Tri-City Americans’ Michael Rasmussen named to Canada’s Ivan Hlinka team

Tri-City Americans forward Michael Rasmussen was named to Team Canada for the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.

Rasmussen, a native of Surrey, British Columbia, was one of 22 players chosen out of a pool of 44.

During his rookie season with the Americans, Rasmussen had 18 goals and 25 assists in 63 games.

Tri-City defenseman Parker Wotherspoon helped Team Cananda win gold last year.

Canada will be in search of its ninth consecutive gold medal when it hits the ice Aug. 8-14 in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Bratislava, Slovakia.

Canada will play in Group B with Russia, Slovakia, and Sweden. Group A consists of the Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland and the United States.

This story was originally published August 2, 2016 at 9:10 PM with the headline "Tri-City Americans’ Michael Rasmussen named to Canada’s Ivan Hlinka team."