The 2006 IIHF world hockey championship starts Friday and Team Canada has called in some reinforcements after losing 4 - 3 in an exhibition match against Belarus.
Philadelphia Flyers rookie forwards Jeff Carter and Mike Richards are flying to Riga, as is Red Wings forward Jason Williams.
Yesterday, forward Scott Hartnell and defencemen Dan Hamhuis and Stephane Robidas were added Tuesday. TSN reports that three or four more players will be added on Thursday or Friday to complete the roster.
This makes the team much better, but there are still many quality players that are no longer in the hunt for Lord Stanley's cup that most likely won't be there. As of today, none of the Big Four from the Tampa Bay Lightning have been added to the roster, which is surprising. It would be quite a disappointment if none of them made the trip.
Stay tuned.
5.03.2006
Call in the reinforcements
