Steven Stamkos, P.K. Subban to lead teams in charity game on Wednesday

The rosters are set for a charity game on Wednesday in Toronto between teams led by Steven Stamkos and P.K. Subban.

By Brian Stubits

Dec 17, 2012 at 10:49 am ET • 1 min read

This week while the NHL lockout moves from the conference room to the courtroom, there will be another small taste of what this sport we're fussing so much over is all about. It's called hockey, and it will be played in Toronto on Wednesday.

Specifically, a handful of players will gather for another charity game, this one to benefit grassroot hockey causes via the NHLPA Goals & Dreams Fund as well as the RBC Play Hockey program. There have been a slew of charity games played in the past few weeks, perhaps the most notable taking place in Atlantic City, NJ, to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Dare we say that the best thing to come from the lockout has been these types of charitable games? It's certainly up on a short list of positives.

But while the charity is all well and good -- seriously, not trying to demean the philanthropic efforts -- we're excited about hockey and seeing actual NHLers on the ice together again. Remember, they do actually play a game to raise that money for charity. One team will be captained by Lightning forward and scoring ace Steven Stamkos while the other will be led by burgeoning television star and Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban.

Here are the rosters for the game:

Teams
Team Stamkos	Team Subban
Steven Stamkos	P.K Subban
Mike Komisarek	Carlo Colaiacovo
Niklas Kronwall	Tomas Kaberle
Dion Phaneuf	John-Michael Liles
Kyle Quincey	Chris Campoli
Dan Cleary	Brad Boyes
Tim Connolly	David Clarkson
B.J. Crombeen	Logan Couture
Steve Downie	Phil Kessel
Chris Kelly	Tom Kostopoulos
Clarke MacArthur	Matthew Lombardi
Matt Martin	Joffrey Lupul
James Neal	Jay McClement
Teddy Purcell	John Mitchell
Michael Del Zotto	Steve Ott
David Steckel	Peter Regin
Kris Versteeg	Chris Stewart
Wojtek Wolski	Dan Winnik
Jonas Gustavsson	Martin Biron
Mike Leighton