Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was named captain for Canada at the 2015 IIHF World Championship, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.
Vancouver Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis and Dallas Stars center Jason Spezza were named alternate captains.
Crosby also was captain for Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg and defenseman Mattias Ekholm will play for Sweden at the 2015 IIHF World Championship, the IIHF announced Thursday via Twitter.
San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl will also compete for the host Czech Republic in the tournament, to be held May 1-17 in Ostrava and Prague.
Forsberg scored 26 goals and 63 points in 82 games of his rookie season, and added a hat trick in Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Predators lost the best-of-7 series in six games.
Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin and St. Louis Blues wing Vladimir Tarsenko are among those who will play for Russia at the 2015 IIHF World Championship, the IIHF announced Tuesday via its website.
Malkin was held scoreless as the Penguins were eliminated by the New York Rangers in five games in the Eastern Conference First Round. Malkin said afterward that he wasn't playing with a significant injury as some had speculated, but that he did require some rest.
Malkin tied Sidney Crosby for the Penguins goal-scoring lead during the regular season with 28 and had 70 points in 69 games.
Tarasenko scored six goals in six games as the St. Louis Blues were eliminated by the Minnesota Wild in the Western Conference First Round.
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