The Canadian team attempting to reclaim a world para hockey championship on home ice was announced Thursday by Hockey Canada.
Canada is the host team of the 2024 world championship May 4-12 in Calgary.
The 17-player roster features a dozen returners from the squad that took silver in 2023 in Moose Jaw, Sask.
Canada lost 6-1 to the United States in the final after also falling 5-1 and 3-2 in overtime to the Americans in the 2021 and 2019 finals, respectively, in Ostrava, Czechia.
Canada also finished runner-up to the U.S. in the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Canada last claimed a world para title in 2017 in Gangneung, South Korea.
The 2024 world championship roster includes Canada’s top three scorers in Moose Jaw — Dominic Cozzolino of Mississauga, Ont., Tyler McGregor of Forest, Ont., and Adam Dixon of Midland, Ont.
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