FILE PHOTO-Pittsburgh Penguins captain, Sidney Crosby, hoists the Stanley Cup while taking part in the Natal Day Parade in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Tim Krochak
(Reuters) - Two-times gold medallist Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Alex Pietrangelo were named on Monday in the Canadian men's ice hockey team's initial squad for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Participating countries were asked to declare three players and there were no surprises in Canada's early selections given National Hockey League players are set to return to the Olympics after the league skipped the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
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