128 former and current American Hockey League players as well as 12 former ECHL players and coaches were selected to participate in the two-week 2016 World Cup of Hockey tournament.

Each of the eight participating teams had no fewer than a dozen AHL alumni on its 23-man roster, with Team Europe leading the way with 19. The United States and Finland had 18 graduates each; the Czech Republic with 17; Canada and Sweden showed 15 each; Team North America had 14 AHL alumni and Russia had 12. The complete list of alumni is below.

Sixteen World Cup players skated in the AHL during the 2015-16 season, including 2016 Second Team AHL All-Star and eventual Stanley Cup champion Matt Murray (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) and 2016 NHL All-Rookie Team selections Shayne Gostisbehere (Lehigh Valley) and John Gibson (San Diego) of Team North America, as well as 2016 AHL All-Star Esa Lindell (Texas) of Finland.

A total of 31 former AHL All-Stars are on World Cup rosters, including Patrice Bergeron, Logan Couture, Jay Bouwmeester and 2016 Vezina Trophy winner Braden Holtby from Canada; Zach Parise, Ryan Kesler, Kyle Palmieri, Ben Bishop, Dustin Byfuglien and Cory Schneider from the United States; and J.T. Miller and Connor Hellebuyck from North America. Zdeno Chara, Mats Zuccarello and Nino Niederreiter (Europe); Mikko Koivu, Pekka Rinne and Tuukka Rask (Finland); Artem Anisimov, Vladislav Namestnikov and Alexey Marchenko (Russia); Jacob Markstrom (Sweden); and Tomas Plekanec and Michal Jordan (Czech Republic) were also All-Stars during their AHL careers.

Thirteen former Calder Cup champions played in the tournament, including playoff MVP’s Tomas Tatar of Europe (Grand Rapids, 2013), Michal Neuvirth of the Czech Republic (Hershey, 2009) and Carey Price of Canada (Hamilton, 2007). Other Calder Cup winners include Petr Mrazek and Ondrej Palat (Czech Republic), Dennis Seidenberg (Europe), Jyrki Jokipakka (Finland) and John Carlson (United States).

AHL experience was also found behind the benches as well, including current Lehigh Valley Phantoms head coach Scott Gordon serving as an assistant for the United States. Additionally, 13 former AHL head coaches are working in the tournament: Canada head coach Mike Babcock and assistants Claude Julien, Bill Peters, Joel Quenneville and Barry Trotz; Europe assistants Paul Maurice and Brad Shaw; North America head coach Todd McLellan and assistant Jon Cooper; and Team USA head coach John Tortorella and assistants Jack Capuano, John Hynes and Mike Sullivan.

The ECHL was represented on five of the tournament’s eight teams.  The United States and Team Europe lead the way as each team had four ECHL alums, while the Czech Republic had two former ECHL players. Canada and Finland were both represented by one former ECHL player.

Two former ECHL players are also part of the United States roster. Brandon Dubinsky tallied 16 points (9g-7a) in 17 games with the Alaska Aces during the 2012-13 season while Jonathan Quick made his professional debut with the Reading Royals in 2007-08.

All three of the goaltenders on Team Europe’s roster played in the ECHL. Thomas Greiss, who went 23-11-3 in 41 appearances with the New York Islanders last season, saw action in three games with Fresno in 2006-07.  Philipp Grubauer earned a spot on the ECHL All-Rookie Team with the South Carolina Stingrays in 2011-12 and was the starting goaltender for the ECHL All-Star Game while with Reading in 2012-13. Jaroslav Halak posted an 11-4-2 record with two shutouts, a 2.05 goals-against average and a save percentage of .932 in 20 appearances with Long Beach during the 2005-06 season.

Also on Team Europe’s roster is Mark Streit, who recorded five assists in 16 games with Tallahassee during the 1999-2000 season. On the roster of the Czech Republic are former ECHL goaltenders Petr Mrazek and Michal Neuvirth. Mrazek made his professional debut with the Toledo Walleye in 2012-13, going 2-1-0 with a 2.01 goals-against average and a save percentage of .944 in three appearances. Neuvirth earned a spot in the ECHL All-Star Game in 2009 while with South Carolina and has gone on to appear in 200 NHL games with Washington, Buffalo, the New York Islanders and Philadelphia posting a record of 84-71-21.

Former South Carolina goaltender Braden Holtby is on Canada’s roster. Holtby took part in the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game and has a career NHL record of 149-60-25 with 23 shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.37 and a save percentage of .921 in 244 appearances with Washington.

Rounding out the ECHL contingent is Finland’s Mikko Koskinen. A second-round selection (31st overall) of the New York Islanders in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Koskinen went 6-0-0 with a 2.50 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage with Utah during the 2009-10 season. He appeared in four games with the Islanders in 2010-11, and has played in Europe over the last four seasons.

AHL Alumni on World Cup of Hockey Rosters

Canada (15)
Patrice Bergeron, F
Jay Bouwmeester, D
Brent Burns, D
Logan Couture, F
Corey Crawford, G
Ryan Getzlaf, F
Claude Giroux, F
Braden Holtby, G
Brad Marchand, F
Jake Muzzin, D
Corey Perry, F
Alex Pietrangelo, D
Carey Price, G
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D
Shea Weber, D

Czech Republic (17)
Michal Birner, F
Radek Faksa, F
Dmitrij Jaskin, F
Michal Jordan, D
Tomas Kundratek, D
Milan Michalek, F
Zbynek Michalek, D
Petr Mrazek, G
Michal Neuvirth, G
Jakub Nakladal, D
Ondrej Palat, F
David Pastrnak, F
Ondrej Pavelec, G
Tomas Plekanec, F
Roman Polak, D
Vladimir Sobotka, F
Andrej Sustr, D

Europe (19)
Mikkel Boedker, F
Zdeno Chara, D
Leon Draisaitl, F
Christian Ehrhoff, D
Thomas Greiss, G
Philipp Grubauer, G
Jaroslav Halak, G
Jannik Hansen, F
Roman Josi, D
Nino Niederreiter, F
Frans Nielsen, F
Tobias Rieder, F
Luca Sbisa, D
Dennis Seidenberg, D
Andrej Sekera, D
Mark Streit, D
Tomas Tatar, F
Thomas Vanek, F
Mats Zuccarello, F

Finland (18)
Valtteri Filppula, F
Mikael Granlund, F
Erik Haula, F
Jyrki Jokipakka, D
Mikko Koivu, F
Leo Komarov, F
Mikko Koskinen, G
Lauri Korpikoski, F
Jori Lehtera, F
Sami Lepisto, D
Esa Lindell, D
Olli Maatta, D
Ville Pokka, D
Tuukka Rask, G
Pekka Rinne, G
Rasmus Ristolainen, D
Teuvo Teravainen, F
Sami Vatanen, D

North America (14)
Sean Couturier, F
Jonathan Drouin, F
John Gibson, G
Shayne Gostisbehere, D
Connor Hellebuyck, G
Dylan Larkin, F
J.T. Miller, F
Matt Murray, G
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F
Colton Parayko, D
Morgan Rielly, D
Brandon Saad, F
Mark Scheifele, F
Vincent Trocheck, F

Russia (12)
Artem Anisimov, F
Evgenii Dadonov, F
Nikita Kucherov, F
Nikolai Kulemin, F
Andrei Markov, D
Alexey Marchenko, D
Vladislav Namestnikov, F
Nikita Nesterov, D
Dmitry Orlov, D
Ivan Telegin, F
Semyon Varlamov, G
Andrei Vasilevskiy, G

Sweden (15)
Mikael Backlund, F
Mattias Ekholm, D
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D
Jhonas Enroth, G
Loui Eriksson, F
Filip Forsberg, F
Carl Hagelin, F
Niklas Hjalmarsson, D
Patric Hornqvist, F
Erik Karlsson, D
Marcus Kruger, F
Hampus Lindholm, D
Jacob Markstrom, G
Jakob Silfverberg, F
Anton Stralman, D

United States (18)
Justin Abdelkader, F
David Backes, F
Ben Bishop, G
Dustin Byfuglien, D
John Carlson, D
Brandon Dubinsky, F
Erik Johnson, D
Ryan Kesler, F
Ryan McDonagh, D
Matt Niskanen, D
Max Pacioretty, F
Kyle Palmieri, F
Zach Parise, F
Joe Pavelski, F
Jonathan Quick, G
Cory Schneider, G
Ryan Suter, D
James van Riemsdyk, F

ECHL Representatives on World Cup of Hockey Rosters

Canada – Braden Holtby (South Carolina, 2009-10)

Czech Republic – Petr Mrazek (Toledo, 2012-13) and Michal Neuvirth (South Carolina, 2008-09)

Finland – Mikko Koskinen (Utah, 2009-10)

Team Europe – Thomas Greiss (Fresno, 2006-07), Philipp Grubauer (South Carolina, 2011-12 and Reading, 2012-13), Jaroslav Halak (Long Beach, 2005-06) and Mark Streit (Tallahassee, 1999-00)

United States – Assistant Coach Jack Capuano (Tallahassee, 1996-97; Knoxville, 1996-97 and Pee Dee, 1997-2005), Assistant Coach Scott Gordon (Johnstown, 1988-89; Nashville, 1992-93; Knoxville, 1993-94 and Roanoke, 1998-2000), Brandon Dubinsky (Alaska, 2012-13) and Jonathan Quick (Reading, 2007-08)