Canada Olympic men’s hockey roster includes 2010 Olympian, No. 1 NHL Draft pick

By OlympicTalkJan 25, 2022, 10:59 AM EST

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Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey roster ranges from Eric Staal, a six-time NHL All-Star and 2010 Olympic gold medalist who is 37 years old, to 2021 NHL Draft No. 1 overall pick Owen Power, who is 19.

Power, a defenseman, and forward Mason McTavish, 18, are set to be the first teens to play for Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team since future Hall of Famers Paul Kariya in 1994 and Eric Lindros in 1992, according to Olympedia.org.

Power and McTavish were on Canada’s roster for last month’s world junior championship, which was canceled during the preliminary round due to coronavirus positives within teams.

Canada’s goalies include 20-year-old Devon Levi, the top goalie from the previous year’s world junior championship, and 31-year-old Edward Pasquale, who played three games for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2018 and 2019.

Justin Pogge, a 35-year-old who played seven games for the Toronto Maple Leafs 13 years ago, is the alternate goalie.

This Olympic team was originally to include Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and other NHL superstars, but the league withdrew from Olympic participation last month, citing the coronavirus pandemic disrupting the NHL regular season with 50 games canceled up to that point.

It has been 70 years since Canada won an Olympic men’s hockey title without active NHL players.

Staal is eligible because he is not on an NHL roster after spending last season with the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens.

The NHL also didn’t participate in 2018. Canada’s roster in PyeongChang was mostly veterans playing in European leagues. Nobody was under the age of 25.

Hockey Canada is going with some younger players, conjuring memories of its Olympic rosters before the NHL first participated in 1998. From 1980-94, the majority of Canada’s Olympic players were under the age of 25, according to Olympedia.

Canada’s coach is former Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien, who replaced Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper after the NHL withdrew.

Canada Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Roster

Goalies
Devon Levi
Edward Pasquale
Matt Tomkins

Defensemen
Mark Barberio
Jason Demers
Alex Grant
Brandon Gormley
Maxim Noreau
Owen Power
Mat Robinson
Tyler Wotherspoon

Forwards
Daniel Carr
Adam Cracknell
David Desharnais
Landon Ferraro
Josh Ho-Sang
Corban Knight
Jack McBain
Mason McTavish
Eric O’Dell
Eric Staal
Ben Street
Adam Tambellini
Jordan Weal
Daniel Winnik

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2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkMay 29, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT

At the French Open, Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes a third title at Roland Garros and a fourth Grand Slam singles crown overall.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Swiatek, the No. 1 seed from Poland, can join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win three or more French Opens since 2000.

Turning 22 during the tournament, she can become the youngest woman to win three French Opens since Monica Seles in 1992 and the youngest woman to win four Slams overall since Williams in 2002.

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But Swiatek is not as dominant as in 2022, when she went 16-0 in the spring clay season during an overall 37-match win streak.

She retired from her most recent match with a right thigh injury last week and said it wasn’t serious. Before that, she lost the final of another clay-court tournament to Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed, and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the No. 4 seed and Wimbledon champion, are the top challengers in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, are the best hopes to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought is the longest for U.S. women since Seles won the 1996 Australian Open.

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2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkMay 29, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT

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The French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.

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But the No. 1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005.

Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.

Alcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. They could meet in the semifinals.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, who lost in the French Open first round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, is improved on clay. He won the Italian Open, the last top-level clay event before the French Open, and is the No. 2 seed ahead of Djokovic.

No. 9 Taylor Fritz, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe and No. 16 Tommy Paul are the highest-seeded Americans, all looking to become the first U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003. Since then, five different American men combined to make the fourth round on eight occasions.

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