A pair of Edmonton Oilers defencemen will be heading to Switzerland to represent Canada at the World Hockey Championship.

Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard are set to don the red and white at the annual tournament, set to take place between May 15 to 31, 2026, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger.

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Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse added to Team Canada’s roster for the Men’s World Hockey Championship.

3:39 PM · May 5, 2026

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For Nurse, it will be his third time playing for Canada at the World Championship, playing on the 2018 and 2019 teams. In 2018, he was joined by Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, as Canada finished fourth in the tournament. The following year, he was the lone........

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