Hextall named Canada's GM for upcoming worlds

Ron Hextall is going back to the World Hockey Championship.

The Philadelphia Flyers general manager was named to that same position for Canada's entry in the upcoming tournament, Hockey Canada announced Monday.

Hextall was a member of the management group at the 2014 World Championship in Belarus, and represented Canada as a player at the 1992 tourney in the former Czechoslovakia.

A fellow former NHL goalie, Sean Burke, will serve as Canada's assistant GM for the 2017 event, and he'll be joined by veteran Hockey Canada executive Scott Salmond and Montreal Canadiens assistant GM Larry Carriere, who'll be Canada's director of player personnel.

Canada is looking to win its third consecutive world championship title this spring. The tournament runs May 5-21 in Paris and Cologne, Germany.