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Full rosters released for World Cup of Hockey; include Stars players Benn, Seguin, Hemsky, Faksa, Lindell

Here is the press release:

TORONTO (May 27, 2016) -All eight teams announced today their final, 23-man rosters for the World Cup of Hockey 2016, the best-on-best international hockey championship that will be held Sept. 17 - Oct. 1 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Each of the eight teams - Team Canada, Team Czech Republic, Team Europe, Team Finland, Team North America, Team Russia, Team Sweden and Team USA - added seven players today, joining the 16 selected to the respective teams on March 2. A total of 173 of the 184 selections are NHL players, plus two others -- Team North America forward Auston Matthews and Team Finland forward Patrik Laine -- who are projected to be early first-round selections in the 2016 NHL Draft.