel Eriksson Ek (Minnesota Wild)

Gustav Nyquist (Nashville Predators)

Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Canucks)

Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings)

Leo Carlsson (Anaheim Ducks)

Elias Lindholm (Boston Bruins)

Viktor Arvidsson (Edmonton Oilers)

Defense

Gustav Forsling (Florida Panthers)

Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres)

Rasmus Andersson (Calgary Flames)

Mattias Ekholm (Edmonton Oilers)

Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Jonas Brodin (Minnesota Wild)

Goalies

Filip Gustavsson (Minnesota Wild)

Jacob Markström (New Jersey Devils)

Linus Ullmark (Ottawa  Senators)

International: Four Nations Faceoff Resets International Hockey Schedule

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When Will The Tournament Take Place?

The Four Nations Faceoff will be a mini-tournament between the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Finland. It is currently scheduled for February 12 through 20 at the Bell Centre in Montreal and TD Garden in Boston.

The Bell Centre will host four round-robin games between Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Finland, highlighted by Canada and the United States on Saturday night, February 15th. The scene will shift to Boston and T.D. Garden for a President’s Day Doubleheader is similar to how the Beanpot is run with afternoon and evening games. T.D. Garden will host the Championship Game on Thursday, February 20th.

Each team will play three tournament games in a traditional Round-Robin format under the International points system: 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an overtime/shootout win, 1 point for a loss in overtime/shootout, and 0 points for a loss in regulation time. The two teams with the best tournament record will advance to a one-game Final.

Team Canada and Team USA rosters for the Four Nations Faceoff will be unveiled later on Wednesday.

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