The 2022 IIHF World Championship is taking place from May 13-29 in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland. Canada won gold at the 2021 event, defeating this year's hosts in the final.
Here are the most notable players participating this time around:
Canada
Player
Position
Team
Josh Anderson
F
MTL
Mathew Barzal
F
NYI
Drake Batherson
F
OTT
Max Comtois
F
ANA
Dylan Cozens
F
BUF
Pierre-Luc Dubois
F
WPG
Morgan Geekie
F
SEA
Noah Gregor
F
SJS
Kent Johnson
F
CBJ
Adam Lowry
F
WPG
Dawson Mercer
F
NJD
Nicolas Roy
F
VGK
Cole Sillinger
F
CBJ
Thomas Chabot
D
OTT
Ryan Graves
D
NJD
Nick Holden
D
OTT
Dysin Mayo
D
ARI
Travis Sanheim
D
PHI
Damon Severson
D
NJD
Zach Whitecloud
D
VGK
Chris Driedger
G
SEA
Logan Thompson
G
VGK
Czechia
Player
Position
Team
Tomas Hertl
F
SJS
David Krejci
F
Olomouc (Czech Extraliga)
David Pastrnak
F
BOS
Dominik Simon
F
ANA
Jakub Vrana
F
DET
Filip Hronek
D
DET
Michal Jordan
D
Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)
Michal Kempny
D
WSH
Radim Simek
D
SJS
Lukas Dostal
G
ANA
Karel Vejmelka
G
ARI
Denmark
Player
Position
Team
Nikolaj Ehlers
F
WPG
Finland
Player
Position
Team
Joel Armia
F
MTL
Mikael Granlund
F
NSH
Juho Lammikko
F
VAN
Miro Heiskanen
D
DAL
Esa Lindell
D
DAL
France
Player
Position
Team
Alexandre Texier
F
CBJ
Germany
Player
Position
Team
Tim Stutzle
F
OTT
Moritz Seider
D
DET
Philipp Grubauer
G
SEA
Slovakia
Player
Position
Team
Tomas Tatar
F
NJD
Adam Sykora
F
NHL draft eligible
Martin Fehervary
D
WSH
Adam Huska
G
NYR
Sweden
Player
Position
Team
Rasmus Asplund
F
BUF
Emil Bemstrom
F
CBJ
Carl Grundstrom
F
LAK
Jacob Peterson
F
DAL
Rasmus Dahlin
D
BUF
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
D
VAN
Erik Gustafsson
D
CHI
Adam Larsson
D
SEA
Switzerland
Player
Position
Team
Nico Hischier
F
NJD
Timo Meier
F
SJS
Pius Suter
F
DET
Jonas Siegenthaler
D
NJD
United States
Player
Position
Team
Riley Barber
F
DET
Kieffer Bellows
F
NYI
Matt Boldy
F
MIN
Alex Galchenyuk
F
ARI
Adam Gaudette
F
OTT
Ryan Hartman
F
MIN
John Hayden
F
BUF
Karson Kuhlman
F
SEA
Sam Lafferty
F
CHI
Vinni Lettieri
F
ANA
Ben Meyers
F
COL
Austin Watson
F
OTT
Nick Blankenburg
D
CBJ
Jordan Harris
D
MTL
Seth Jones
D
CHI
Jaycob Megna
D
SJS
Jon Merrill
D
MIN
Andrew Peeke
D
CBJ
Nate Schmidt
D
WPG
Jeremy Swayman
G
BOS