USA Hockey has announced its roster for the 2018 World Junior Summer Showcase, which will be held July 28-August 4 in Kamloops, British Columbia. The 42 players invited will battle it out for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team, building towards the 2019 World Junior Championship in Vancouver. Sixteen players with New England...
USA Hockey has announced its roster for the 2018 World Junior Summer Showcase, which will be held July 28-August 4 in Kamloops, British Columbia.
The 42 players invited will battle it out for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team, building towards the 2019 World Junior Championship in Vancouver.
Sixteen players with New England ties were selected, headlined by 2018 NHL Draft prospect Oliver Wahlstrom. The Quincy, Mass., native is committed to play college hockey for Boston College following two stellar seasons with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program.
Wahlstrom’s NTDP teammate, North Andover, Mass., native Jake Wise, will join him in Kamloops. The former Central Catholic standout center will play for Boston University in the fall.
The other forward selected from the region was Thayer Academy star Jay O’Brien. The center from Hingham, Mass., is expected to be picked late in the first round or early in the second round of next week’s NHL Draft in Dallas. He’s committed to Providence College.
Yale sophomore Phil Kemp of Greenwich, Conn., Providence sophomore Ben Mirageas of Newburyport, Mass., and Harvard sophomore Reilly Walsh of Andover, N.H., will all fight for a spot on the blue line.
NTDP U-18 goaltender Spencer Knight of Darien, Conn., a Boston College recruit, will be one of two players at his position from New England to vie for a spot. The other is Quinnipiac sophomore Keith Petruzzelli of Wilbraham, Mass.
At the camp, several other players with connections to New England will compete. Boston Bruins prospect Kyle Keyser and Northeastern sophomore Cayden Primeau round out the group of four goaltenders.
Boston University sophomore left wing Brady Tkachuk and classmates David Farrance and Logan Cockerill earned spots. Incoming Terrier forward Joel Farabee will be there as well.
Boston College sophomore Logan Hutsko and Yale commit Curtis Hall of the Youngstown Phantoms will also fight for a spot at the camp.
The 2019 U.S. National Junior Team will be coached by Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings, who was promoted from assistant coach after David Quinn left his post at Boston University to become head coach of the NHL’s New York Rangers.
