Hockey Canada announced that it has added forward John Tavares to its roster for the 2024 IIHF World Hockey Championship.
The tournament, played from May 10 to 26, is presented in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Tavares has already worn the colors of Canada, winning gold in 2008 and 2009 at the World Junior Championship. He also won gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
The Toronto Maple Leafs captain was also on Canada’s winning team that won the World Cup of Hockey in 2016.
Tavares represented his country at the World Hockey Championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The center has amassed 1,040 points, including 456 goals, in 1,109 career games in the National Hockey League.
Canada’s first match of the tournament will be against Great Britain on Saturday, May 11 at 6:20 a.m. Canada will also play Denmark, Austria, Norway, Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic in the round. preliminary.