On Thursday, Hockey Canada announced the members of the men’s hockey team for the upcoming Olympics. They faced a load of restrictions since the NHL is not allowing any players with an NHL contract to play.<\/p>\n
Their roster contains multiple former NHL-ers. Thursday’s announcement revealed a 25-man roster, 14 forwards, eight defensemen, and three goalies. Headlining the list are\u00a0Ben Scrivens<\/a>, Rene Bourque<\/a><\/strong>, and Wojtek Wolski<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Rene Bourque Stefan Elliott<\/a><\/strong> Justin Peters<\/a><\/strong> Wolski had, arguably, the best career of any player on the roster. Originally drafted by the Colorado Avalanche<\/a> in the first round of 2004, he played in a total of 10 NHL seasons. In his rookie year, Wolski broke the 50 point mark in 76 games. He placed eighth in Calder Memorial Trophy voting. His career took a dip after the 2008-09 season. Wolski never got it together after leaving the Avs and didn’t play more than 40 games in the latter half of his career. Now, Wolski is playing in the KHL. In a total of 40 games this year, he’s tallied 33 points.<\/p>\n There’s only one player who has never seen an NHL game, Mat Robinson<\/strong>. Chay Genoway has only played one game in the show, but the rest of the roster has played at least ten games.<\/p>\n Team Canada also announced that their bench will be lead by Willie Desjardins<\/strong>, who coached the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> for three years. Dave King<\/strong>, who has coached for three different NHL teams and a handful of KHL teams, will also be on the bench as the associate\u00a0coach.<\/p>\n Main Photo:Forwards<\/h2>\n
\nGilbert Brule<\/a><\/strong>
\nAndrew Ebbett<\/a><\/strong>
\nQuinton Howden<\/a><\/strong>
\nChris Kelly<\/a><\/strong>
\nRob Klinkhammer<\/a><\/strong>
\nBrandon Kozun<\/a><\/strong>
\nMaxim Lapierre<\/a><\/strong>
\nEric O\u2019Dell<\/strong>
\nMason Raymond<\/a><\/strong>
\nDerek Roy<\/a><\/strong>
\nChristian Thomas<\/a><\/strong>
\nLinden Vey<\/a><\/strong>
\nWojtek Wolski<\/p>\nDefensemen<\/h2>\n
\nChay Genoway<\/a><\/strong>
\nCody Goloubef<\/a><\/strong>
\nMarc-Andre Gragnani<\/a><\/strong>
\nChris Lee<\/strong>
\nMaxim Noreau<\/a><\/strong>
\nMat Robinson<\/strong>
\nKarl Stollery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nGoalies<\/h2>\n
\nKevin Poulin<\/a><\/strong>
\nBen Scrivens<\/p>\n
\nEmbed from Getty Images<\/a>