Because when Hockey Canada calls, Kobelka has a distinct history of answering.
"When you get asked, you first do factor in your season and think about things," started Kobelka, who is sharing the experience with wife Wendy, daughter Charley and son Christopher, who is also pulling duty as a stick-boy and water-guy.
"You come here and have an opportunity to hopefully leave the hockey season with a good feeling. That opportunity to come here, be a part of a new group, get to be with new people and just have a little bit of a positive light at the end of the year.
"It's why you do it."
Kobelka does it.
Often.
And his tokens are near second-to-none.
He's won gold with Canada's Men's Olympic Team at both the 2010 and 2014 Olympic Winter Games, gold at the 2007 and 2016 IIHF World Championships, silver at the 2008 and 2009 IIHF World Championships, gold at the 2008 and 2015 IIHF World Junior Championships, bronze at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship, and has a Spengler Cup title from 2012.
He added gold at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey to his haul the last time he helped out on the international stage.
"I've been very lucky to have a lot of winning experiences with them," said Kobelka. "There's a nice little case of some memorabilia, which is great."
He's hoping to share the wealth.
Kobelka isn't flying solo on the trip, which also features new Calgary coach Bill Peters behind the bench of Canada's entry.
He's sharing a space with a familiar face - Flames physician Dr. David Manning.
There was little hesitation on his part to join Hockey Canada once again.
"It's pretty close to automatic," said Manning, who also has his family joining him on the trip.
"The biggest consideration, for me, is a clinical practice back home. I've got a good group of partners, each of whom has done Hockey Canada tournaments. They all get it. They all pitch in.
"The other thing is family, too, and running it by my wife. We've got a little guy who's two. He loves hockey. But he doesn't really know where it is. It's a fun experience for them to be involved with it, too.
"As long as I get a green light from those two, it's an automatic for me."
Like Kobelka, Manning is no stranger to international ice.
In the past, he's helped Canada to gold at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup in 2014, bronze at the 2015 World Under-18 Championship, and silver at both the World Championship and World Junior Championship in 2017.
And, yes, bronze at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Each experience, he suggested, is unique.
"It's true," Manning said.
"Every tournament with Hockey Canada … it's not the same group so you're meeting a new team and getting to bond as a team and see how those guys come together. You make new relationships, get to work with new people. Every tournament's a bit of an open book. Anytime there's a group of guys together from Canada playing hockey you have a good chance to win.
"It's what drives people.
"Everyone is motivated to go home with a gold medal.
"You get excited about it every time."
Because there's a chance to be a part of something special.
"It's a big thing to give him the opportunity of being part of something special," Kobelka said.
"When players like Connor McDavid, arguably one of the best in the world, at the end of the year coming down here, it still an opportunity for us to get to know a lot of other players, gives us the chance to develop relations.
"And be a part of something special.
"Hopefully."
