Hockey Canada has announced the return of its management group for a second-consecutive year with Canada’s National Men’s Team at the 2024 Spengler Cup, with Joe Thornton and Brad Pascall back as co-general managers.
Hockey Canada has announced the return of its management group for a second-consecutive year with Canada’s National Men’s Team at the 2024 Spengler Cup, with former NHLer Joe Thornton and Calgary Flames assistant GM Brad Pascall back as co-general managers.
Pascall is currently in his 11th season as assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames, and his second as vice-president of hockey operations. Pascall is also general manager of the Calgary Wranglers of the American Hockey League . During his tenure at Hockey Canada from 1996-2014, he won five-straight gold medals at the IIHF World Junior Championship, three Olympic gold medals, two IIHF World Championship gold medals, the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 2012 Spengler Cup.
Thornton played in a 25-year professional career that included NHL stints with the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers, as well as parts of three seasons with HC Davos during NHL lockouts and the COVID-19 pandemic. In over 1,700 NHL games, he amassed 1,539 points, was a six-time all-star and won the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy in 2005-06.
Domenichelli has served as general manager of HC Lugano of the National League since 2019. As a player, he had an 18-year professional career that included 922 games in the NHL, AHL and NL, while also representing Canada nine times. Domenichelli won a gold medal at the 1996 IIHF World Junior Championship, suited up at the Spengler Cup four times, winning the championship in 2003, and represented Switzerland at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Canada opens the 2024 Spengler Cup against host HC Davos on Dec. 26, and will also face the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in preliminary-round play. The championship game is set for Dec. 31.
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