Hurricanes defenceman Tim Gleason, after posting the best overall season of his career thus far, has been added to the Team USA roster for the IIHF World Championships this summer. Kudos to Timmy!
Tampa Bay's head coach John Tortorella will be behind the bench for Team USA, and you can see other additions to the roster here.
Team USA will play a pre-tournament exhibition against Sweden in Portland, ME on April 27th before heading to Halifax, NS for their tourney opener against Latvia. The U.S. will also face Slovenia (5/4) and tournament host Canada (5/6) in the preliminary round.
Eight other Hurricanes have been named to play for their national teams at the World Championships this year:
Eric Staal (F, Canada)
Cam Ward (G, Canada)
Ray Whitney (F, Canada)
Denis Seidenberg (D, Germany)
Niclas Wallin (D, Sweden)
Tuomo Ruutu (F/C, Finland)
Daniel Manzato (G, Switzerland)
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