With the tournament now a little more than a week away, Hockey Canada is the latest to reveal its roster for the upcoming World Juniors. Their team is as follows:
Goalies
Brett Brochu
Sebastian Cossa (DET)
Dylan Garand (NYR)
Defense
Lukas Cormier (VGK)
Daemon Hunt (MIN)
Carson Lambos (MIN)
Ryan O’Rourke (MIN)
Donovan Sebrango (DET)
Ronan Seeley (CAR)
Jack Thompson (TB)
Olen Zellweger (ANA)
Forwards
Connor Bedard
Will Cuylle (NYR)
Elliot Desnoyers (PHI)
William Dufour (NYI)
Tyson Foerster (PHI)
Nathan Gaucher (ANA)
Ridly Greig (OTT)
Kent Johnson (CBJ)
Riley Kidney (MTL)
Mason McTavish (ANA)
Zack Ostapchuk (OTT)
Brennan Othmann (NYR)
Joshua Roy (MTL)
Logan Stankoven (DAL)
As is the case with other countries, there are some notable absentees from Canada’s squad. On the back end, Owen Power and Kaiden Guhle aren’t returning while up front, Cole Perfetti, Jake Neighbours, and Shane Wright are among the seven forwards that won’t be back after playing briefly in the original tournament last December.
However, there are still some notable players to watch for. Johnson and McTavish both got their feet wet in the NHL last season while Bedard is widely expected to be the first-overall selection in 2023. He had four goals in two games before the tournament was canceled. On the back end, there are six returnees while Canada’s goalie tandem from the December tourney remains intact.
The tournament will run from August 9th through the 20th with pre-tournament games getting underway later this week.
Going to be a treat watching Mason.
Nice to see Foerster and the Destroyer on the team.
Roy will be breakout star.