Team Canada head coach Jon Cooper said he expects to have every player available in the quarter-finals after star forward Nathan MacKinnon and centre Sam Bennett were both absent from Canada\u2019s practice Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Hockey Canada said it was a maintenance day for both players one day after the team\u2019s quarter-final which will be against the winner of Czechia-Denmark later on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo panic,\u201d Cooper said of the status of the two forwards. <\/p>\n
Defenceman Josh Morrissey and forward Brad Marchand were both on the ice for the session and took part in line rushes.<\/p>\n
MacKinnon appeared to injure his knee delivering a hit late in Canada\u2019s 10-2 win over France on Sunday. He also took a\u00a0high hit\u00a0behind the France net earlier in the period. He has two goals and five points through three games.<\/p>\n
With MacKinnon and Bennett out Tuesday, Connor McDavid once again centred the top line with Macklin Celebrini and Tom Wilson, with Marchand on a line with Bo Horvat and Seth Jarvis, Sidney Crosby centering Mitch Marner and Mark Stone and Nick Suzuki working between Brandon Hagel and Sam Reinhart<\/p>\n
Morrissey skated with Colton Parayko, which is a positive sign hinting towards a return on Wednesday. Travis Sanheim, who replaced Morrissey in the lineup after his injury, worked with Shea Theodore in the bottom pairing.<\/p>\n
Lines at \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 practice <\/p>\n
Celebrini – McDavid – Wilson
Marner – Crosby – Stone
Hagel – Suzuki – Reinhart
Marchand – Horvat – Jarvis <\/p>\n
Toews – Makar
Morrissey – Parayko
Harley – Doughty
Sanheim – Theodore <\/p>\n
Binnington
Thompson
Kuemper<\/p>\n
Absent: MacKinnon, Bennett@TSN_Sports<\/a><\/p>\n