Calgary Flames forward Andrew Mangiapane named to Canada’s entry at World Championships

The 28-year-old Mangiapane last represented Canada at the 2021 World Championships. He finished off his Flames season – playing in the infamously pointless games against the Vancouver Canucks while the Stanley Cup playoffs had already begun – then flew to the Worlds, went through his COVID quarantine and joined Canada late.

Despite joining late, he sparked the team and they went on a tear after his arrival. Mangiapane posted 11 points over seven games and was a massive catalyst for a Canadian team that won gold that year, ultimately being named the tournament’s most valuable player. With Mangiapane coming off a fairly disappointing 2023-24 season with the Flames, posting just 14 goals and 40 points, you could imagine both he and the Flames are hoping that the 2024 edition of the Worlds can be a jump-start to his game just as the 2021 edition was. (He followed up his 2021 Worlds MVP performance with a 35-goal breakout season in 2021-22.)

Mangiapane is heading into the final year of his current contract with the Flames in 2024-25, and could potentially become an unrestricted free agent next July 1 (2025).

The IIHF World Championships run May 10-26 in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia. Martin Pospisil, representing Slovakia, is the other Flames player taking part in the tournament.