Logan Stankoven knows he and the rest of Team Canada are under the microscope as the world junior hockey championship begins.
Not only will the squad be playing on home soil when they face Latvia in their first game of the tournament on Wednesday, they'll be doing so during a period of intense scrutiny for Canadian hockey."I don't think it matters who the player is or what the team is -- hockey's a big thing in the country of Canada and it kind of brings people together," he said, noting that growing up in Kamloops, B.C., he carefully watched everything players on the Kamloops Blazers did.
Big-name sponsors -- including Telus and Canadian Tire -- followed suit, leaving the ice at Rogers Place free of ads and the surrounding boards devoid of the usual logos."The people at Hockey Canada, the staff above have done a really good job of making sure and letting us know that they're taking care of the stuff off the ice. And our job is to focus on what's on the ice and on our group," he said.
Holding the delayed version in August means it may take some players longer to get up to speed, said Czechia's head coach Radim Rulik. Despite the rejigged eligibility, several big Canadian talents are missing from the tournament, including former captain Kaiden Guhle and defenceman Owen Power, who the Buffalo Sabres' first overall selection in the 2021 NHL entry draft. Forward Shane Wright, taken fourth overall by the Seattle Kraken at the 2022 draft last month, is also absence,
"It means so much to me. Obviously I wouldn't be here if I didn't want to be," he said. "Something I love to do is play hockey and compete. The world junior tournament is one of the best tournaments in the world. To be here and be captain of this team is so humbling to me. I'm really looking forward to Wednesday."
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