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Patrick Wiercioch added to Canada's National Men's Team for 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

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April 28, 2015
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CALGARY, Alta. – Jim Nill, general manager of Canada’s National Men’s Team, announced Tuesday, in collaboration with Hockey Canada, that Patrick Wiercioch (Maple Ridge, B.C./Ottawa, NHL) has been added to the Team Canada roster for the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.

With the addition of Wiercioch, Canada’s roster now stands at 23 players: two goaltenders, seven defenceman and 14 forwards.

Wiercioch will represent Canada for the first time in international competition.

Canada opens the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship against Latvia on May 1. It will also face Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland in preliminary round play.

For more information on Canada’s National Men’s Team and the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, please visit www.hockeycanada.ca, or follow along through social media at www.facebook.com/hockeycanadawww.twitter.com/hockeycanada and www.twitter.com/hc_men.

For more information:

Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 284-6484 

[email protected] 

Spencer Sharkey
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 777-4567

[email protected]

Jeremy Knight
Manager, Corporate Communications
Hockey Canada

(647) 251-9738

[email protected]

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