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Canada's Dubois, Hagel, Paul replace top NHL prospect Celebrini and
Fantilli at worlds
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Teen forwards Macklin Celebrini and Adam Fantilli have decided to
return to North America ahead of the start of the world men's hockey
championship, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday.
Hockey Canada says Celebrini planned to attend Tuesday night's NHL
draft lottery. The 17-year-old is projected as the first overall pick
in this year's NHL draft.
Fantilli, 19, is electing to focus on next season with the Columbus
Blue Jackets after his rookie campaign was cut short after 49 games
due to a calf laceration. He was part of Canada's championship-winning
team last year.
Forwards Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brandon Hagel and Nick Paul were added to
the team.
Hagel and Paul became available when Tampa Bay was ousted by Florida
in the first round of the NHL playoffs, while Dubois became free when
Los Angeles fell to Edmonton.
Paul scored the overtime winner as Canada beat Finland 3-2 in overtime
in the 2021 final in Riga, Latvia. Hagel was also on that team
Dubois was part of the 2022 team that lost 4-3 in overtime to Finland
in the 2022 final.
Canada plays its first game at the 2024 championship Saturday against
Britain in Prague.
Canada's initial roster included three goaltenders, seven defencemen
and 12 forwards.
Buffalo (defencemen Owen Power and Bowen Byram and forward Dylan
Cozens), Seattle (defenceman Jamie Oleksiak and forwards Brandon Tanev
and Jared McCann) and St. Louis (defenceman Colton Parayko,
goaltenders Joel Hofer and Jordan Binnington) are the most represented
NHL teams on the roster with three players each.
Players from Canadian NHL teams include Calgary forward Andrew
Mangiapane, Montreal defenceman Kaiden Guhle and Ottawa forward Ridly
Greig.
## Canada blanks Hungary in pre-tourney game
Jordan Binnington made 21 saves and Dylan Guenther had a goal and an
assist as Canada beat hometown Hungary 4-0 Tuesday in a pre-tournament
game in Budapest.
Colton Parayko, Bowen Byram and Owen Power also scored for the
defending world champions, who outshot the hosts 66-21.
Connor Bedard and Andrew Mangiapane added two assists each.
Hungary goaltender Bence Balizs made 26 saves on 28 shots before being
replaced halfway through the game by Dominik Horvath, who turned aside
36 of 38 shots.
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