Each team's World Cup roster consisted of twenty skaters (forwards and defencemen) and three goaltenders. All eight participating teams submitted their initial roster of sixteen players on March 2, 2016. The remaining seven players for each nation were announced May 27.
Age and team as of July 1, 2016.
Group A
Canada Head coach: Mike Babcock No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team50 G Chicago Blackhawks70 G Washington Capitals31 G Montreal Canadiens4 D St. Louis Blues88 D San Jose Sharks8 D Los Angeles Kings7 D Los Angeles Kings27 D St. Louis Blues44 D San Jose Sharks6 D (A) Montreal Canadiens37 C Boston Bruins39 C San Jose Sharks87 C (C) Pittsburgh Penguins9 C Colorado Avalanche15 C Anaheim Ducks28 C Philadelphia Flyers63 LW Boston Bruins90 C Buffalo Sabres24 RW Anaheim Ducks91 C Tampa Bay Lightning20 C New York Islanders97 C San Jose Sharks16 C (A) Chicago Blackhawks Duncan Keith, Jeff Carter, Jamie Benn, and Tyler Seguin were all originally selected, but could not participate due to injury. They were replaced by Jay Bouwmeester, Corey Perry, Logan Couture, and Ryan O'Reilly, respectively.
Czech Republic Head coach: Josef Jandač No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team34 G Detroit Red Wings30 G Philadelphia Flyers31 G Winnipeg Jets47 D Free agent6 D Chicago Blackhawks84 D Slovan Bratislava2 D Arizona Coyotes33 D Free agent64 D Toronto Maple Leafs62 D Tampa Bay Lightning86 LW Traktor Chelyabinsk10 LW Fribourg-Gottéron12 C Dallas Stars67 RW Calgary Flames11 C Arizona Coyotes83 RW (A) Dallas Stars23 RW St. Louis Blues9 LW Toronto Maple Leafs18 LW Tampa Bay Lightning88 RW Boston Bruins14 C (C) Montreal Canadiens17 RW Avangard Omsk93 RW (A) Philadelphia Flyers David Krejčí, Tomáš Hertl, and Radko Gudas were originally selected, but could not participate, because of injury. They were replaced by Roman Červenka, Michal Birner, and Tomáš Kundrátek, respectively.
Team Europe
Head coach: Ralph Krueger No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team1 G New York Islanders31 G Washington Capitals41 G New York Islanders33 D (A) Boston Bruins10 D Free agent59 D Nashville Predators5 D Vancouver Canucks44 D Free agent2 D Edmonton Oilers7 D (A) Philadelphia Flyers78 LW Philadelphia Flyers89 LW San Jose Sharks29 C Edmonton Oilers12 RW Los Angeles Kings36 RW Vancouver Canucks81 RW Chicago Blackhawks11 C (C) Los Angeles Kings22 LW Minnesota Wild51 C Detroit Red Wings8 RW Arizona Coyotes21 LW Detroit Red Wings26 LW Detroit Red Wings63 RW New York Rangers Frederik Andersen was originally selected, but could not participate, because of injury. He was replaced by Philipp Grubauer.
United States Head coach: John Tortorella No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team 30 G Tampa Bay Lightning 32 G Los Angeles Kings 35 G New Jersey Devils 33 D Winnipeg Jets 4 D Washington Capitals 6 D Colorado Avalanche 3 D Columbus Blue Jackets 27 D New York Rangers 2 D Washington Capitals 20 D (A) Minnesota Wild 89 LW Detroit Red Wings 42 C Boston Bruins 19 C Columbus Blue Jackets 88 RW (A) Chicago Blackhawks 17 C Anaheim Ducks 74 RW Washington Capitals 67 LW Montreal Canadiens 23 RW New Jersey Devils 9 LW Minnesota Wild 8 C (C) San Jose Sharks 21 C New York Rangers 16 LW Toronto Maple Leafs 26 RW Winnipeg Jets Ryan Callahan was originally selected, but could not participate, because of injury. He was replaced by Kyle Palmieri.
Group B
Finland Head coach: Lauri Marjamäki No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team19 G SKA Saint Petersburg40 G Boston Bruins35 G Nashville Predators2 D Calgary Flames18 D Salavat Yulaev Ufa7 D Dallas Stars3 D Pittsburgh Penguins22 D Chicago Blackhawks55 D Buffalo Sabres45 D Anaheim Ducks20 LW Carolina Hurricanes91 C Florida Panthers27 LW San Jose Sharks51 C (A) Tampa Bay Lightning64 LW Minnesota Wild56 RW Minnesota Wild36 LW (A) Florida Panthers9 C (C) Minnesota Wild71 RW Toronto Maple Leafs28 LW Free agent29 RW Winnipeg Jets12 C St. Louis Blues86 C Carolina Hurricanes
Team North America
Head coach: Todd McLellan No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team36 G Anaheim Ducks37 G Winnipeg Jets30 G Pittsburgh Penguins5 D (A) Florida Panthers53 D Philadelphia Flyers3 D Columbus Blue Jackets27 D Columbus Blue Jackets4 D St. Louis Blues44 D Toronto Maple Leafs8 D Winnipeg Jets14 C (A) Philadelphia Flyers72 C Tampa Bay Lightning15 C Buffalo Sabres13 LW Calgary Flames71 C Detroit Red Wings29 C Colorado Avalanche34 C Toronto Maple Leafs97 C (C) Edmonton Oilers10 LW New York Rangers93 C Edmonton Oilers20 LW Columbus Blue Jackets55 C Winnipeg Jets21 C Florida Panthers Sean Monahan was originally selected, but could not participate due to a back strain. He was replaced by Trocheck as a result.
Russia Head coach: Oleg Znarok No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team72 G Columbus Blue Jackets1 G Colorado Avalanche88 G Tampa Bay Lightning74 D Montreal Canadiens7 D Buffalo Sabres47 D Detroit Red Wings79 D Montreal Canadiens89 D Tampa Bay Lightning9 D Washington Capitals22 D Toronto Maple Leafs42 C Chicago Blackhawks63 RW SKA Saint Petersburg13 C (A) SKA Saint Petersburg86 RW Tampa Bay Lightning41 RW New York Islanders92 C Washington Capitals71 C (A) Pittsburgh Penguins90 C Tampa Bay Lightning8 LW (C) Washington Capitals27 LW Chicago Blackhawks87 C SKA Saint Petersburg91 RW St. Louis Blues77 C CSKA Moscow Slava Voynov was originally selected but was not allowed to participate. He was ruled ineligible because of his indefinite suspension from the NHL during the 2014–15 season."Slava Voynov removed from Team Russia roster", NHL.com He was replaced by Nikita Nesterov.
Sweden Head coach: Rikard Grönborg No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team1 G Toronto Maple Leafs30 G New York Rangers25 G Vancouver Canucks14 D Nashville Predators23 D Arizona Coyotes77 D Tampa Bay Lightning4 D Chicago Blackhawks65 D (A) Ottawa Senators47 D Anaheim Ducks6 D Tampa Bay Lightning11 C Calgary Flames17 C St. Louis Blues19 C Washington Capitals21 LW Vancouver Canucks9 LW Nashville Predators62 LW Pittsburgh Penguins72 RW Pittsburgh Penguins16 C Chicago Blackhawks92 LW Colorado Avalanche22 LW (A) Vancouver Canucks33 C (C) Vancouver Canucks18 RW Anaheim Ducks34 C Colorado Avalanche Robin Lehner, Niklas Kronwall, Alexander Steen, and Henrik Zetterberg were originally selected, but could not participate, because of injury. They were replaced by Jhonas Enroth, Hampus Lindholm, Rickard Rakell, and Mikael Backlund, respectively. Later, when Rakell himself pulled out, he was replaced by Patrik Berglund. Henrik Zetterberg was originally selected captain, but was replaced by Henrik Sedin when Zetterberg pulled out of the tournament.
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