WD Sports and Entertainment client as well as Arizona Coyotes and Tucson Roadrunners forward Michael Carcone will represent Team Canada at this month’s 2023 IIHF World Championship in Finland and Latvia.

A native of Ajax, Ontario, Mike Carcone set career highs and Tucson franchise records in 2022-23 with 31 goals and 54 assists for 85 points. The 26-year-old was the only skater in the American Hockey League to finish the top five in both goals (t-5th) and assists (3rd), while his 85 total points led the league. Carcone was selected as the AHL’s Player of the Month for December 2022 after amassing 20 points (10g 10a) in 10 outings and was named to the AHL’s First All-Star Team at the end of the season. He represented the Tucson Roadrunners with his first career AHL All-Star selection in February, finishing second in the AHL’s Fastest Skater Competition with a time that would have taken first place in the NHL’s competition. In addition, Carcone led the AHL All-Star Classic with four assists as the Pacific Division captured their first-ever All-Star Classic victory in Laval, QC.

The 2023 IIHF World Championship marks Carcone’s first appearance with Team Canada. In his third year with the Arizona Coyotes organization, Carcone registered three points (2g 1a) in nine NHL contests to bring his career total to six goals and three assists for nine points in 30 games since making his National Hockey League debut with Arizona on December 28, 2021.

Carcone joins Arizona Coyotes forwards Jack McBain and Lawson Crouse on Team Canada, along with Coyotes Head Coach André Tourigny serving as Head Coach and Coyotes legend Shane Doan as Assistant General Manager. Team Canada is looking to match their 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship team that repeated as champions in January 2023, with Coyotes prospect Dylan Guenther scoring the overtime game-winning goal to take home the gold medal.

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