Quinn Hughes could see a few familiar faces at the World Championships in May.
The Canucks rookie confirmed after Thursday’s game against the Nashville Predators that he will again skate for Team USA.
He was still an undrafted collegian when he went along with Team USA to Denmark, site of last year’s tournament. The 2019 tournament, which runs from May 10 to 26, is in Slovakia. “This was the first time I played the pro game, it made this transition here , I’m not going to say easy but definitely way easier than I think it would be,” he said. “Mentally I felt better prepared.”
Some have mooted the possibility his younger brother Jack, the likely first overall pick in this summer’s draft, could also be asked to play, getting another chance to play alongside his brother.“I think he’s focused on U18 worlds right now and winning there,” he said. “I remember after my U18 Worlds, you’re over there for a month, you’re so tired. Literally I was so tired. We’ll see how he feels. If that’s something he can do then yeah.
Quinn could see some familiar faces on the ice in Slovakia as Jacob Markstrom told the Hockey News Sweden’s Tobias Dahlberg last weekend that if the Swedish coaching staff asks him to play, he’d say yes. Markstrom has not yet been asked.
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