Bruins sending four players to NHL 4 Nations Face-Off.
The Boston Bruins will have four players represent Team USA at the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off in February.
Jeremy Swayman will join defenseman Charlie McAvoy in the round-robin tournament. McAvoy was previously named one of the first six players to the United States’ roster over the summer.
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Four Bruins in total will participate in the event:
Brad Marchand (Canada),
Elias Lindholm (Sweden)
Charlie McAvoy (USA)
Jeremy Swayman (USA)
Bruins general manager Don Sweeney is serving as the general manager for Team Canada.
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Two former Bruins players were also included on the rosters as Linus Ullmark (Sweden) and Erik Haula (Finland) will participate.
Hampus Lindholm was left off Sweden’s roster. The Bruins defenseman has been dealing with a lower-body injury since November. While it’s unclear of the severity, then coach Jim Montgomery it would sideline Hampus Lindholm for weeks. Interim coach Joe Sacco didn’t have much of an update ahead of Boston’s Centennial game on Sunday, telling reporters he was still weeks away from a return.
There was no media availability to ask questions of Swedish leadership to determine what they knew about Hampus Lindholm’s injury and whether they didn’t expect him to be back in time.
Canada and Sweden open the tournament on Feb. 12 at 8 p.m., while the United States and Finland play on Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.
The entire schedule looks like this:
Thursday, Feb. 12 at Montreal
Canada vs. Sweden, 8 pm.
Friday, Feb. 13 at Montreal
USA vs. Finaland, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15 at Montreal
Finland vs. Sweden, 1 p.m.
USA vs. Canada, 8 p.m.
