04 October 2021, 03:57
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The names of the first hockey players who received a call for the Canadian national team to compete in the Olympic Games – 2022, which will be held in Beijing, are now known. official site National Hockey League.
The Canadian team will certainly be represented by forwards Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers), as well as defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (Vegas Golden Knights).
Team Canada has won the Olympics nine times.
In 2018, NHL hockey players did not participate in the Games. Then the Russian team became the winner of the hockey tournament.
The Winter Olympics will take place from February 4 to 20, 2022 in the Chinese capital. Due to the sanctions of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Russian team will perform under the name ROC (Russian Olympic Committee), and instead of the hymn, a fragment of the first piano concerto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky will sound at the AWARDS CEREMONY.
Previously, the new head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team Alexey Zhamnov declaredthat it is a great responsibility for him to lead the national team at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.
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