Index – Sport – An NHL legend can also take to the ice in Budapest against the Hungarian national hockey team

What we know for sure is that he won the gold medal last year Sam Montembeault goalkeeper will not get on the plane to Hungary, as he has just canceled the World Cup. To it’s place Jordan Binnington was invited by the professional staff, who defended fantastically in the spring of 2019, greatly contributed to the playoff march of the St. Louis Blues, who then won the NHL that year.

It is certain that the Canadian squad will be very strong now, some of the stars have already indicated that they would be happy to jump over to play To Europe to defend the world championship title. Bowen Byramwho two years ago won the Stanley Cup with Colorado, said yes to the head coach, with the 1/1 point guard of the Buffalo Sabers three years ago, Owen Power also signed up to play, writes a Hockey blog.

Generational geniuses can dazzle Hungarian fans

The previous 1/7 Dylan Cozens strengthens the offensive line in one of the best hockey teams in the world, but even more gratifying news for Canadian fans is that the centre, Connor Bedard will also be there in Prague – and thus, by definition, we will also be able to see him up close in the Hungarian capital.

In his first NHL season, the young player carried his team on his back (he scored 22 goals and 39 assists in 68 games, was also invited to the All-Star gala, but had to cancel due to an injury), which had no chance of making the playoffs, but at least it happened that the season of the guard ended in April.

Last year, Bedard produced 9 goals and 14 assists at the U20 World Cup, which was eventually won by Canada. It is interesting that Philipp Kurashev (Switzerland), as well as the duo Seth Jones, Alec Vlasic (both United States) and Petr Mrázek (Czech Republic) will also be there at the senior world championship in May.

Journalists working on the other side of the world also learned that the general manager of the Canadian national team, Rick Nash, is an active NHL legend by name To Sidney Crosby also sent an invitation.

The captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who missed the playoffs again, is a member of the Triple Gold Cup, which means that during his career he has already won World Championship gold, Olympic gold and the Stanley Cup, and he was the first to reach the top in these categories as a team captain.

The 36-year-old center does not seem to have the iron teeth of time, he poured in the points this season as well, and in April of this year he handed out his 1,000th assist in the world’s strongest league, and not incidentally, he entered the top ten of the NHL’s all-time points list – to reach 1,000 assists, the NHL 14 players in his history have been able to do so, Crosby is the seventh fastest to achieve this number.

The Pittsburgh superstar did not immediately say yes to Nash, but asked for a few days to think. If he feels enough strength and motivation within himself, then there is a chance that he will join his compatriots, there is no question that they will be happy to squeeze a place for him in the first or second row.

According to journalist information from Darren Dreger Brandon Tanev (Seattle Kraken), Dawson Mercer (New Jersey Devils) and Jared McCann (Seattle Kraken) also joins the Canadian squad. By the way, it is rumored that this year’s 1/1 prospect, Macklin Celebrini also wears the jersey of the Canadian national team. We will probably have to wait a few more days for official confirmation.

As for us, the Hungarian national team is preparing for the Division I/As World Championship in Bolzano, which will be held between April 28 and May 4. In addition to us, the host Italians, as well as the Slovenian, South Korean, Japanese and Romanian national teams are included in the group. This year too, two teams make it to the elite field of group A, but the last one is eliminated in division I/B corresponding to the third line.

A week and a half ago, the Hungarian team played preparatory matches in Poland, this time against the hosts of Group A, and suffered a 5-2 and 6-2 defeat. At the end of last week, the national team performed at the inauguration of the new, imposing facility in Székesfehérvár, the Alba Arena, and their opponent on Friday and Saturday was the elite World Cup participant Norway, which they defeated first 2-1 and then 3-2 ours.

For the national team, the season ends with a gala match against Canada, the two teams played against each other last year in an atmospheric and memorable match at the MVM Dome, although our team could also be preparing for Group A at that time. Tickets for the meeting on May 7 are available from HUF 7,990.