Eight Panthers Named to 4 Nations Face-Off Rosters

The official rosters for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off have been released and eight Florida Panthers players had their name called for national duty.

 

Prior to Wednesday’s full squad announcements, the Panthers knew the three of their guys were locked in for the tournament, with Aleksander Barkov (Finland), Matthew Tkachuk (USA) and Gustav Forsling (Sweden) all being part of their respective countries first six named players. 

 

When the four participating nations: Finland, Sweden, USA and Canada, unveiled their full rosters on Wednesday, five more Panthers were selected.

 

Finland loaded up its roster with Panthers, taking all four of Florida’s, selecting forwards Anton Lundell and, Eetu Luostarinen and defenseman Niko Mikkola. The three will join their captain, Barkov, next February in Montreal and Boston. 

 

Panthers assistant coach Tuomo Ruutu, who won two Olympic Bronze medals as a player with Finland in 2010 and 2014, will be on the Finnish staff as an assistant coach.

 

Besides the four Panthers who won the Stanley Cup last year, the Finnish roster will be filled with championship pedigree. They’ll have recent champions like Miko Rantanen and, Artturi Lehkonen from Colorado’s 2022 Cup team and Teuvo Teravinen, who won in 2015 with Chicago.

 

“It’s big value,” said Finland general manager Jere Lehtinen. “You have a few [players] who won and have been in tough situations through their career, so when you come to a tournament like that, it’s a quick tournament. You have to be ready right away.”

 

Hockey Canada was the one federation that did not take any Panthers in June when they announced its first six players. They did end up selecting two Panthers for the final team.

 


Canada took forwards Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett as they rounded out a team filled with numerous Cup champions and future Hall of Famers. 

 

Reinhart had a 57 goal season last year and capped it off with the Stanley Cup winning goal in Game 7. Coming off a career year, there’s been no slump for Reinhart as he currently leads the NHL with 18 goals.

 

While Reinhart was a shoo-in to make Team Canada, Bennett wasn’t. The gritty 200-foot player’s playoff pedigree certainly played a factor in his selection and with his hot start to the season (13 goals, 24 points in 25 games), he made it hard for Canada to pass up on him.

 

Forsling (Sweden) and Tkachuk (USA) remained the lone Panthers on their respective teams, however both nations will have some representation away from the ice. 

 

Sweden named former player and, current Panthers scout and development consultant Patric Hornqvist as an assistant general manager. They also brought on Panthers assistant coach Myles Fee as a video coach.

 

Panthers GM Bill Zito will be an assistant general manager for the Americans and Panthers Head Equipment Manager Teddy Richards will serve as an equipment manager.

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