Tyler Bertuzzi and Anthony Mantha will have a chance to play some more hockey this spring.

The two forwards are among Detroit Red Wings who have been invited to play for Team Canada at next month’s IIHF World Championship. Andreas Athanasiou also has been invited, and is expected to go pending his health, general manager Ken Holland told the Free Press on Monday.

The U.S. team is similarly waiting to find out if Dylan Larkin is healthy enough to make a third straight appearance. Both Larkin and Athanasiou played in the Wings’ season finale, April 6, but had nagging injuries.

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It’ll be the first appearance at the annual springtime tournament for all three Canadians. Mantha, 24, reached a career high 25 goals in 2018-19, and matched a career high with 48 points (though he did it this past season in 67 games, compared to 80 in 2017-18). He was the Wings’ hottest player over their last 11 games, contributing eight goals and seven assists.

Bertuzzi, 24, posted his first 20-goal season (21 goals, 47 points in 73 games) in his first full NHL season. He, too, had a hot hand down the stretch, with five goals and nine assists the last 11 games.

Athanasiou, 24, had 30 goals among 54 points in 76 games. He was one of the Wings’ best players all season, and finished with six goals and six assists the last 11 games.

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He and Larkin were the Wings’ first 30-goal scorers in a decade. Larkin, 22, topped out at 32 goals and 41 assists for 73 points in 76 games. He had five goals and six assists the last 11 games. At the Wings’ locker clean out on April 9, Larkin said he hopes he’ll be able to play at the May 10-26 event in Bratislava and Kosice, Slovakia. Larkin helped the U.S. win bronze at the 2018 World Championship. Wings coach Jeff Blashill is back coaching the U.S. team for the third straight year.

Holland said Jimmy Howard and Danny DeKeyser both have turned down invitations to play for the U.S.

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A couple of other Wings could end up going. Filip Hronek and Filip Zadina are about to embark on the best-of-5 first round of the AHL playoffs with the Grand Rapids Griffins, who play at the Chicago Wolves April 20 and 21. Game 3 is April 23. The Griffins enter the playoffs on a nine-game losing streak (many of their players were with the Wings the last couple weeks because of injuries to regulars). Hronek played for the Czechs at the 2018 Worlds, and Zadina is likely to garner an invitation, too.

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