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If the World Cup of Hockey is to return in 2016, it could have a very different look. Ryan Schraeder Jersey . TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports that a meeting between the National Hockey league, the NHL Players Association and the International Ice Hockey Federation on Monday brought up the possibility of mixed teams being added to the next incarnation of the event. While nothing has been finalized, one of the proposals would see one or two mixed teams, with one possibly comprised of players from European nations to compete alongside the six traditional hockey powers: Canada, the United States, Russia, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. A European All-Star team would comprise the best players from Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany, Latvia and other smaller hockey nations. The six nations slated to ice individual teams for the 2016 World Cup formed the field for the Canada Cup competitions, held regularly between 1976 and 1991. The field was expanded out to eight nations when the tournament was re-born as the World Cup of Hockey, including Germany and Slovakia for the 1996 and 2004 competitions. Switzerland and Slovakia were listed seventh and eighth in the world in the last IIHF rankings, released in April. Slovenia and Latvia finished seventh and eighth, respectively, at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia while Austria, Slovenia and Norway also qualified for the 12-team Olympic tournament. The 16-team 2014 IIHF World Championship saw France, Denmark, Italy, Belarus, Germany and Kazakhstan compete. A European All-Star team could see a forward group including: Anze Kopitar (Slovenia), Thomas Vanek and Michael Grabner (Austria), Marian Hossa, Tomas Tatar and Tomas Jurco (Slovakia), Nino Niederreiter (Switzerland), Mats Zuccarello (Norway), Mikkel Boedker and Frans Nielsen (Denmark), Zemgus Girgensons (Latvia), Mikhail Grabovski (Belarus) amongst others. The defence corps could see the likes of Zdeno Chara, Andrej Sekera and Andrej Meszaros (Slovakia), Dennis Seidenberg and Christian Ehrhoff (Germany), Roman Josi and Mark Streit (Switzerland) while the goaltenders could include Jaroslav Halak (Slovakia), Jonas Hiller (Switzerland) and Frederik Andersen (Denmark). Two players from the European All-Star nations were also selected in the top 10 of the 2014 NHL Draft, including Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl (Germany) and Winnipeg Jets draftee, left winger Nikolaj Ehlers (Denmark). Jalen Collins Jersey . Old times for a defence that has looked just plain old recently? "No," safety Ryan Clark said. "We used to be much better than that. Duke Riley Jersey . Josh Mazzola drove in five runs to lead the Goldeyes (20-12) past the Capitales 11-5 Friday night at Le Stade Municipal in Quebec City.SEATTLE -- Chris Young and Robinson Cano arrived in Seattle with fanfare at opposite ends of the spectrum. Seattle couldnt celebrate the arrival of Cano enough. Young was a last-second addition plucked at the end of spring training. Each has proven invaluable in keeping Seattle at .500 at the 50-game mark of the season. Young pitched shutout ball until Albert Pujols homered in the seventh inning, Cano had three hits and two RBIs to raise his average to .332, and the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 on Monday. While the production from Cano was expected after he signed a $240 million contract to join the Mariners, what Young has contributed is a surprise, especially with Seattle down two expected starters in the rotation. "I was trying to find the adjectives to describe this guy today, but what a godsend hes been for this rotation," Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said. "Hes been tremendous. In and out, up and down, he never wavers and knows what he wants to do." Young (4-2) kept the Angels without a hit until Kole Calhouns single with one out in the sixth inning. An inning later, Pujols hit his 506th career home run, pulling within three of Gary Sheffield for 24th on baseballs all-time homer list. Young lasted only two more batters after Pujols homer, getting pulled after issuing a walk to Raul Ibanez. He struck out five and walked three. But Youngs strong pitching at Safeco Field continued. In four starts at home this season, Young is 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA. It was a solid rebound for Young, who got knocked around in losing his previous two starts. He gave up 10 hits and five runs in losing to Minnesota and allowed four runs and seven hits in a loss to Texas last week. In Youngs last seven starts for Seattle, the Mariners are 5-2. Its an impressive turnaround considering Young spent all of last season out of the majors after shoulder surgery. "When youre oout there competing, you expect to win. Kemal Ishmael Jersey. I wouldnt take the ball if I didnt expect to go out and compete and win," Young said. "To say its surprising, after all the hard work and time rehabbing I put in I would say no." After McClendon lamented Seattles production following losses over the weekend to Houston, the Mariners responded with five runs in the first two innings off Tyler Skaggs (4-2). Seattle scored three unearned runs with two outs in the second. The top three hitters in Seattles order did the damage against Skaggs. James Jones scored twice, and Michael Saunders tripled, singled and scored two runs. Cano singled in each of his first three at-bats a day after his streak of reaching base ended at 31 games. "Thats just part of the game sometimes where you take advantage of a pitch over the plate," Cano said. "Sometimes there are games where they throw you that same pitch and you foul it off. ... We took advantage and thats what we want. Those are the little things you want to do." Skaggs wasnt helped by his defence in the second inning when shortstop Erick Aybar couldnt handle Jones one-hopper with two outs. The miscue allowed Dustin Ackley to score and opened the door for two more runs on Saunders triple and Canos infield single. Despite the early trouble, Skaggs threw seven innings and struck out eight. "Tyler understood keeping us in the game," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He made pitches, got on a great streak and pitched seven innings. But the damage was done early." NOTES: Angels dropped to 1-5 vs. Seattle this season. ... Seattle LHP James Paxton (back) said he was not sure when his next throwing session would be after making his first rehab start at Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday. ... Seattle RHP Taijuan Walker (shoulder) is scheduled to make his first rehab start on Wednesday at Tacoma. 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