TORONTO — Canada’s junior team made four cuts on Sunday — and one important addition.
The Vancouver Canucks gave forward Jake Virtanen permission to join Canada’s national junior team, a little over an hour after Hockey Canada completed its first round of cuts to its selection camp roster.
Forwards Pierre-Luc Dubois, Michael Dal Colle and Spencer Watson were cut from the team along with defenceman Jakob Chychrun.
Virtanen is one of four players returning from last year’s gold medal-winning team, joining forwards Brayden Point and Lawson Crouse as well as defenceman Joe Hicketts. He’s the only member of Canada’s junior team with regular-season experience in the NHL.