Team Sweden has released its full 23-man roster for February’s 4 Nations Face-Off.
Forwards Elias Pettersson, Jesper Bratt, William Karlsson, Leo Carlsson, Lucas Raymond, Viktor Arvidsson, Elias Lindholm, Gustav Nyquist, Adrian Kempe, Joel Eriksson Ek, and defensemen Rasmus Dahlin, Mattias Ekholm, Jonas Brodin and Rasmus Andersson were added to Team Sweden’s roster for the international best-on-best tournament.
Sweden had already named forwards William Nylander, Mika Zibanejad and Filip Forsberg, and defensemen Victor Hedman, Erik Karlsson and Gustav Forsling to its roster.
Jacob Markström, Linus Ullmark and Filip Gustavsson are Sweden’s three goaltenders for the tournament.
Sam Hallam will lead Team Sweden as their head coach. He told The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun recently that it is possible that former NHLer Daniel Alfredsson could also have a role with Team Sweden for the tournament.
The 4 Nations Face-Off will take place in Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12 to 20.
Full roster
(Note: Highlighted players had already been named to the roster.)
Note: This story will be updated with roster analysis.
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(Photo of Elias Pettersson and Elias Lindholm: Codie McLachlan / Getty Images)
