Roster almost set for World Juniors

 Twenty-two current NCAA players are among the 29 invited to the United States World Junior Camp, which will be held Dec. 15-17 in Everett, Wash. The roster will be pared down to 23 in time for the World Junior Championships, which takes place this year in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, starting Dec. 26. There are five players that are returning from last year’s team, Mikey Anderson (Minnesota-Duluth), Quinn Hughes (Michigan), Dylan Samberg (Minnesota-Duluth), Josh Norris (Michigan) and Ryan Poehling (St. Cloud State), that took home the bronze medal. Leading all U.S. players with international experience is Quinn Hughes, drafted seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2018 NHL Draft, who has earned three IIHF medals for the United States, including one gold medal (2017 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship) and two bronze medals. Additionally, his brother Jack Hughes (U.S. National Under-18 Team), the projected top pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, helped the U.S. earn a silver medal at the 2017 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship where he earned the Directorate Award as the top forward and a spot on the Media All-Star Team after leading the tournament with 12 points (5-7) in seven games. Other NCAA defensemen include Michael Callahan (Providence), Ty Emberson and K’Andre Miller (Wisconsin), Mattias Samuelsson (Western Michigan), and Jack St. Ivany and Phil Kemp (Yale). Other forwards are Evan Barratt (Penn State), Noah Cates (UMD), Logan Cockerill and Joel Farabee (BU), Sean Dhooghe (Wisconsin), Tyler Madden (Northeastern), Jay O’Brien (Providence), Sammy Walker (Minnesota) and Oliver Wahlstrom (Boston College).