With the World Cup of Hockey just around the corner and jerseys and merchandise already on sale, fans are searching for what numbers their favourite players will be wearing for their respective countries.
Well, with the exception of a few late changes that can still happen to these rosters, numerical rosters have been released for the tournament that will be taking place in Toronto later this month.
Team Canada
Goalies:
31 – Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)
50 – Corey Crawford (Chicago Blackhawks)
70 – Braden Holtby (Washington Capitals)
Defence:
4 – Jay Bouwmeester (St. Louis Blues)
6 – Shea Weber, “A” (Montreal Canadiens)
7 – Jake Muzzin (Los Angeles Kings)
8 – Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)
27 – Alex Pietrangelo (St. Louis Blues)
44 – Marc-Edouard Vlasic (San Jose Sharks)
88 – Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks)
Forwards:
9 – Matt Duchene (Colorado Avalanche)
15 – Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks)
16 – Jonathan Toews, “A” (Chicago Blackhawks)
19 – Tyler Seguin (Dallas Stars)
20 – John Tavares (New York Islanders)
28 – Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers)
37 – Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)
39 – Logan Couture (San Jose Sharks)
63 – Brad Marchand (Boston Bruins)
77 – Jeff Carter (Los Angeles Kings)
87 – Sidney Crosby, “C” (Pittsburgh Penguins)
91 – Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning)
97 – Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks)
Team USA
Goalies:
30 – Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay Lightning)
32 – Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles Kings)
35 – Cory Schneider (New Jersey Devils)
Defence:
2 – Matt Niskanen (Washington Capitals)
3 – Jack Johnson (Columbus Blue Jackets)
4 – John Carlson (Washington Capitals)
6 – Erik Johnson (Colorado Avalanche)
20 – Ryan Suter (Minnesota Wild)
27 – Ryan McDonagh (New York Rangers)
33 – Dustin Byfuglien (Winnipeg Jets)
Forwards:
8 – Joe Pavelski (San Jose Sharks)
9 – Zach Parise (Minnesota Wild)
16 – James van Riemsdyk (Toronto Maple Leafs)
17 – Ryan Kesler (Anaheim Ducks)
19 – Brandon Dubinsky (Columbus Blue Jackets)
21 – Derek Stepan (New York Rangers)
23 – Kyle Palmieri (New Jersey Devils)
26 – Blake Wheeler (Winnipeg Jets)
42 – David Backes (Boston Bruins)
67 – Max Pacioretty (Montreal Canadiens)
74 – T.J. Oshie (Washington Capitals)
88 – Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)
89 – Justin Abdelkader (Detroit Red Wings)
Team Sweden
Goalies:
1 – Jhonas Enroth (Toronto Maple Leafs)
25 – Jacob Markstrom (Vancouver Canucks)
30 – Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers)
Defence:
4 – Niklas Hjalmarsson (Chicago Blackhawks)
6 – Anton Stralman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
14 – Mattias Ekholm (Nashville Predators)
23 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Arizona Coyotes)
47 – Hampus Lindholm (Anaheim Ducks)
65 – Erik Karlsson, “A” (Ottawa Senators)
77 – Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Forwards:
9 – Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators)
11 – Mikael Backlund (Calgary Flames)
16 – Marcus Kruger (Chicago Blackhawks)
18 – Jakob Silfverberg (Anaheim Ducks)
19 – Nicklas Backstrom (Washington Capitals)
21 – Loui Eriksson (Vancouver Canucks)
22 – Daniel Sedin, “A” (Vancouver Canucks)
33 – Henrik Sedin, “C” (Vancouver Cancuks)
34 – Carl Soderberg (Colorado Avalanche)
62 – Carl Hagelin (Pittsburgh Penguins)
67 – Rikard Rakell (Anaheim Ducks)
72 – Patric Hornqvist (Pittsburgh Penguins)
92 – Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche)
Team Russia
Goalies:
1 – Semyon Varlamov (Colorad Avalanche)
72 – Sergei Bobrovsky (Columbus Blue Jackets)
88 – Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Defence:
7 – Dmitry Kulikov (Buffalo Sabres)
9 – Dmitry Orlov (Washington Capitals)
22 – Nikita Zaitsev (Toronto Maple Leafs)
47 – Alexey Marchenko (Detroit Red Wings)
74 – Alexei Emelin (Montreal Canadiens)
79 – Andrei Markov (Montreal Canadiens)
89 – Nikita Nesterov (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Forwards:
8 – Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)
13 – Pavel Datsyuk (SKA St. Petersburg – KHL)
27 – Artemi Panarin (Chicago Blackhawks)
41 – Nikolay Kulemin (New York Islanders)
42 – Artem Anisimov (Chicago Blackhawks)
63 – Evgenii Dadonov (SKA St. Petersburg – KHL)
71 – Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins)
77 – Ivan Telegin (CSKA Moscow – KHL)
86 – Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning)
87 – Vadim Shipachev (SKA St. Petersburg – KHL)
90 – Vladislav Namestnikov (Tampa Bay Lightning)
91 – Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis Blues)
92 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (Washington Capitals)
Team Finland:
Goalies:
19 – Mikko Koskinen (SKA St. Petersburg – KHL)
35 – Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators)
40 – Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins)
Defence:
2 – Jyrki Jokipakka (Calgary Flames)
3 – Olli Maatta (Pittsburgh Penguins)
7 – Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars)
18 – Sami Lepisto (Salavat Yulaev Ufa – KHL)
22 – Ville Pokka (Chicago Blackhawks)
45 – Sami Vatanen (Anaheim Ducks)
55 – Rasmus Ristolainen (Buffalo Sabres)
Forwards:
9 – Mikko Koivu, “C” (Minnesota Wild)
12 – Jori Lehtera (St. Louis Blues)
20 – Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes)
27 – Joonas Donskoi (San Jose Sharks)
28 – Lauri Korpikoski (Unrestricted Free Agent)
29 – Patrik Laine (Winnipeg Jets)
36 – Jussi Jokinen (Florida Panthers)
51 – Valtteri Filppula (Tampa Bay Lightning)
56 – Erik Haula (Minnesota Wild)
64 – Mikael Granlund (Minnesota Wild)
71 – Leo Komarov (Toronto Maple Leafs)
86 – Teuvo Teravainen (Carolina Hurricanes)
91 – Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)
Team Czech Republic
Goalies:
30 – Michal Neuvirth (Philadelphia Flyers)
31 – Ondrej Pavelec (Winnipeg Jets)
34 – Petr Mrazek (Detroit Red Wings)
Defence:
2 – Zbynek Michalek (Arizona Coyotes)
6 – Michal Kempny (Chicago Blackhawks)
33 – Jakub Nakladal (Unrestricted Free Agent)
47 – Michal Jordan (Unrestricted Free Agent)
62 – Andrej Sustr (Tampa Bay Lightning)
64 – Roman Polak (Toronto Maple Leafs)
84 – Tomas Kundratek (Slovan Bratislava – KHL)
Forwards:
9 – Milan Michalek (Toronto Maple Leafs)
10 – Roman Cervenka (Fribourg-Gotteron – NLA)
11 – Martin Hanzal (Arizona Coyotes)
12 – Radek Faksa (Dallas Stars)
14 – Tomas Plekanec, “C” (Montreal Canadiens)
16 – Michal Birner (Traktor Chelyabinsk – KHL)
17 – Vladimir Sobotka (Avangard Omsk – KHL)
18 – Ondrej Palat (Tampa Bay Lightning)
23 – Dmitrij Jaskin (St. Louis Blues)
46 – David Krejci (Boston Bruins)
67 – Michael Frolik (Calgary Flames)
83 – Ales Hemsky (Dallas Stars)
88 – David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins)
93 – Jakub Voracek (Philadelphia Flyers)
Team Europe
Goalies:
1 – Thomas Greiss (New York Islanders)
31 – Frederik Andersen (Toronto Maple Leafs) **
41 – Jaroslav Halak (New York Islanders)
Defence:
2 – Andrej Sekera (Edmonton Oilers)
5 – Luca Sbisa (Vancouver Canucks)
7 – Mark Streit (Philadelphia Flyers)
10 – Christian Ehrhoff (Unrestricted Free Agent)
33 – Zdeno Chara (Boston Bruins)
44 – Dennis Seidenberg (Unrestricted Free Agent)
59 – Roman Josi (Nashville Predators)
Forwards:
8 – Tobias Rieder (Arizona Coyotes)
11 – Anze Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)
12 – Marian Gaborik (Los Angeles Kings)
21 – Tomas Tatar (Detroit Red Wings)
22 – Nino Niederreiter (Minnesota Wild)
26 – Thomas Vanek (Detroit Red Wings)
29 – Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)
36 – Jannik Hansen (Vancouver Canucks)
51 – Frans Nielsen (Detroit Red Wings)
63 – Mats Zuccarello (New York Rangers)
78 – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Philadelphia Flyers)
81 – Marian Hossa (Chicago Blackhawks)
89 – Mikkel Boedker (San Jose Sharks)
Team North America
Goalies:
30 – Matt Murray (Pittsburgh Penguins)
36 – John Gibson (Anaheim Ducks)
37 – Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets)
Defence:
3 – Seth Jones (Columbus Blue Jackets)
4 – Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues)
5 – Aaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers)
8 – Jacob Trouba (Winnipeg Jets)
27 – Ryan Murray (Columbus Blue Jackets)
44 – Morgan Rielly (Toronto Maple Leafs)
53 – Shayne Gostisbehere (Philadelphia Flyers)
World Cup gear is here! Can’t wait to get on the ice… #WorldCupOfHockey @BauerHockey pic.twitter.com/scm9cjcGTl
— Auston Matthews (@AM34) August 30, 2016
Forwards:
10 – J.T. Miller (New York Rangers)
13 – Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary Flames)
14 – Sean Couturier (Philadelphia Flyers)
15 – Jack Eichel (Buffalo Sabres)
20 – Brandon Saad (Columbus Blue Jackets)
21 – Vincent Trocheck (Florida Panthers)
29 – Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)
34 – Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)
55 – Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets)
71 – Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings)
72 – Jonathan Drouin (Tampa Bay Lightning)
93 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton Oilers)
97 – Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
** player will miss the tournament, but has yet to be replaced on the team roster
