Luke Schenn has been named to Canada’s entry at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. Schenn joins Leafs teammate Dion Phaneuf as two of the 5 defencemen named to the team (Marc Methot, Jay Bouwmeester, P.K. Subban).

Schenn won a gold medal with Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship in 2008 played in the Czech Republic.

The 2012 World Championship will be played in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will draft 5th in the opening round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, following the result of the draft lottery held on Tuesday.

Edmonton won the draft lottery, meaning they moved up one place to earn the first overall pick. The Leafs, who had the 5th-worst record in the NHL in the regular season, had an 8.1% chance of winning the lottery.

The 2012 first-round draft order for the 14 non-playoff teams is as follows:
1. Edmonton
2. Columbus
3. Montreal
4. NY Islanders
5. Toronto
6. Anaheim
7. Minnesota
8. Carolina
9. Winnipeg
10. Tampa Bay
11. Washington (from Colorado)
12. Buffalo
13. Dallas
14. Calgary

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft takes place June 22-23 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

(Kadri has 32 points with Marlies this year)

The Maple Leafs have recalled forwards Nazem Kadri and Ryan Hamilton from the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.

The recalls are on an emergency basis as Leafs players Matt Frattin and Clarke MacArthur are listed as day-to-day with lower-body and upper-body injuries, respectively.

Hamilton, who is the Marlies captain, is expected to make his NHL debut when the Leafs play in New Jersey on Friday. He has compiled 23 goals and 46 points in 65 AHL games this year.

Kadri, who has played 19 games in 2011-12 collecting six points along the way, has registered 32 points in 42 games with the Marlies.

(Will miss 3-4 weeks of action)

The Maple Leafs faint playoff hopes took another turn for the worse when it was announced that winger Joffrey Lupul will be out of the lineup for an estimated three to four weeks. Lupul sustained the injury in Toronto’s loss to Boston on Tuesday after being checked by Bruins forward David Krejci.

Lupul has compiled 25 goals and 67 points in 66 games with the Leafs this year.

With Toronto also missing Colby Armstrong (broken nose) for tonight’s game in Pittsburgh, the team recalled forward Carter Ashton from the Marlies of the AHL on an emergency basis. The recall does not count towards the team’s allotted maximum of four AHL recalls following the trade deadline.

(Coached Anaheim – with Burke as GM – to ’07 Cup)

Randy Carlyle has been named coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, replacing Ron Wilson who was fired Friday.

Carlyle takes over behind the Leafs bench after coaching Anaheim for six seasons. In 2007, Carlyle won the Stanley Cup on a Ducks team managed by current Leafs president and general manager Brian Burke.

In 6 years Carlyle compiled a coaching record of 273-182-61.