The wait is over –
Canada has announced its roster for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, the first best-on-best international tournament since the 2016 World Cup
of Hockey.
There’s still more than two months until the first puck drops at the Bell
Centre in Montreal, but it’s never too early to take a deep dive into the
Canadian roster – who they are, where they’ve come from and what they’ve
done.
10,675: Combined points in 13,412 National Hockey League
games (3838-6837—10675);
Sidney Crosby (1,622)
and
Connor McDavid (1,013)
are the only members of the 1,000-point club. They’ll likely be joined
shortly by
Brad Marchand (947)
and
Nathan MacKinnon (938).
5,831: Kilometres (according to Google Maps) from West
Vancouver, B.C., hometown of Sam Reinhart, to Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia,
hometown of Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon – the westernmost and
easternmost communities represented on the roster.
476: Combined points in 564 international games wearing
the Maple Leaf (195-281—476); six players clock in as point-per-game
performers with Team Canada – Sidney Crosby (32-35—67 in 54 GP), Nathan
MacKinnon (18-25—43 in 42 GP), Cale Makar (3-5—8 in 7 GP), Mitch Marner
(10-15—25 in 20 GP), Connor McDavid (18-27—55 in 41 GP) and Mark Stone
(19-15—34 in 26 GP).
455: Population (according to the 2021 Census) of Elkhorn, Manitoba, hometown of Travis Sanheim and the smallest
of any player.
73-196: Average height (in inches) and weight (in pounds);
Colton Parayko (6-foot-6, 228 pounds)
is the biggest player, while
Brad Marchand (5-foot-9, 176 pounds)
is the smallest.
32: Individual NHL awards won; the total is shared amongst
four players – Connor McDavid has won 14 (Art Ross x5; Ted Lindsay x4; Hart
x3; Rocket Richard; Conn Smythe), Sidney Crosby has won 12 (Ted Lindsay x3;
Art Ross x2; Hart x2; Conn Smythe x2; Rocket Richard x2; Messier
Leadership), Nathan MacKinnon has won four (Calder; Hart; Ted Lindsay; Lady
Byng); and Cale Makar has won two (Norris; Conn Smythe).
29-9-14: Average age (in years, months and days) as of
Feb. 12, 2025, the first day of the tournament;
Sidney Crosby (37 years, six months, six days)
is the oldest, while
Seth Jarvis (23 years, 12 days)
is the youngest.
20: Stanley Cup championships; 15 of the 23 players have
hoisted hockey’s biggest prize at least once. Sidney Crosby has the most,
with three. Anthony Cirelli, Alex Pietrangelo and Brayden Point are the
only others with multiple titles.
13: Players drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft,
three of them taken No. 1 (Crosby, MacKinnon, McDavid); the roster also
includes players selected in the third (7), fourth (1) and sixth (2)
rounds.
11: Gold medals at the IIHF World Junior Championship,
along with two silver medals and one bronze; Brad Marchand is the only
player with multiple gold medals, in
2007
and
2008.
9: Gold medals at the IIHF World Championship, along with
11 silver medals; Nathan MacKinnon, Sam Reinhart and Mark Stone have one of
each in their trophy case.
6: Hockey Canada Members represented; the
Ontario Hockey Federation
leads the way with seven players, followed by
Hockey Alberta
(6), BC Hockey (3),
Hockey Manitoba
(3), Hockey Nova Scotia (3) and
Hockey Quebec (1).
5: Players to wear the ‘C’ with Team Canada – Sidney
Crosby (2014 Olympics, 2015 Men’s Worlds, 2016 World Cup); Travis Konecny
(2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup); Connor McDavid (2018 Men’s Worlds);
Brayden Point (2016 World Juniors); and Sam Reinhart (2012 Memorial of Ivan
Hlinka, 2013 U18 Men’s Worlds).
4: Alumni of the
TELUS Cup, Canada’s U18 Men’s National Club Championship
– Sidney Crosby (Dartmouth Subways, 2002); Alex Pietrangelo (Toronto Jr.
Canadiens, 2006); Sam Reinhart (Vancouver NW Giants, 2011); and Mark Stone
(Winnipeg Thrashers, 2008).
3: Olympic gold medals; Sidney Crosby has two, in 2010 and
2014, while Alex Pietrangelo was part of the Canadian contingent at Sochi
2014.
3: Alumni of the
Junior A World Challenge
– Cale Makar (2015 and 2016), Colton Parayko (2011) and Devon Toews (2012);
Makar (in 2015) and Parayko won gold medals with Canada West.
2: Alumni of the
Centennial Cup, Canada’s National Junior A Championship
– Cale Makar (2016 and 2017) and Devon Toews (2013).