MONTREAL – Brendan Gallagher will be celebrating his 24th birthday in style on Friday.
A newcomer to Team Canada’s senior side for the 2016 World Hockey Championship, the Canadiens’ No. 11 will face off against Mike Condon and the Americans in the tournament-opener for both squads in St. Petersburg, Russia.
It will mark just the third time that Gallagher will sport his country’s colors in international competition, and the first time since he helped the Canadian contingent claim bronze at the World Junior Hockey Championship in January 2012. He previously played for Team Pacific at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2009, coming away with a silver medal.