Team Canada will have a new player on their roster for Monday鈥檚 quarterfinal clash against Slovakia at the World Junior Hockey Championship as Hockey Canada announced on Sunday that forward Owen Beck has been added as a replacement for the injured Colton Dach.
ROSTER UPDATE | Owen Beck has been added to 馃嚚馃嚘鈥檚 National Junior Team.
鈥� Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) January 1, 2023
Colton Dach will miss the remainder of the #WorldJuniors due to injury.
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Dach, 19, the captain of the Western Hockey League鈥檚 麻豆精选 Rockets, will miss the remainder of the tournament after appearing to suffer a right shoulder injury in the third period of Canada鈥檚 5-1 win over Sweden Saturday, Dec. 31.
Dach threw a hit in the defensive zone and immediately crumpled to the ice favouring his right arm. He could be heard screaming in pain on the TV broadcast as he left the ice.
#Blackhawks prospect Colton Dach left tonight鈥檚 game with an apparent injury, and it didn鈥檛 look good. pic.twitter.com/8ifBjBEr2Q
鈥� Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) January 1, 2023
Dach has two assists in four games for Canada at the 2023 World Juniors.
Beck, 18, has scored 17 goals and 23 assists over 30 games with the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League this season.
Beck was cut from Canada鈥檚 World Junior team earlier this month at selection camp.
The other quarterfinal matches Monday have Sweden playing Finland, the United States taking on Germany and Czechia takes on Switzerland.
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