Florida Panthers add another player to the World Cup
The Florida Panthers added another player to the upcoming World Cup of Hockey and, no, it isn’t Jaromir Jagr.
Center Vincent Trocheck will join Team North America — the so-called ‘Young Guns’ team — at the upcoming tournament after Calgary’s Sean Monahan had to bow out with a back injury.
Team North America is comprised of players from the U.S. and Canada who are 23-and-under; Trocheck, from Pittsburgh, celebrated his 23rd birthday on July 11. He’ll join teammate Aaron Ekblad on the North American team with coach Gerard Gallant working the bench.
Congratulations to Vincent Trocheck on being selected for Team North America for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey! pic.twitter.com/WOGX9AJ2Cz
— Florida Panthers (@fla_panthersnhl) September 2, 2016
Former Florida defenseman Dmitry Kulikov — traded to Buffalo in June — will represent Russia in the tournament.
Florida’s Jussi Jokinen and Sasha Barkov will represent Finland at the tournament which features eight teams (six countries, the under-23 team and a European team comprised of country’s not represented with their own squad) and starts Sept. 17 in Toronto.
Jagr, 44, has said he has retired from international competition and is skipping the World Cup and is expected to report to Florida’s training camp when it opens Sept. 22.
Florida’s World Cup representatives will miss the start of camp as pool play isn’t complete until Sept. 22.
This story was originally published September 2, 2016 at 6:08 PM with the headline "Florida Panthers add another player to the World Cup."