Saber will be well represented at the 2022 IIHF World Championships, which kicks off Friday, 13 May in Finland and runs through Sunday, 29 May.
Buffalo will have five players participating in the tournament: strikers Rasmus Asplund (Sweden), Dylan Cozens (Canada), and John Hayden (United States) together with defensemen Rasmus Dahlin (Sweden) and Henri Jokiharju (Finland).
Sabers coach Don Granato also participates as an assistant coach on David Quinn’s staff at Team USA. Granato previously won a bronze medal on the Team USA coaching staff in 2018.
Below is the full schedule of all matches involving Saber players (all east time). This post will be updated with results throughout the tournament.
Friday, May 13
United States (Granato, Hayden) vs. Latvia – 09:15 (NHL Network)
Canada (Cozens) vs. Germany – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Finland (Jokiharju) vs. Norway – 13:20
Saturday, May 14
Sweden (Asplund, Dahlin) vs. Austria – 05:20 (NHL Network)
Finland (Jokiharju) vs. Latvia – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Sunday, May 15
Canada (Cozens) vs. Italy – 05:20 (NHL Network)
United States (Granato, Hayden) vs. Austria – 09:20 (NHL Network)
Sweden (Asplund, Dahlin) vs. Czech Republic – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Monday, May 16
Canada (Cozens) vs. Slovakia – 09:20 (NHL Network)
Finland (Jokiharju) vs. United States (Granato, Hayden) – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Tuesday, May 17
Sweden (Asplund, Dahlin) vs. United Kingdom – 13:20
Wednesday, May 18
Finland (Jokiharju) vs. Sweden (Asplund, Dahlin) – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Thursday, May 19
United States (Granato, Hayden) vs. United Kingdom – 09:20 (NHL Network)
Canada (Cozens) vs. Kazakhstan – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Friday, May 20
Finland (Jokiharju) vs. United Kingdom – 09:20 (NHL Network)
Saturday, May 21
United States (Granato, Hayden) vs. Sweden (Asplund, Dahlin) – 05:20 (NHL Network)
Canada (Cozens) vs. Switzerland – 09:20 (NHL Network)
Finland (Jokiharju) vs. Austria – 09:20
Sunday, May 22
Sweden (Asplund, Dahlin) vs. Norway – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Monday, May 23
United States (Granato, Hayden) vs. Czech Republic – 09:20 (NHL Network)
Canada (Cozens) vs. Denmark – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Tuesday, May 24
Sweden (Asplund, Dahlin) vs. Latvia – 05:20
United States (Granato, Hayden) vs. Norway – 09:20 (NHL Network)
Canada (Cozens) vs. France – 13:20 (NHL Network)
Finland (Jokiharju) vs. Czech – 13:20
