O’Reilly, Canada win World Cup of Hockey

September 30, 2016

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Ryan O’Reilly will open the regular season with a new accomplishment under his belt as Team Canada has won the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Centering Joe Thornton and Matt Duchene, O’Reilly played a strong role on the team, despite not registering a point. His work ethic didn’t go unnoticed:

First guy on the ice is usually Ryan O’Reilly #WCH2016 pic.twitter.com/UiPLro68Rs

— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) September 26, 2016

O’Reilly received the opportunity to play after Tyler Seguin went down with an injury. A few weeks later and the 25-year-0ld has played in a tournament he’ll never forget.

While he won’t play in tonight’s preseason contest, we should expect to see O’Reilly at training camp in the next couple of days.

Congrats, Ryan!

Kevin Freiheit

I founded Buffalo Hockey Central in 2008 and have poured hours and hours into this site. Luckily, we have a great team of writers and designers who have helped keep this up and running despite a ton of out-of-pocket costs. We do this because we enjoy it, and we're desperate to see the Sabres win the Cup someday, but they have to make the playoffs first.

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