Sidney Crosby, captain of Pittsburgh Penguins, will represent Canada at the world Hockey championship later in the month.
Hockey Canada confirmed the news of the presence of the one who scored 33 goals and obtained 58 80 games this season.
It will be the first time since 2015 that Crosby has participated in the World Cup.
But Crosby would not be the only add -up of Canada shortly before the start of the tournament.
The informant hockey of TSNDarren Dreger, suggested that there was a “decent chance” that Nathan Mackinnon also joined Canadian training.
-The striker saw his eliminatory career ending Saturday evening when the Colorado avalanche bowed in the seventh game in his series against the stars of Dallas.
last February, Crosby and Mackinnon helped the Canadian team win the very first confrontation of the 4 nations.
Croby, 37, is a regular on international matches. In 2010 at the Vancouver Olympic Games, he had been the author of the winning goal against the United States during the gold medal match.
However, the Penguins finished 11 points from the last row giving access to the series, in the East.
The kick -off of the world championship is on May 9 and you can follow the tournament on our different platforms. Canada is playing against Slovenia for its first competition in the competition on Saturday (6 a.m. to RDS).
