Canadian Olympic Hockey Team 2018: Top Players, Uniforms and Latest Comments

Sidney Crosby will not score the gold-medal winning goal for the Canada hockey team in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Stars like Crosby, Patrice Bergeron and Steven Stamkos are not even playing this time around since the NHL elected not to let its players participate.

Instead, Canada will go with former NHL players who are competing overseas or in the minor leagues to make up the bulk of the roster.

Team Canada roster 

Forwards
Rene Bourque, Djurgardens IF (SHL)
Gilbert Brule, Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)
Andrew Ebbett, SC Bern (NLA)
Quinton Howden, Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
Chris Kelly, Belleville Senators (AHL)
Rob Klinkhammer, Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
Brandon Kozun, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
Maxim Lapierre, HC Lugano (NLA)
Eric O’Dell, HK Sochi (KHL)
Mason Raymond, SC Bern (NLA)
Derek Roy, Linkoping HC (SHL)
Christian Thomas, Wilkes-Barre Penguins (AHL)
Linden Vey, Barys Astana (KHL)
Wojtek Wolski, Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)

Defensemen
Stefan Elliott, HV71 (SHL)
Chay Genoway, Lada Togliatti (KHL)
Cody Goloubef, Stockton Heat (AHL)
Marc-Andre Gragnani, Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
Chris Lee, Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
Maxim Noreau, SC Bern (NLA)
Mat Robinson, CSKA Moskva (KHL)
Karl Stollery, Dinamo Riga (KHL)

Goaltenders
Ben Scrivens, Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
Kevin Poulin, Medvescak Zagreb (EBEL)
Justin Peters, Kolner Haie (DEL)

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Derek Roy played the majority of his NHL career with the Buffalo Sabres before moving on to the Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators and Edmonton Oilers.

Roy has not played in the NHL since the 2014-15 season, but he was able to put together four straight seasons with 60 or more points. He scored 81 points in the 2007-08 season.

Roy has been playing with Linkoping in Sweden, and he has scored 10 goals and 20 assists in 37 games thus far. Roy has the ability to attack quickly in the offensive zone and send tape-to-tape passes to his teammates when he is on his game.

Linden Vey will likely play a key role if the Canadians are going to be in the running for a medal. Vey played with the Canucks and Los Angeles Kings during his NHL career, and while he never became an NHL star, he is having an excellent year in the KHL. He is third in the league in scoring with 52 point in 50 games.

Rene Bourque last played in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche, and he scored 27 goals in back-to-back seasons earlier in his career with the Calgary Flames.

Bourque is playing in Sweden this year, and he has scored 21 points in 33 games. While he is not a superstar, Bourque will take advantage of his scoring opportunities, and he also brings a 6'2", 216-pound frame to the battle.

Goalie Ben Scrivens spent several years in the NHL, and he divided his time between the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens.

He has been a hot and cold goalie throughout the majority of his career, and he once had a 59-save shutout for the Oilers. Scriven has a .917 save percentage in the KHL this season.

"It has been an exciting journey to arrive at this 25-player roster," said general manager Sean Burke in a statement released by Hockey Canada (h/t Doug Harrison of cbc.ca). "We have a very special group of talented players and staff who are ready to compete in South Korea."

"This team proves the depth of Canadian hockey," said Team Canada chef de mission Isabelle Charest, per Harrison. "All of Canada will rally behind this team as it sets out to show the world that we will always be a force to be reckoned with on the ice."