Power, Johnson Selected to Hockey Canada Olympic Roster
1/25/2022 11:29:00 AM | Ice Hockey, Olympics
CALGARY, Alberta-- University of Michigan sophomore Owen Power has been named to the Hockey Canada Olympic team, while classmate Kent Johnson has been named one of six alternates it was announced Tuesday (Jan. 25).
The team will gather in Davos, Switzerland, for an eight-day training camp from Jan. 25-Feb. 1, and will practice and play a pre-tournament game against the Swiss in Zug, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, before travelling to Beijing. Canada also will play a pre-tournament game against the United States on Feb. 7 at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
Power and Johnson are the fifth and sixth Wolverines to be selected for the Olympic Games, and the seventh and eighth to be chosen to the Hockey Canada Olympic roster.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, Power won a gold medal with Canada at the IIHF World Championship this summer. He also was a member of this year's World Junior Team. Power leads all defensemen in the nation in scoring with 26 points in 24 games. A nominee for the Hobey Baker Award, Power is eighth in the nation in on-ice rating with a +21.
Johnson, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, also was a member of the World Junior team. He leads the nation in assists with 24 and adds six goals for 30 points, to sit 10th in the country. With a +21 rating, Johnson is tied with Power for eighth in the nation.
Canada will open Olympic competition on Feb. 10 vs. Germany in a preliminary game. The team is set to face USA on Feb. 12 and host-nation China on Feb. 13 before qualification playoffs begin on Feb. 15. The quarterfinals are Feb. 16, semifinals on Feb. 19 and the medal games on Feb. 19-20.
Notes
• Michigan hockey has had 16 Olympians (15 players and one coach).
• There will be six Wolverines taking part in men's hockey at the Olympic Games, as Matty Beniers, Brendan Brisson, Steven Kampfer and Strauss Mann were selected to Team USA. [ Release ]
• Canada Olympic team members include: Bob White (1956), Todd Brost (1992), David Harlock (1994), Marty Turco (2006) and Andrew Ebbett (2018).
• Brost and Harlock won silver medals; while White and Ebbett took bronze.
• White earned his medal in 1959, one year before enrolling at Michigan.
