As national hockey programs start their development programs for this year’s World Junior Championships, rosters were revealed today for the reigning finalists. Team Canada released its development camp roster, while Team USA announced the roster for the Summer Showcase.
These are both U20 rosters, and include many players already selected by NHL teams. They also include top prospects for the upcoming entry draft, as well as some for 2018. They’ll be paired down considerably before the tournament, but even being part of the selection process is a help to a young player’s development. The teams will face off at the Showcase in a series of 12 games, also meeting squads from Finland and Sweden. The full rosters are below:
Team USA Summer Showcase:
G Jake Oettinger (2017 eligible)
G Keith Petruzzelli (2017 eligible)
G Dylan St. Cyr (2017 eligible)
G Joseph Woll (TOR)
D Mikey Anderson (2017 eligible)
D Sean Day (NYR)
D Adam Fox (CGY)
D Max Gildon (2017 eligible)
D Quinn Hughes (2018 eligible)
D Tyler Inamoto (2017 eligible)
D Phil Kemp (2017 eligible)
D Nate Knoepke (2017 eligible)
D Chad Krys (CHI)
D Ryan Lindgren (BOS)
D Luke Martin (2017 eligible)
D Andrew Peeke (CBJ)
D Dylan Samberg (2017 eligible)
F Joey Anderson (NJD)
F Jack Badini (2017 eligible)
F Evan Barratt (2017 eligible)
F Kieffer Bellows (NYI)
F Logan Brown (OTT)
F Sasha Chmelevski (2017 eligible)
F Logan Cockerill (2017 eligible)
F Sean Dhooghe (2017 eligible)
F Trent Frederic (BOS)
F Max Gerlach (2017 eligible)
F Tim Gettinger (NYR)
F Patrick Harper (NSH)
F Max Jones (ANA)
F Patrick Khodorenko (2017 eligible)
F Will Lockwood (VAN)
F Ivan Lodnia (2017 eligible)
F Grant Mismash (2017 eligible)
F Casey Mittelstadt (2017 eligible)
F Josh Norris (2017 eligible)
F Ryan Poehling (2017 eligible)
F Jason Robertson (2017 eligible)
F Brady Tkachuk (2018 eligible)
F Riley Tufte (DAL)
F Oliver Wahlstrom (2018 eligible)
F Kailer Yamamoto (2017 eligible)
Team Canada:
G Michael DiPietro (2017 eligible)
G Carter Hart (PHI)
G Stuart Skinner (2017 eligible)
G Dylan Wells (EDM)
D Jake Bean (CAR)
D Dennis Cholowski (DET)
D Kale Clague (LAK)
D Dante Fabbro (NSH)
D Cal Foote (2017 eligible)
D Samuel Girard (NSH)
D Nic Hague (2017 eligible)
D Josh Mahura (ANA)
D Cale Makar (2017 eligible)
D Victor Mete (MTL)
D David Quenneville (NYI)
D Conor Timmins (2017 eligible)
D Logan Stanley (WPG)
F Jonathan Ang (FLA)
F Tyler Benson (EDM)
F Will Bitten (MTL)
F Dillon Dube (CGY)
F Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ)
F Jonah Gadjovich (2017 eligible)
F Cody Glass (2017 eligible)
F Brett Howden (TB)
F Tyson Jost (COL)
F Tanner Kaspick (STL)
F Boris Katchouk (TB)
F Jordan Kyrou (STL)
F Adam Mascherin (FLA)
F Michael McLeod (NJD)
F Nolan Patrick (2017 eligible)
F Matthew Phillips (CGY)
F Cliff Pu (BUF)
F Taylor Raddysh (TB)
F Mason Shaw (2017 eligible)
F Givani Smith (DET)
F Sam Steel (ANA)
F Nick Suzuki (2017 eligible)
F Robert Thomas (2017 eligible)
F Owen Tippett (2017 eligible)
F Gabe Vilardi (2017 eligible)
Maybe someone who has watched more Q games than I can comment on this, but it sure seems like there is a dearth of QMJHL players on Canada’s roster. Hard to tell if it is a blind spot (the Q is traditionally overlooked and not seen as being as strong a development league as the ‘dub or the O) or if it is just a weak prospect class for the Q.