Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett was added Tuesday to Canada’s men’s hockey team at the Olympics in Milan as an injury replacement for Anthony Cirelli.Hockey Canada announced the change roughly 48 hours after Cirelli was injured in Tampa Bay’s outdoor Stadium Series game Sunday night against Boston. Bennett also left Florida’s game Monday night because of an upper-body injury.Bennett was one of only a handful of players from Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off roster left off the Olympic team last year. Bennett was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP last year when the Panthers won the Stanley Cup for a second consecutive season.Nine other Panthers have been selected by nations to compete in the Olympics.Bennett will join Panthers teammates Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart on Team Canada’s roster. Canada’s first game is against Czechia on Feb. 11.Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk and Seth Jones will represent Team USA, which opens the Winter Olympics against Latvia on Feb. 12.Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen and Niko Mikkola were selected by Finland, and Uvis Balinskis and Sandis Vilmanis with Latvia.U.S. NHL players last competed in the Olympics at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games in Russia, where the team placed fourth.Associated Press contributed to this report.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.

METROPOLITAN CITY OF MILAN, Lombardy —

Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett was added Tuesday to Canada’s men’s hockey team at the Olympics in Milan as an injury replacement for Anthony Cirelli.

Hockey Canada announced the change roughly 48 hours after Cirelli was injured in Tampa Bay’s outdoor Stadium Series game Sunday night against Boston. Bennett also left Florida’s game Monday night because of an upper-body injury.

Bennett was one of only a handful of players from Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off roster left off the Olympic team last year. Bennett was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP last year when the Panthers won the Stanley Cup for a second consecutive season.

Nine other Panthers have been selected by nations to compete in the Olympics.

Bennett will join Panthers teammates Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart on Team Canada’s roster.

Canada’s first game is against Czechia on Feb. 11.

Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk and Seth Jones will represent Team USA, which opens the Winter Olympics against Latvia on Feb. 12.

Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen and Niko Mikkola were selected by Finland, and Uvis Balinskis and Sandis Vilmanis with Latvia.

U.S. NHL players last competed in the Olympics at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games in Russia, where the team placed fourth.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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