The Vancouver Canucks will have one player wearing the Three Crowns overseas.
On Monday, Sweden announced its roster for the 2025 IIHF Men’s World Championship, which the nation is co-hosting. On the back end is Canucks defenceman Marcus Pettersson.
📣 Här är den! Tre Kronors VM-trupp 😍
Förbundskapten Sam Hallam presenterade idag 23 namn i en preliminär VM-trupp.
"Vi vet att vi har ett uppdrag, som är att ta guld", säger Hallam.
👉 Läs mer här https://t.co/m6QCYP1c1q
På fredag släpps pucken! 🇸🇪🏒 pic.twitter.com/MWAzh2a7mC
— Tre Kronor (@Trekronorse) May 5, 2025
Pettersson is joining Sweden’s World Championship roster for the second year in a row and the fourth time in his career. Last season, the Skellefteå native won bronze in Czechia.
The Swedish defenceman also played three games for his country during this season’s EuroHockey Tour. In his younger days, he played for Tre Kronor at the 2012 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge, the 2014 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship and the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship.
The 28-year-old started the 2024-25 campaign with the Pittsburgh Penguins but was acquired by the Canucks in a trade that saw Vancouver also get forward Drew O’Connor for Danton Heinen, Vincent Desharnais, prospect Melvin Fernstrom and a 2025 first-round pick.
Pettersson joined the Canucks amidst a weird stage in their season. They had just dealt J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers in an attempt to end the off-ice drama between Miller and Elias Pettersson. Vancouver was also in a tailspin, which ended up hurting their playoff chances.
Not long after, he signed a six-year contract extension with an AAV of $5.5 million.
The left shot defenceman played a total of 31 games for the Canucks, scoring a goal and 10 assists for 11 points. He was a plus-8 while averaging an average of 21:09 of ice time. In 78 games overall last season, he scored four goals and 25 assists for 29 points with a plus-6 rating.
Pettersson joins a very experienced blue line featuring current NHLers Rasmus Andersson (Calgary Flames), Jonas Brodin (Minnesota Wild), Simon Edvinsson (Detroit Red Wings) and Adam Larsson (Seattle Kraken). Tre Kronor has a solid core up front, headlined by New York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad and Lucas Raymond of the Red Wings.
Of the 23 players announced, eight were also on Sweden’s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off. Elias Pettersson was on the team that finished third in the event back in February.
Sweden opens its Group A schedule in Stockholm on Friday when they take on Slovakia.
