San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic is ending his 2016-17 season the way it began: representing his country. Vlasic is once again suiting up for Canada, this time at the World Championships in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France, eight months after he was part of Canada’s World Cup of Hockey-winning squad.
He is one of four Canadian players (Matt Duchene, Claude Giroux, and Ryan O’Reilly are the other three) to have suited up for Canada at both the World Cup and World Championships. That experience helped propel Canada to the knockout rounds, where they’ll take on tournament co-hosts Germany today at 8:15 AM PST.