TORONTO --Vancouver Canucks goaltender prospect Thatcher Demko is excited that the World Cup of Hockey 2016 will give players competing an opportunity to earn the spotlight.
"Team Europe will be able to reach out to places where hockey might not be well known and where people might not be that familiar with the sport, so you'll be getting that exposure for those areas and that's a good thing," Demko said at the NHL Players' Association Rookie Showcase at Mattamy Athletic Centre on Monday.
Team Europe is made up of players from European countries excluding Finland, Russia, Sweden and the Czech Republic, each of which has its own team entered in the eight-team tournament, which runs Sept. 17 to Oct. 1 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
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