LAS VEGAS– Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy are two leaders in the Boston Bruins locker room and have now been selected to lead their countries.
Marchand and McAvoy were among the first players named on Friday morning to the rosters in the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off Tournament, during which Marchand will represent Canada and McAvoy the United States.
Friendly foes 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Brad Marchand (Team Canada) and Charlie McAvoy (Team USA) have been named to their respective country's rosters for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off.
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Both players have represented their respective countries multiple times before. Marchand helped Canada win the World Cup of Hockey in 2016 and competed in the World Junior Championships in both 2007 and 2008, winning gold medals in both tournaments. McAvoy won gold for the United States during the 2014 World U-17 Hockey Challenge and the 2015 IIHF Under-18 World Championship. He was also a part of the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Junior Championships teams as well as the 2018 IIHF World Championship team.
Marchand is about to enter his 16th NHL season with the Bruins, having played in 1,029 career games. The 36-year-old appeared in all 82 games for Boston last season, scoring 29 goals, 38 assists, for 67 points during his first season as the captain of the Bruins.
McAvoy, 26, played in 74 games last year, totaling 12 goals and 35 assists for 47 points while leading the Bruins in average time on ice. He has appeared in 454 career games over the span of his seven-year NHL career.
Among the first players named for the United States, along with McAvoy, are Adam Fox of the New York Rangers, Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks, Jack Eichel of the Vegas Golden Knights, Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Matthew Tkachuck of the Florida Panthers.
Meanwhile, Marchand will be joined on Team Canada by Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers, and Brayden Point of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bruins general manager Don Sweeney is in charge of building the roster for Team Canada.
The 4 Nations Face-Off is the return of best-on-best international competition to the NHL for the first time since the World Cup of Hockey in 2016. The seven-game round-robin tournament will be played entirely under NHL rules and feature the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Finland.
The tournament will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at Bell Center in Montreal. Following the first four games, the tournament will shift to TD Garden in Boston, where the championship will be played on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.
