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Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader was Team USA's captain in the 2014 World Championship.

(AP File Photo)

DETROIT - ESPN networks will be televising every game from the World Cup of Hockey 2016, which will include nine Detroit Red Wings.

The tournament begins Sept. 17 and all games will be played at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.

The Red Wings will be represented by Justin Abdelkader (USA); Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (Sweden); Dylan Larkin (North America); Petr Mrazek (Czech Republic); Tomas Tatar, Frans Nielsen and Thomas Vanek (Europe); and Alexey Marchenko (Russia).

Former Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk will also play for Russia.

The eight teams in the tournament will be divided into two groups.

Canada, Czech Republic, Europe and the United States will play in Group A. Finland, North America, Russia and Sweden will play in Group B.

The top two finishers in each group will advance to the semifinals, where the winners will play in the best-of-three championship series.

Here's the schedule:

Saturday, Sept. 17 - USA vs. Europe; Czech Republic vs. Canada

Sunday, Sept. 18 - Sweden vs. Russia; North America vs. Finland

Monday, Sept. 19 - Europe vs. Czech Republic; Russia vs. North America

Tuesday, Sept. 20 - Finland vs. Sweden; Canada vs. USA

Wednesday, Sept. 21 - North America vs. Sweden; Europe vs. Canada

Thursday, Sept. 22 - Finland vs. Russia; USA vs. Czech Republic

Saturday, Sept. 24 - Semifinal

Sunday, Sept. 25 - Semifinal

Tuesday, Sept. 27 - Finals

Thursday, Sept. 29 - Finals

x-Saturday, Oct. 1 - Finals

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