He's Swedish, with two Swedish parents, plays in Sweden and considers himself Swedish. His dad actually played for Team Sweden himself and is one of the best Swedish players ever.
He's Swedish, with two Swedish parents, plays in Sweden and considers himself Swedish. His dad actually played for Team Sweden himself and is one of the best Swedish players ever.
As far as I know, he's not a US citizen - Until a recent IIHF ruling, he couldn't by IIHF rules represent any country in a IIHF sanctioned tournament.
Those rules only applied if you had dual citizenship.
In other words, if Kolzig were a citizen of the US, grew up in the US and never set foot in Germany, but was also a German citizen, he would not be allowed to play for Germany.
If however he somehow ended up in the US, was not a citizen, still never set foot in Germany, but was a German citizen, he would have been fine.
Of course they gave that up, quite rightly in my opinion.
Those rules only applied if you had dual citizenship.
In other words, if Kolzig were a citizen of the US, grew up in the US and never set foot in Germany, but was also a German citizen, he would not be allowed to play for Germany.
If however he somehow ended up in the US, was not a citizen, still never set foot in Germany, but was a German citizen, he would have been fine.
Of course they gave that up, quite rightly in my opinion.
Then again, we're talking about William Nylander, not Olaf Kölzig.
This has been discussed before. Nylander was born in Canada, has lived in the U.S. and now resides in Sweden. He holds citizenship in Canada and Sweden, in both which he never spent enough time to play in IIHF competition. But since he now lives in Sweden, both his parents are Swedish, he wants to play for Sweden and he would've been eligible for Sweden starting next season he got an exemption. I don't believe he would've gotten an exemption to play for Canada, because he holds absolutely no ties there.
He could however have played for Canada in this tournament because it's not IIHF, but moot point since he's made a decision.
This has been discussed before. Nylander was born in Canada, has lived in the U.S. and now resides in Sweden. He holds citizenship in Canada and Sweden, in both which he never spent enough time to play in IIHF competition. But since he now lives in Sweden, both his parents are Swedish, he wants to play for Sweden and he would've been eligible for Sweden starting next season he got an exemption. I don't believe he would've gotten an exemption to play for Canada, because he holds absolutely no ties there.
He could however have played for Canada in this tournament because it's not IIHF, but moot point since he's made a decision.
I think it's pretty clear that Hab4ever isn't really asking why a very legit top 5 pick isn't playing for Canada but rather complaining a bit about it.
If he was just another guy there wouldn't be the "interest".
Ontario puts up another 10 spot, hammer Atlantic 11-1!!
Yup this group is insanely talented for Ontario. Atlantic has a good team, they got put into a very, very stacked division with Ontario, Quebec and USA.
