{"id":3159,"date":"2026-04-13T17:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/3159\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:59:29","slug":"treliving-spezza-to-lead-canada-at-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/3159\/","title":{"rendered":"Treliving, Spezza to lead Canada at worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\tBy The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted April 13, 2026 1:11 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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CALGARY \u2013 Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving and Pittsburgh Penguins assistant GM Jason Spezza will lead Canada\u2019s management team at the 2026 world hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Monday.<\/p>\n

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Penguins GM Kyle Dubas will join the management team in a support role while focusing on Pittsburgh\u2019s opening-round NHL playoff series. Hockey Canada senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations Scott Salmond will also support the team.<\/p>\n

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Treliving will be in his first management role since being fired on March 30, near the end of his third season with the Maple Leafs. He previously spent nine seasons as the GM of the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n

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He was co-GM of Canada\u2019s gold-winning team at the 2016 world championship.<\/p>\n

Spezza, in his third season as Pittsburgh\u2019s assistant GM, is making his international management debut.<\/p>\n

He played for Canada at four world championships, winning one gold (2015) and two silver (2008, 2009). He won one silver (2002) and two bronze (2000, 2001) representing Canada at the world junior championship.<\/p>\n

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Canada opens the tournament, hosted in the Swiss cities of Zurich and Fribourg, against Sweden on May 15.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

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