MONTREAL — Already, Workforce Canada is down a person.
Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore will miss the remainder of the 4 Nations Face-Off after struggling an obvious proper wrist harm early within the second interval of Canada’s 4-3 additional time victory over Sweden, coach Jon Cooper stated.
Which means Travis Sanheim — who was an additional Wednesday — shall be within the lineup the remainder of the way in which, with Canada down to 6 defensemen.
In the intervening time, Canada is just not allowed to herald one other participant, which means that could be a everlasting state of play barring extra accidents.
“That’s a big blow,” Cooper stated. “What a child and solely performed six minutes. Coronary heart’s breaking for the child. He was the primary one in there hugging all people.
“It’s a tough one to swallow because you just know how much it means. He got to touch the ice, get some time in there, but it was tough. The speed of that game, to play through the last [40] minutes without a defenseman, that’s a grind.”
Certainly, being with out Theodore for a lot of the recreation meant heavy minutes for the remainder of Canada’s protection corps, particularly the highest pair of Devon Toews and Cale Makar, who performed 28:06 and 25:53 apiece, respectively.
That took its toll as Sweden chipped away at a 3-1 result in power additional time.
“I thought it hurt us a lot,” Connor McDavid stated. “He’s a great player and it’s tough. You guys saw the pace tonight, we felt the pace and it’s tough on those D. To play five, we defended maybe a little too much, but those five D grinded. They did a great job.”
It’s unclear as of now whether or not Sanheim will slot into Theodore’s spot alongside Drew Doughty or Cooper will revamp his pairs. Canada has two observe days earlier than its second match of the match Saturday evening in opposition to Workforce USA.
The evaluations have been blended for the 10-minute additional time format, with Nathan MacKinnon saying he had no curiosity in any way in importing it for the NHL’s common season.
“Maybe seven,” he stated. “I can’t believe I looked off Connor on that rush [a two-on-one in overtime]. I could barely see I was so tired on that rush. I was happy when Marner scored. I didn’t have much left to give.”
