USA Hockey Invites 44 Players To 2021 Summer Showcase

The World Junior Summer Showcase, an opportunity for players from around the world to show what they can do against similarly-aged international competition before World Junior Championship rosters are selected is scheduled for July 24-31 in Plymouth, Michigan. The event will not include Canada this year, but will still include teams from the U.S., Finland, and Sweden. The European teams already announced their camp rosters earlier this month, but today USA Hockey joined them by officially inviting 44 players.

Those players are:

G Aidan Campbell (2021 draft eligible)
G Drew Commesso (46th overall, CHI)
G Kaidan Mbereko (2021 draft eligible)
G Tucker Tynan (2021 draft eligible)

D Sean Behrens (2021 draft eligible)
D Shai Buium (2021 draft eligible)
D Brock Faber (45th overall, LAK)
D Alex Gagne (2021 draft eligible)
D Aidan Hreschuk (2021 draft eligible)
D Luke Hughes (2021 draft eligible)
D Wyatt Kaiser (81st overall, CHI)
D Connor Kelley (2021 draft eligible)
D Tyler Kleven (44th overall, OTT)
D Ian Moore (67th overall, ANA)
D Scott Morrow (2021 draft eligible)
D Jack Peart (2021 draft eligible)
D Eamon Powell (116th overall, TBL)
D Jake Sanderson (5th overall, OTT)
D Jacob Truscott (144th overall, VAN)
D Ryan Ufko (2021 draft eligible)

F Carson Bantle (142nd overall, ARI)
F Matthew Beniers (2021 draft eligible)
F Brett Berard (134th overall, NYR)
F Cameron Berg (2021 draft eligible)
F Thomas Bordeleau (38th overall, SJS)
F Tyler Boucher (2021 draft eligible)
F Tristan Broz (2021 draft eligible)
F Logan Cooley (2022 draft eligible)
F Matt Coronato (2021 draft eligible)
F Tanner Dickinson (119th overall, STL)
F Josh Doan (2021 draft eligible)
F Dylan Duke (2021 draft eligible)
F Matthew Knies (2021 draft eligible)
F Chaz Lucius (2021 draft eligible)
F Carter Mazur (2021 draft eligible)
F Declan McDonnell (217th overall, TBL)
F Sasha Pastujov (2021 draft eligible)
F Dylan Peterson (86th overall, STL)
F Mackie Samoskevich (2021 draft eligible)
F Red Savage (2021 draft eligible)
F Landon Slaggert (79th overall, CHI)
F Ty Smilanic (74th overall, FLA)
F Luke Tuch (47th overall, MTL)
F Chase Yoder (170th overall, PIT)

The U.S. players will be split into two squads for the event. The group includes six players from the group that won gold at the last World Junior tournament and several other familiar names. Tynan, for instance, was the goaltender that suffered a major laceration in a 2019 OHL game and was forced into a long grueling recovery. Others like Doan catch the eye because of their hockey-playing parent, in this case, Arizona Coyotes legend Shane Doan.