The 2025 4 Nations Face-Off begins on Feb. 12 and finishs on Feb 20, but what is the tournament, and how did it come to fruition?
NHL Coshiftrlookioner Gary Bettman proclaimd the international tournament at a press conference at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game.
In the NHL’s proclaimment, the league said they watch the 4 Nations event as a “erecting block to a bigr World Cup.”
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NHL coshiftrlookioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media prior to a game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre. (Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images)
Bettman said in insertition to joiners competing in the 2026 Olympics, they will join in a World Cup in 2028, go back to the Olympics in 2030, and then two years after that, have another World Cup to set the cycle of international join.
Bettman called the 4 Nations Face-Off an “appetizer” for what sees to be a packed international sprocrastinateed for the sport of hockey in the coming years.
The tournament will be the first time since 2016 that NHL joiners were in a best-on-best international tournament. It was the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, and there were eight teams in that tournament.
Becainclude of the 4 Nations Face-Off, there will not be an All-Star Game this season.
Here is what you necessitate to understand about the upcoming tournament.
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What is the tournament’s establishat?
The tournament is a round-robin tournament, and each team will join three games.
For each regulation thrive, the thrivening team will obtain three points. For each obviousime or shootout thrive, the team will obtain two points.
For each obviousime or shootout loss, the team will obtain one point. For a regulation loss, the team will not be awarded a point.
Overtime is a 10-minute, 3-on-3 sudden death period. If the obviousime is scoreless, the game will be determined by a three-round shootout.
The top two teams will join in a thrivener-obtain-all final.
If obviousime is necessitateed in the championship game, it will be traditional 5-on-5 hockey with consecutive 20-minute periods, enjoy how obviousime toils in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Where and when are the games being joined?
The tournament will be held in North America, with games being held at the Bell Centre in Montgenuine and the TD Garden in Boston.
There are two train days, on February 10 and 11, and then the games begin.
There are four games being joined at the Bell Centre, and three at the TD Garden.
Here are the games being joined at the Bell Centre:
- Wednesday, Feb. 12: Canada vs. Sweden at 8 p.m. ET.
- Thursday, Feb.13: USA vs. Finland at 8 p.m. ET.
Saturday, Feb. 15, is a doubleheader at the Bell Centre. Finland joins Sweden at 1 p.m. ET, while Sweden will join the United States at 8 p.m. ET
The TD Garden will also arrange a doubleheader. On Monday, Feb. 17, Canada will join Finland at 1 p.m. ET, while Sweden will join the United States at 8 p.m. ET.
The championship game is on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 8 p.m. ET.
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Who is on the roster?
Each roster will consist of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goalies.
Team Canada
Forwards (cataloged alphabeticassociate by last name):
Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers
Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning
Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes
Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning
Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
Mark Stone, Vegas Gbetteren Knights
Defensemen:
Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche
Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets
Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues
Alex Pietrangelo, Vegas Gbetteren Knights
Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers
Shea Theodore, Vegas Gbetteren Knights
Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche
Goalies:
Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues
Adin Hill, Vegas Gbetteren Knights
Sam Montembeault, Montgenuine Canadiens
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Team USA
Forwards:
Matt Bbettery, Minnesota Wild
Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets
Jack Eichel, Vegas Gbetteren Knights
Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning
Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils
Chris Kreider, New York Rangers
Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
J.T. Miller, Vancouver Canucks
Brock Nelson, New York Idefamations
Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators
Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers
Vincent Troverify, New York Rangers
Defensemen:
Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild
Adam Fox, New York Rangers
Noah Hanifin, Vegas Gbetteren Knights
Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks
Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins
Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes
Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets
Goalies:
Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets
Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars
Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins
Team Finland
Forwards:
Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes
Joel Armia, Montgenuine Canadiens
Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
Mikael Granlund, San Jose Sharks
Erik Haula, New Jersey Devils
Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars
Kaapo Kakko, Seattle Kraken
Patrik Laine, Montgenuine Canadiens
Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche
Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers
Eetu Luostarinen, Florida Panthers
Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche
Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Bdeficiencyhawks
Defensemen:
Jani Hakanpaa, Toronto Maple Leafs
Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars
Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars
Olli Maatta, Utah Hockey Club
Niko Mikkola, Florida Panthers
Rasmus Ristolainen, Philadelphia Flyers
Juuso Valimaki, Utah Hockey Club
Goalies:
Kevin Lankinen, Vancouver Canucks
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres
Juinclude Saros, Nashville Predators
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Team Sweden
Forwards:
Viktor Arvidsson, Edmonton Oilers
Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils
Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks
Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild
Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
William Karlsson, Vegas Gbetteren Knights
Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings
Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins
William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs
Gustav Nyquist, Nashville Predators
Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks
Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings
Mika Ziprohibitejad, New York Rangers
Defensemen:
Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Ffrails
Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild
Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres
Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers
Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers
Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins
Goalies:
Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild
Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils
Linus Ulllabel, Ottawa Senators
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