{"id":702521,"date":"2026-05-29T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702521\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:18:08","slug":"edmonton-oilers-gm-confirms-evan-bouchard-will-miss-remainder-of-mens-worlds-for-team-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702521\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers GM confirms Evan Bouchard will miss remainder of men\u2019s worlds for Team Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evan Bouchard<\/a>\u2019s IIHF Men\u2019s World Championship is over after the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> defenceman was knocked out of Canada\u2019s quarter-final win over Team USA by an illegal check to the head from Ryan Lindgren<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers<\/a> general manager Stan Bowman confirmed to Oilers Now with Bob Stauffer <\/a>that Bouchard will not play in either of Canada\u2019s two remaining games as the team enters the semifinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Team Canada GM) Kyle Dubas has been very proactive, given as soon as the play happened, he texted me, and I\u2019ve been texting with Evan as well, so we\u2019re in touch with him, obviously,\u201d Bowman explained Thursday. \u201cHe\u2019s injured, but he\u2019s doing well… thankfully it\u2019s not worse than it was, but clearly it was a terrible hit. It\u2019s disappointing to see that happen. <\/p>\n

\u201dThankfully, it\u2019s May, and a long time till training camp, so I think you know everyone in Edmonton knows how great (Bouchard) is. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think maybe some other teams are seeing how effective…he\u2019s playing a great hockey for Canada over there, so it\u2019s unfortunate that he\u2019s not gonna be playing the remainder there, but I think he\u2019s gonna be okay.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in touch with him, He\u2019s doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThankfully, it\u2019s not worse than it was.\u201d@EdmontonOilers<\/a> GM Stan Bowman on Oilers Defenceman Evan Bouchard\u2019s health following the check to his head in the Quarterfinals of the World Championship in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Oilers Now with Bob Stauffer (@OilersNow) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Lindgren received a five-minute major penalty for the hit, which he delivered just after Bouchard released the puck as he entered the offensive zone in the first period of Canada\u2019s eventual 4-0 win.<\/p>\n

Bouchard was visibly shaken up after the hit and left the ice with the assistance of two teammates. He was later officially ruled out for the remainder of the game in the second period.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old blueliner finishes his tournament with one goal and six points in eight games.<\/p>\n

Bouchard joined Canada after one goal and seven points in six playoff games with the Oilers before the team was eliminated by the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in the first round. He had 21 goals and 95 points in 82 games during the regular season. <\/p>\n

The Oakville, Ont. native signed a four-year, $42 million contract last summer which carries a $10.5 million cap hit through 2028-29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evan Bouchard\u2019s IIHF Men\u2019s World Championship is over after the Edmonton Oilers defenceman was knocked out of Canada\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[16159,64,63,117027,575,85],"class_list":["post-702521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-edmonton-oilers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-22","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}